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This file consists of Henry D. Flood letters from the Honorable Greenlee Davidson Letcher, as well as the public speaking postings for Congressman H.D. Flood and Senator W.P. Barksdale, as well as Col. Robert Catlett.

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This file contains a letter from O.P. Baldwin to the Franklin Society of Lexington detailing his availability and topics for a series of lectures in December of 1856. The letter includes information on pay, and has a list of four members of the Franklin Society. Letter addressed from Richmond.

Scope and Contents This file consists of the subscription registry for Rockbridge Repository with notable citizen signatures. The Rockbridge Repository was a Republican publication headed by John McMullin, which included "official information, public documents, Congressional proceedings and debates, proceedings of the Virginia Assembly" as well as essays on literary, agricultural and commercial subjects. Price of subscription is two dollars per year. The signatures are of citizens in their own hands. File also...

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This file consists of a handwritten report of work accomplished in Christian Social Services from April 20th to July 15th of an unspecified year (likely in the 1930s). The report is written in first person. Christian Social Services helped provide food, clothes, and other needs for citizens living in poverty. The report includes a list of members of the group, with their resposibilities as far as charitable work.

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This file contains records related to the history of Ironworks in Rockbridge County. Includes typescript papers on Ironmasters, different iron works locations, extracts from law suits, newspaper clippings, biographical sketches, publication materials, and maps of Irish Creek.

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This file contains typescript essays and historical accounts of the development and ownership of Buena Vista and Buffalo Forge ironworks. Also includes a map of the county and the location of ironworks with notes from Douglas Brady in 1944. Contains detailed map of Buffalo Forge. Includes Richmond Times-Dispatch article on the ironworks from 1936. Includes photocopy of article explaining ironwork processes at the time.

Scope and Contents Includes typescript essays entitled "Iron-masters of Rockbridge County," "The Old Charcoal Iron Furnaces; Its Construction and Operation, "Victoria Furnace at Goshen," "Extracts from the Testimony in the Law Suit Weaver vs. Jordan Davis and Co." and "A Biographical Sketch of William Weaver." Also includes Lexington New Gazette article on iron works, a Richmond Times-Dispatch article on Rockbridge "pyramid." Inlcudes essay entitled "California Furnace," as well as essay about the history of...