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Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

 Subject

Subject Source: Local sources

Scope Note: Use this for collections relating to Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Southwest Virginia, West Virginia, and Appalachia.

Found in 1734 Collections and/or Records:

Danville, Virginia, Military Pass,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-036
Abstract

The collection consists of a single military pass for Captain F. C. Fisher to Montgomery White Sulphur Springs (Montgomery County, Va.).

Dates: 1864 - 1864

D. A. Daugherty Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-053
Abstract

This collection contains a letter written by D. A. Daugherty, written in 1861 regarding a cow used as payment for a debt.

Dates: 1861 - 1861

Peter J. Davenport Tax Receipts,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-125
Abstract

This collection contains tax receipts for Peter J. Davenport's stud horse.

Dates: 1849 - 1850

David Earhart Collection, 1862-1863 (Ms2002-017)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2002-017
Dates: 1862 - 1863

David M. Davis Ledger,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-003
Abstract

Ledger of David M. Davis, farmer, proprietor of clothing/shoe store, treasury clerk, and resident of Washington, D.C. and Fauquier County, Virginia. 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.

Dates: 1875 - 1896

William Deal Inventory of Estate

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1988-036
Scope and Content

Patrick County, Virginia, resident. Inventory of his possessions made at the time of his death. 

Dates: 1808 - 1808

Frances B. Deane, Jr., Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1992-006
Scope and Content Member of the Virginia General Assembly from Campbell County from 1853 to 1858. Letter written June 28, 1857, to William Ballard Preston (1805-1862), a Montgomery County, Virginia, lawyer who rose to the office of Secretary of the Navy (1849-1850) under Zachary Taylor. In 1858 Preston was involved in the negotiations to establish a line of steamers from Norfolk, Virginia, to the west coast of Africa, which failed to materialize due to the Civil War. Deane writes Preston about the possibility...
Dates: 1857 - 1857

Deed, Copy to Daddaw, n.d. (Ms1988-047)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_DeedCopy_1875_1109_
Dates: 1865 - 1961

W. D. Dehart & Sons Ledgers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-045
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1916 - 1946