Letters received, 1864-1924.

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Letters received, 1864-1924.

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These records contain correspondence related principally to such routine matters as determining the condition of standards held by the various localities and determining whether the localities have an official to handle weights and measures. Also, correspondence with representatives of other states regarding mutual problems, some of which are to be brought before annual national conferences. Years covered are 1864-1867; 1870-1874; 1894-1895; 1897-1898; 1904; 1906-1908; 1910; 1912-1917; 1919-1924, n.d.

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Virginia. Land Office. Register.

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