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Business Correspondence, 1858 - 1879

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2

Scope and Content

From the Collection:

The Jeremiah White Graves Collection includes a cash book, correspondence, receipts and ledger pages, newspaper clippings, and genealogy materials.

The manuscript portion of the collection consists of the cash book and account ledger pages documenting Graves' business ventures (sales of crops, purchases from local businesses, etc.) and correspondence created in Graves' role as a real estate broker and enslaver of people, as well as letters of a personal nature exchanged between family members.

The genealogy portion of the collection includes types copies of wills, deeds, and contracts, as well as typed, compiled histories for branches of the Graves, Whitehead, and Jones and Hunt families.

Dates

  • 1858 - 1879

Creator

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.5 Cubic Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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