Papers of the Easley family of Halifax County, Va. [manuscript], 1837-1904.

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Papers of the Easley family of Halifax County, Va. [manuscript], 1837-1904.

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Ledgers, daybooks, journals, letterbooks, landbooks, cashbooks, invoice books, and maps, mainly of the Easleys of Halifax County, Va., and their associates relating to lumber; mill products; general merchandise accounts with hotels, stores and saloons; and western land speculation in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and neighboring territories. Includes papers of Casady & Sherman; Easley & Co.; Easley & Hurt; Easley & Willingham; Easley, Carrington & Co.; Easley, Holt & Co.; Easley, Logan & Co.; and Hoyt & Sherman; and correspondence of Wood Bouldin, Jr., James S. Easley, R. Holt Easley, Samuel R. Holt, and W.W. Willingham. Map book shows location of western lands owned by the Easley associates. Also includes a student account book, 1901-1904, from the Virginia Military Institute.

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Virginia Military Institute

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On March 29, 1839 the General Aslsembly passed the final version of the act establishing a military school at the Lexington arsenal, where the students would protect the arms while pursuing educational courses. The School was named the Virginia Military Institute and is the nation's oldest state supported military college. The governor appointed nine members to the Board of Visitors to oversee the new school and they elected Claudius Crozet as president of the board and named Franci...

Easley family.

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