Papers, 1811-1916.

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Papers, 1811-1916.

Account books, loose accounts, correspondence, Civil War diary, copybooks, and scrapbooks. Included are a day book, 1820, for Washington Mills, a flour-mill presumably in Berkeley County, Va. (now W. Va.); Jonathan Cushwa's account books, 1811-1849, for a flour and sawmill in Berkeley County; Barnet and Daniel G. Cushwa's account books, 1843-1915, for Tuscarora Mill, Berkeley County, and Valley Mills, Martinsburg, W. Va., both of which handled flour and other grains and lumber; and Henry Joseph Cushwa's account book, 1870-1873, for a general store, presumably in Martinsburg. Also included are Daniel G. Cushwa's diary and memoranda book, 1865-1873, containing brief entries, March 28-May 16, 1865, while a member of the 1st Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A.; scrapbooks, 1880s-1891, containing obituaries and marriage notices of Berkeley County residents; and arithmetic copybooks, ca. 1830s and 1860s. The earlier volume has a homemade binding.

153 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7264266

Virginia Historical Society Library

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Tuscarora Mills (Berkeley County, W. Va.)

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Cushwa, Jonathan, 1774-1833.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry, 1st regiment. Co. B.

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Cushwa, Henry Joseph, b. 1848.

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Washington Mills (Berkeley County, Va.)

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Valley Mills (Martinsburg, W. Va.)

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Cushwa, Daniel G., 1837-1915.

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Cushwa family.

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Cushwa family of Berkeley County, W. Va., owners of Tuscarora and Valley flour and sawmills. Included are Jonathan Cushwa (1774-1833); Barnet Cushwa (1815-1880); Daniel G. Cushwa (1837-1915); and Henry Joseph Cushwa (b. 1848). From the description of Papers, 1811-1916. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 28725785 ...

Cushwa, Barnet, 1815-1880.

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