Ledgers, 1776-1782.
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Reveley, John.
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Son of Dasey Southall and Edith Southall. Resided in Henrico County, Va. Married to Martha Vanderwall in 1756. Member of the Virginia House of Delegates and the Senate. Served on a commission to establish the capital at Richmond and was one of three commissioners for the state foundry at Westham. From the guide to the Turner Southall Receipt Book, 1776-1784., (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) ...
Ballendine, John
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Son of Dasey Southall and Edith Southall. Resided in Henrico County, Va. Married to Martha Vanderwall in 1756. Member of the Virginia House of Delegates and the Senate. Served on a commission to establish the capital at Richmond and was one of three commissioners for the state foundry at Westham. From the guide to the Turner Southall Receipt Book, 1776-1784., (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Resident of Fairfax County, Va. From...
Virginia. Public Foundry.
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On May 22, 1776, the fifth revolutionary convention approved a proposal to construct a cannon foundry and blast furnace for the manufacture of ordnance. A site at Westham, near Richmond, was purchased and construction began immediately. When it was completed, the foundry complex included eight blast furnaces, a boring mill, and the foundry, besides all the buildings necessary to house workers and store supplies. These records give a chronological list of payments made for supplies and labor in t...
