Papers, 1831-1913.

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Papers, 1831-1913.

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Chiefly correspondence, 1835-1887 (1,552 items), accounts, 1831- 1884 (1,071 items), and miscellaneous papers of Lewis Edwin Harvie (1809?- 1887), planter, of "Dykeland," Amelia County, Va. Correspondence concerns the Readjuster Party, the Patrons of Husbandry, Virginia's public debt, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and agricultural education, the Virginia State Agricultural Society, and the Tredegar Company, Richmond, Va. Miscellaneous papers include diaries, 1882-1883, kept in part while Harvie was serving in the office of the U.S. Collector of Customs at Newport News, Va.; and agreements, 1865-1876, with farm laborers, including African Americans. Also included in the collections are scattered papers of other Harvie family members, including Edwin James Harvie (1835-1911), James Seddon Harvie (1846-1915), James Strother Harvie (1850-1891), John Brockenbrough Harvie (1810-1885), and William Old Harvie (b. 1839), and of Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (1809-1887), Thomas Meaux (d. 1860), and Armistead Green Taylor (1841-1923).

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Virginia Tech

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Virginia Tech (VT), formally Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI), is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. In 1872, with federal funds provided by the Morrill Act of 1862, the Reconstruction-era Virginia General Assembly purchased the facilities of Preston and Olin Institute and 250 acres of nearby Solitude Farm. The commonwealth incorporated a new institution on the site, a state-supported land-grant military institute named ...

Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887

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Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (April 21, 1809 – July 18, 1887) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and plantation owner. He was a U.S. Representative (1837–1843, 1845–1847), Speaker of the House (1839–1841), and U.S. Senator (1847–1861). During the American Civil War, Hunter became the Confederate States Secretary of State (1861–1862) and then a Confederate Senator (1862–1865) and critic of President Jefferson Davis. After the war, Hunter failed to win re-election to the U.S. Senate, but did ser...

Readjuster Party of Virgiinia.

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National Grange. Virginia State Grange.

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Taylor, Armistead Green, 1841-1923.

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Harvie, William Old, b. 1839.

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Harvie, John Brockenbrough, 1810-1885.

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Harvie family.

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U.S. Customs Service

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Isaac H. Scott was born in Quebec; came to the United States at age 14. Served during the Civil War and was the last surviving member of the crew of the Monitor. He was employed at the Ferry St. U.S. Customs office, Buffalo, N.Y., for 33 years. From the description of Personnel file of Isaac H. Scott, 1915-1920. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33113607 The establishment of customs districts and ports of entry and appointment of customs officers was...

Harvie, Lewis Edwin (1809-1887)

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Harvie, James Strother, 1850-1891.

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Harvie, James Seddon, 1846-1915.

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Virginia Agricultural Society.

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Harvie, Edwin James (1835-1911)

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Meaux, Thomas, d. 1860.

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Tredegar Company (Richmond, Va.)

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