Papers of Weaver-Brady families, 1824-1878.

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Papers of Weaver-Brady families, 1824-1878.

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Include the business correspondence and papers, 1824-1878, of William Weaver and his nephew, Daniel C.E. Brady pertaining to their operations at Bath Iron Works, Buffalo Forge, Etna Furnace, and subsidiary organizations, Lydia Furnace, Emma Mines, Liberty Furnace, Potosi Mines, and a grist mill, Spring Mills, located in Rockbridge, Rockingham, and Botetourt, Va. counties. The collection presents a detailed picture of the use of slave and hired slave labor in the manufacture of pig and forged iron. Include correspondence, primarily of William Weaver, Daniel C.E. Brady, James D. Davidson, Greenlee Davidson, John Doyle, Charles K. Gorgas, Jordan, Davis, & Co., Henry A. McCormick, William W. Rex, Richmond and Lynchburg, Va. merchants, other iron works owners, and slave hiring agents. Also include ledgers, daybooks, journals, time books, records of free and slave labor, provision account books, cashbooks, farm journals, receipts, bills, legal papers, slave account books, land assessments and journals kept by Daniel C.E. Brady. Some correspondence, 1861-1863, pertains to the difficulties, arising during the Civil War, such as the demand for iron, inability to fill orders, impressment of iron, filling orders for Confederate government, and opinion and news of the Civil War. Also includes appraisements, 1863, of estates of William Weaver; and voting registration, 1870-1875, at Natural Bridge, Va. with Afro-American voting information.

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University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7344097

University of Virginia. Library

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Etna Furnace.

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Spring Mines.

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Gorgas, Charles K., 1834-1862.

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Bath Iron Works

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Rex, William A., 1879-1959

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Potosi Mines.

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McCormick, Henry, 1822-1879

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Lydia Furnace.

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Doyle, John.

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Doyle enlisted on July 17, 1899 at Marquette (Mich.) to fight in the Spanish-American War. (No further information is available on him). From the description of Correspondence, 1900. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 42427216 ...

Brady, David Charles Elliot, 1821-1878.

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Jordan, Davis, & Co.

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Davidson, Greenlee, 1834-1863

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Liberty Furnace.

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Weaver, William, 1780-1863

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Ironmaster and pioneer in scientific agriculture, from Goshen (Rockbridge Co.), Va. From the description of William Weaver papers, 1809-1885; (bulk 1828-1875). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20273682 From the description of Papers, 1809-1885 ; (bulk 1828-1875). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270920 Rockbridge County, Virginia, iron master. From the description of Papers of Weaver-Brady families [manuscript], 1819-1831. ...

Davidson, James D. (James Dorman), 1808-1882

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Lawyer and poet in Lexington, Va. From the description of Scrapbooks, 1832-1878. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 11075097 Lawyer, of Lexington, Va. From the description of James D. Davidson papers, 1829-1878; (bulk 1836-1859). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19491275 The son of Presbyterian minister Andrew Baker Davidson James, Dorman Davidson (1808-1882) was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia. James gr...

Davidson, James D. (James Dorman), 1810-1822,

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Emma Mines.

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