Executive Papers of Governor Henry Carter Stuart, 1857-1918 (bulk 1914-1917)

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Executive Papers of Governor Henry Carter Stuart, 1857-1918 (bulk 1914-1917)

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Library of Virginia

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Virginia. Governor (1914-1918 : Stuart)

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Henry Carter Stuart was born on 18 January 1855 in Wytheville, Virginia, to William Alexander Stuart and Mary Taylor Carter Stuart. The nephew of renowned Civil War Cavalry commander, Jeb Stuart, Henry attended Emory and Henry College and the University of Virginia where he studied law in 1874-1875. Stuart worked with his father on his successful cattle farms in Southwestern Virginia which became incorporated as the Stuart Land and Cattle Company in 1884. Stuart represented Russell County in the...