Henry Hungerford Promissory Note

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Henry Hungerford Promissory Note, Ms 1993-020, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Abstract:
Legal instrument issued by Henry Hungerford, of Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1834, promising to pay Stewart Payne.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Henry Hungerford Promissory Note, Ms 1993-020, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a single promissory note, signed by Henry Hungerford of Westmoreland County, Virginia, agreeing to pay $877.51 to Stewart Payne. The note was signed on December 10, 1834. Hungerford's signature has been partially removed from the note, suggesting that the debt was satisfied or cancelled. On the reverse are some tallies regarding the debt, signed by Payne.

Biographical / historical:

Henry Hungerford, son of James and Elizabeth Landrum Hungerford, was born at Montross (Westmoreland County), Virginia, on November 15, 1788. The younger Hungerford served as a major in the War of 1812. He married Amelia Spence (1794-1831), and the couple had six children. Following Amelia's death, Hungerford married Mary Ann Spence (1811-1850) in 1834; together they had six children. The 1850 federal census lists Hungerford as a 62-year-old grocer, living in Washington, D. C. with five of his children; the 1860 federal census for Washington describes his occupation as "clerk." Henry Hungerford died at Montross on April 29, 1866, and was buried in Hungerford Cemetery, Leedstown (Westmoreland County).

Acquisition information:
The Henry Hungerford Promissory Note was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 1993.
Processing information:

The processing and description of the Henry Hungerford Promissory Note commenced and was completed in October, 2023.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Virginia -- History