A Guide to the Bull Run Coal and Iron Development Company Minute Book, 1891-1893

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Bull Run Coal and Iron Development Company Minute Book, 1891-1893. Local Government Records Collection, Prince William County Court Records, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Bull Run Coal and Iron Development Company Minute Book, 1891-1893. Local Government Records Collection, Prince William County Court Records, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Minute book, 1891-1893, of Bull Run Coal and Iron Development Company that records the meetings of the company's board of directors from its inception to its dissolution. Information found in the minutes includes date of meetings, selection of officers, resolutions, and decisions made by the board of directors regarding the purchase of equipment, selling of stock, collection of delinquent payments from stockholders, and other miscellaneous activities of the company. The minute book also includes a list of names of stockholders, the number of shares owned by each stockholder, and the address of each stockholder.

Biographical / historical:

Bull Run Coal and Iron Development Company conducted business in Prince William County and Fauquier County during the late 19th century. It was organized in August 1891, and dissolved in September 1893.

Prince William County was formed from Stafford and King George Counties by a statute adopted in 1730, to take effect on 12 March 1731. The county was named for William Augustus, duke of Cumberland and third son of King George II.

Many pre-Civil War records were lost, destroyed, or stolen by Union troops in 1863 during the Civil War. Sixteen deed books and five will books are missing.

Acquisition information:
This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Prince William County.
Physical description:
1 vol. (115 p.)