Miller, Samuel, 1792-1869

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Birth 1792
Death 1869

Biographical notes:

Samuel Miller was a Lynchburg, Va. businessman and philanthropist. He made a fortune in tobacco trade before the Civil War, and left money to establish an orphanage for girls in Lynchburg and a Miller Manual Labor School in Albemarle County.

From the description of Papers of Samuel Miller, 1833-1877. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122446152

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Subjects:

  • Freedmen
  • Tobacco industry

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  • Virginia (as recorded)

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