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Preferred Citation:

Thomas R. Daley Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Gift through the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.

Biographical Information:

Thomas R. Daley lived at Porto Bello Farm in the Bruton District of York County, Virginia per 1920 Federal Census. He was born in 1862 in Wisconsin. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

Portfolio of correspondence to Thomas R. Daley of Porto Bello Farm, ca. 1914-1920. Business records.

Letters written to and from Thomas R. Daley regarding land and property investments in Minnesota, Virginia and Florida. Includes property descriptions, business records,orders for shares in the Metropolitan Milk Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota and orders for farm materials. Thomas Daley's properties in Virginia included Porto Bello Farm, Bassetterre and property on Queen's Creek and Capitol Landing in Williamsburg.

Accession included a nineteenth-century photo of young girl on swing which was purchased Tucker House auction. The photograph was transferred to the Tucker Coleman Collection.

WHRA.

Arrangement of Materials:

Alphabetical by correspondent.

Separated Material

Accession included a nineteenth-century photo of young girl on swing which was purchased Tucker House auction. The photograph was transferred to the Tucker Coleman Collection.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Business records
• Correspondence
• Farm management--Virginia--History--20th century
• Farms--Virginia--York County
• Real property--Virginia
• Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
• York County (Va.)--History