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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], W. A. McComb Account Book, WLU Coll. 0178, Special Collections and Archives, Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Bookworm and Silverfish in 1994.

Biographical / Historical

W. A. McComb was an apple orchard farmer, who lived at Arbor Hill near Middlebrook in Augusta County, Virginia.

Scope and Contents

This account book was kept by W.A. McComb. In 1892 the Farmer's Alliance, of which he was a member, built a new hall to be used for its meetings as well as for a church and community center. Most of the entries in the account book were for expenses associated with the construction and use of the hall. It indicates that oyster suppers were held at the hall.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Account books
• Agriculture
• Bookworm and Silverfish
• Church buildings
• Community centers
• Cookery (Oysters)
• Farmer's Alliance (Augusta County, Va.)
• Suppers
• Virginia -- Augusta County