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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Glasgow Family Papers, WLU Coll. 0057, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of the Glasgow family.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains items of the Glasgow family of Virginia, including correspondence and business papers of William Anderson Glasgow (1825-1910), of Fincastle, and his son, Francis Thomas Glasgow (1854-1927), both lawyers; and of Francis T. Glasgow (1829-1916), brother of William A. and his uncle, Joseph Reid Anderson (1813-1892), both of Richmond; legal briefs, contingent claims contracts, and vouchers, 1880-1885, of the firm of Glasgow and Glasgow, Fincastle, Va.; legal papers, bills, receipts, vouchers, 1887-1926, of Frank T. Glasgow, attorney-at-law, Lexington, Va.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Glasgow and Glasgow. Fincastle, Va.
• Green Forest (Buena Vista, Va.)
• Iron Industry and Trade
• Land companies
• Law firms
• Legal briefs
• Promissory notes
• Receipts (Acknowledgments)
• Records
• Tredegar Iron Works (Richmond, Va)
• Virginia -- Fincastle
• Virginia -- Rockbridge County