Thomas Creigh Letter

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
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560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Thomas Creigh Letter, Ms2008-060, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Creigh, Thomas, b. abt.1812
Abstract:
The Thomas Creigh Letter is a missive written in 1858 from a Virginia assemblyman, representing Greenbrier County, to an unknown party concerning the state of Virginia's real indebtedness.
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], Thomas Creigh Letter, Ms2008-060, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Thomas Creigh Letter is a one‐page missive written in 1858 from a Virginia assemblyman, representing Greenbrier County, to an unknown party concerning the state of Virginia's indebtedness. Creigh proceeds to specifically cite Virginia's floating debt at eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Also mentioned are the unnamed correspondent's subscription to the Richmond paper, the unseasonably mild winter, and Virginia's internal improvement.

Biographical / historical:

Thomas Creigh was a member of the Virginia General Assembly. He was likely born in 1812 or 1813, worked as a medical doctor, and served the Virginia General Assembly as a representative of Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia). Creigh served as both a state senator (1852-1857) and a delegate (1843-1844, 1857-1858).

External Sources:

"Thomas Creigh", House History, Virginia House of Delegates, https://history.house.virginia.gov/members/7201, accessed March 20, 2023.

Swem, Earl G., and John W. Williams, A register of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776-1918, and of the Constitutional Conventions, Richmond: Davis Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing, 1918, on Archive.org, https://archive.org/details/registerofgenera00virg/page/n5/mode/2up, accessed March 20, 2023.

Acquisition information:
The Thomas Creigh Letter was purchased by Special Collections in 1993.
Processing information:

The processing and description of the Thomas Creigh Letter occurred in August 2008.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard