Inventory of the Edmund Ruffin, Jr. Farm Journal 1841-1843
A Collection in the
Special Collections Research Center
Accession Number 2003-64
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
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Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to all researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Preferred Citation
Edmund Ruffin, Jr. Farm Journal, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 11/24/2003.
Scope and Contents
Plantation diary (farm journal) kept at "Coggins Point" Farm, 1841-1843, by Edmund Ruffin (b. 1814), lists slaves grouped by task, gives weather information, and describes farming operations, also bears the name of Henry W. Mead, New Baltimore
Related Material
Other farm journals of Edmund Ruffin, Jr. are in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina.
Index Terms
- Agriculture--Virginia--19th century.
- Prince George County (Va.)--History--19th century.