Reid Family Papers
Scope and Contents
Series 1 of this collection primarily covers the period from 1763 through Samuel McDowell Reid's death in 1869. There are also a few later items dealing chiefly with his estate.
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
- Creation: 1760 - 1896
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Extent
14 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Source
- Reid family (Family)
Subject
- Henry, Patrick (Person)
- Jefferson, Thomas (Person)
- Reid, Samuel McDowell (Person)
- Reid, Andrew Franklin (Person)
- Washington College (Lexington, Va.) (Organization)
- Hare family (Family)
- Robinson, John (Person)
- Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia (Organization)
- James River and Kanawha Company (Richmond, Va.) (Organization)
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Temporal
Topical
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives Repository