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Preferred Citation:

Mill Park Wine Company Letterbook, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchased from Carmen D. Valentino Rare Books dealer of Philadelphia, PA on 8/29/2003.

Historical Note:

Founded in 1869, the Mill Park Wine Company, of Haymarket, Va., was owned and operated by Christian Abraham Heineken where wine was made from the locally 'Batavia' grown grapes. Heineken was also a business partner of Franz Peters, who owned a 200-acre farm called 'Batavia' near Haymarket, Va. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

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The letterpress copybook of the Mill Park Wine Company of Haymarket, Virginia contains about 90 letters written by Christian A. Heineken and Franz Peters regarding business matters of the firm. The correspondence refers to ordering corks, labels, and other business affairs. The collection also includes two original wine labels.

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2 labels (Concord and Ives seedling) from F. Peters Vineyard, Haymarket, Va.

Concord label printed by Price Bros., N.Y.

Lithographed in color.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Haymarket (Va.)--History--19th century
• Virginia--Economic History--19th century
• Virginia--Wineries and Vineyards--History--19th century

General

Other Information:

Family member doing genealogy research in 2009 suggested that the letterbook could be a photograph image done by the owner because Christian Heineken was an early  photographer.  Please look closely at ink.