P. W. Pugh Receipt, 1866

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Dr.
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 26041-9001
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Phone: (540) 231-6308
Restrictions:

The collection is open for 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], P. W. Pugh Receipt, June 15, 1866, Ms2022-015, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Abstract:
This collection contains a receipt that belonged to P. W. Pugh. The receipt was made out for fifty dollars by F. [Bienkamp?] for making a coffin for Pugh's father.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], P. W. Pugh Receipt, June 15, 1866, Ms2022-015, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains a receipt that belonged to P. W. Pugh, dated June 15, 1866. The receipt was made out for fifty dollars by F. [Bienkamp?] for making a coffin for Pugh's father.

Biographical / historical:

The document does not provide much information about P. W. Pugh. However, there is a Philip William Pugh (1837-1908), born in Hardy County, Virginia [now West Virginia], and died in Broadway, Rockingham County, Virginia, buried in Broadway Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Philip Pugh fought in the American Civil War for the Confederacy, and afterwards he served as a merchant in Rockingham County, Virginia. His father Hannibal Pugh (1791-1866) is buried in Olivet Cemetery, Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia.

Sources:

Acquisition information:
The P. W. Pugh Receipt was acquired by Special Collections and University Archives prior to 2012.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the P. W. Pugh Receipt was completed in May 2022.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Receipts (financial records)