Reid Family Papers
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the papers deals with business matters. Documents concern such matters as the James River and Kanawha Company, the North River Navigation Company, Washington College's relationship with the Society of the Cincinnati, slavery, and the financial dealings of John Robinson and the Hare family.
Series 2 is comprised of a second set of materials received at a later date. The correspondence supplements that found in Series 1. The other materials consist chiefly of court and other legal records during the 74-year period (1778-1852) in which Andrew and his son, Samuel McDowell Reid, were clerks of the court of Rockbridge County: tavern licenses, taxation lists, apprenticeship deeds, voter lists, militia rolls, invoices, etc. There are also some Washington College papers.
Dates
- 1760 - 1896
Conditions Governing Use
Extent
14 Linear Feet
- American Revolution (1775-1783)
- Apprenticeship programs
- Correspondence
- Hare family
- Henry, Patrick
- James River and Kanawha Company (Richmond, Va.)
- Jefferson, Thomas
- Legal documents
- Militia
- Reid, Andrew Franklin
- Reid, Samuel McDowell
- Robinson, John
- Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia
- Taxation
- Virginia -- Rockbridge County
- Voting
- Washington College (Lexington, Va.)
Source
- Reid family (Family)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Repository Details
Part of the Washington and Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library Special Collections and Archives Repository