Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1974 Collections and/or Records:
David Earhart Collection, 1862-1863 (Ms2002-017)
Samuel Davidson Family Papers
The Samuel Davidson Family Papers are a collection of correspondence, receipts, tax documents, miscellaneous notes, and more from 1823 to 1939. The family resided in Virginia, primarily Bedford County, Virginia, and the subjects of the collection include finance, the Civil War, and family matters, such as daily events and travel.
A. J. Davis Family Collection
David M. Davis Ledger
The collection contains a ledger of David M. Davis, farmer, proprietor of clothing/shoe store, treasury clerk, and resident of Washington, D.C. and Fauquier County, Virginia. It also contains daily transactions of clothing/shoe store, including customer name, goods purchased, and prices paid; accounts with farm workers; and daily diary entries for summer months of 1890-1892.
William Deal Inventory of Estate
Estate inventory of William Deal, of Patrick County, Virginia, signed by David Taylor, John A. James, and John James.
Frances B. Deane, Jr. Letter
Letter from Virginia legislator Francis B. Deane, Jr., written to Montgomery County lawyer William Ballard Preston in 1857, suggesting Preston enlist the assistance of "Mr. Hunter" [U. S. Senator Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter] before traveling overseas on his mission to establish a commercial trade line between Norfolk, Virginia and Europe.
Deed, Copy to Daddaw, n.d. (Ms1988-047)
Deed, Granting Squire Bosworth Regional Patent Rights to William H. Babbit's Improvements to the Hillside Plow, Randolph County Va., July 18, 1856 (Ms2010-060)
W. D. Dehart & Sons Ledgers
The W. D. Dehart & Sons Ledgers document the inventory and transactions of a country store in Meadows of Dan (Patrick County), Virginia, during the first half of the twentieth century. Materials include three ledgers of customer accounts and one ledger of wholesale purchases. Loose letters from customers to store proprietors also appear.
Wade Deitrick Family Collection,
The collection consists of two letters and three poems involving the Wade Deitrick Family.