Petersburg (Va.) Sanborn Fire Insurance Company Maps, 1903

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Petersburg (Va.) Sanborn Fire Insurance Company Maps, 1903

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SNAC Resource ID: 6334918

Library of Virginia

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Petersburg (Va.) Circuit Court

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This unidentified liquor dealer operated in Virginia during the early twentieth century. It is possible that the business was owned by either John L. Mulcaha or B. D. Booth & Co., both of whom were liquor dealers in Petersburg, Virginia, in the early 1900s. Loose receipts in the ledger are addressed to either Booth or Mulcaha. From the guide to the Unidentified Liquor Dealer Ledger, 1903, (The Library of Virginia) Petersburg was formed from part...

Sanborn Map Company

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The Sanborn Map Company was founded in 1867 with headquarters in New York City. Its purpose was to produce maps that would show "at a glance the character of the fire insurance risks of all buildings" in a give community. Since these maps had a very specialized use, "there were usually fewer than twenty orders for a single map sheet". Consequently, even though Sanborn maps are printed works, their rarity is similar to that of manuscript maps. The Sanborn Map Company ceased making its insurance r...