Legal/Governmental Documents, 1760-1930.

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Legal/Governmental Documents, 1760-1930.

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Contains a variety of materials including: a County Court account book; applications to create voting precincts; applications for soft-drink licenses; appointments to office; arrest warrants (some incl. case histories and actions taken); articles of agreement (ex. 1861 Militia draft substitute agreement); a typescript "Roll of colored voters in Rockingham in the early 1900's;" complaints of illegal sales of poison; CSA military telegraph reports for the Harrisonburg office; delivery bonds; debt contracts; and juror lists. (CON'T) Also included are a number of licenses to: sell merchandise, practice as a physician or attorney, operate as a daguerrian artist and operate stills, etc. (ex. inn license to Samuel Gay of Harrrisonburg, 1780); oaths of office; postal accounts for Parnassus, Va.; prohibition petition; promisories; receipts and applications for business charters (ex. Dayton Harness Co., Joseph Ney & Sons Co., Valley Hardware Co., milling companies, gas companies, 1898 Gibbs Automobile Gate Co.); records and claims against estates; and recognizance bonds. Road documents include petitions for: a Harrisonburg main street, 1796, a road from Woodstock to Staunton, 1796, a road from Harrisonburg to Richmond, 1800, a request to remove the toll on Mt. Clinton Pike, 1906-07. There are also summonses and subpoenas, and other miscellaneous documents (ex. a documents on the condition of Rockingham County jail). Many of the above documents are from the Rockingham County Circuit Court and Sherriff's Office; some are records from Shenandoah County.

1 box (19 folders) + part of 1 box (5 folders).

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Dayton Harness Company (Va.)

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society

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Joseph Ney & Sons Company (Va.)

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Virginia. Rockingham County. Sheriff's Office

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Valley Hardware Company (Va.)

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Gibbs' Automobile Gate Company (Va.)

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Virginia. Circuit Court (Rockingham County)

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