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Blakemore Papers Guide to the Blakemore Papers 01/Mss. 39.1 B55

Guide to the Blakemore Papers 01/Mss. 39.1 B55


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Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.

Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
01/Mss. 39.1 B55
Title
Blakemore Papers 1830-1889
Quantity
1621.00 Linear Feet
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation:

Blakemore Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

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Scope and Contents

Papers, mostly accounts, of Nathan L. and Henry Blakemore, of Sangerville, Augusta County, Va., but including correspondence from commission merchants in Richmond, Lynchburg, Winchester, Staunton, Alexandria, and Fredericksburg, Va. and Baltimore, Md. Many letters are from Emmanuel Grove of Luray, Va. and concern the Shenandoah Iron Works run by Nathan L. Blakemore. Includes receipts from railroad and water transportation companies.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Augusta County (Va.)--History--19th century
  • Correspondence
  • Financial records
  • Inland water transportation--Virginia
  • Iron industry and trade--Virginia
  • Merchants--Virginia--Augusta County
  • Railroads--Virginia--History
  • Receipts (financial records)
  • Shenandoah Iron Works (Page County, Va.)

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Augusta County (Va.)--History--19th century
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Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Accounts

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
    Miscellaneous Accounts
    1840-1850
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
    Miscellaneous Accounts
    1850-1860
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Box 2
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
    Accounts
    1830-1839
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
    Accounts
    1840-1849
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
    Accounts
    1850
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
    Accounts
    1851
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
    Accounts
    1851
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
    Accounts
    1851
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
    Accounts
    1852
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
    Accounts
    1852
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
    Accounts
    1853
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
    Accounts
    1853
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11
    Accounts
    1853
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Accounts

  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
    Accounts
    1853
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
    Accounts
    1854
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
    Accounts
    1854
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
    Accounts
    1854
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
    Accounts
    1855
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6
    Accounts
    1855
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7
    Accounts
    1855
Mixed Materials Box: 4
Accounts
1856-1867
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
    Accounts
    1856
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2
    Accounts
    1857-1859
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
    Accounts
    1860-1867
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Accounts, correspondence, printed ephemera, legal papers, memorandum books, and photograph

  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1
    Accounts
    1868
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
    Correspondence
    1847-1879
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
    Ephemera
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4
    Legal papers
    1848-1872
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5
    Memorandum books
    1851-1868, undated
  • Photograph of William H. Hare
    undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Box 6
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
    Accounts
    1869
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2
    Accounts
    1870-1879
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3
    Accounts
    1880-1889
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4
    Accounts
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5
    Accounts
    undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7
Box 7
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Volume: 1
    Daybook
    1836-1838
    Scope and Contents

    Day book of Henry Blakemore, merchant, at Mount Solon, Augusta County, Virginia. 1 Nov. 1836 - 1 March 1838. 471 pp. 15 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Volume: 2
    Daybook
    1860
    Scope and Contents

    Day book of Henry Blakemore, merchant, at Mount Solon, Augusta County, Virginia, 25 July 1845 - 28 May 1846. Volume also contains the Day book of James T. Clarke & Co., merchants, at Mount Solon, 8 May 1846 - 12 July 1848. 639 pp. 15 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches.

Mixed Materials Box: 8
Box 8
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Volume: 1
    Daybook
    1845-1846
    Scope and Contents

    Day book of N. L. Blakemore, merchant, Sangerville, Augusta County, Virginia. 1 June 1860 - 29 December 1860. 620 pp. 12 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Volume: 2
    Daybook
    1846-1848
    Scope and Contents

    Day book of N. L. Blakemore, merchant, Sangerville, Augusta County, Virginia. 29 December 1860 - 28 December 1881. 624 pp., 12 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches.