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Pulaski Iron Company Correspondence, 1895 - 1923

 File — Folder: 1

Scope and Content

From the Collection:

This Pulaski Iron Company Correspondence contains 43 documents, letters, and receipts dated 1895-1923. Almost all of the letters dated 1895-1899 are written to John N. Gordon, a lawyer and iron company merchant from Richmond, Virginia. Most of the correspondence is from Abraham Patterson and Horace Haldeman, who were each at seperate times the secretary and treasurer of the Pulaski Iron Company operating out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from the 1880s-1930s. There are a few letters from other iron companies, including Matthew Addy & Company operating out of Cincinnati, Ohio, and The Low Moor Iron Company of Virginia from Frank Lyman, the treasurer. These letters discuss their respective company's prices, their customers, and the overall state of the market. The collection also contains several receipts for iron and two reports on the tests of a charcoal pig iron.

An additional three letters are seemingly unrelated to Gordon or the Pulaski Iron Company. A 1901 letter to Mrs. E. L. Stacy of Richmond, Virginia, from her cousin Henry R. Todd of St. Louis, Missouri, discusses previous correspondence between the two. A 1923 letter to the Virginia Tech Tech Minstrels Manager at Blacksburg, Virginia, from J. Alvin Vaughan of Radford, Virginia, Virignia Tech class of 1918, discusses a performance on campus.

Dates

  • 1895 - 1923

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

The materials in this collection are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository

Contact:
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308