Papers, 1850-1910.

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Papers, 1850-1910.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29991363

Include farm management accounts of Robert Henderson Allen (1817- 1900) for Oral Oaks plantation, Lunenburg County, Va.; personal accounts; agreements for rental of property in Lunenburg County, Va.; execution books, judgment books, and electoral tickets for Lunenburg County, Va.; and diaries concerning the management of Oral Oaks plantation and notes concerning weather, rotation of jobs among the slaves (also their births, illnesses and deaths), fertilizers, production of tobacco, social and business activities, effects of the Civil War on daily life, and a postwar visit to Thomas Foote in Macon, Miss. Account books also include home remedies and minutes of the Crooked Creek Grange No. 100 of the Patrons of Husbandry in Lunenburg County, Va.; and records of the school at Oral Oaks, Va.

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Allen, Robert Henderson, 1817-1900.

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Allen family.

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Robert Henderson Allen (1817-1900) of Oral Oaks plantation, Lunenburg County, Va., was a justice of the peace, commissioner of accounts, agent for the Freedmen's Bureau, proprietor of Oral Oaks School, and businessman. From the description of Papers, 1850-1910. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 29991363 ...

Foote, Thomas Vicars

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Oral Oaks School (Lunenburg County, Va.)

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Virginia State Grange. Crooked Creek Grange No. 1 (Lunenburg County, Va.)

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