Blakemore Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Blakemore Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
1621.00 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Blakemore Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, mostly accounts, of Nathan L. and Henry Blakemore, of Sangerville, Augusta County, Va., but including correspondence from commission merchants in Richmond, Lynchburg, Winchester, Staunton, Alexandria, and Fredericksburg, Va. and Baltimore, Md. Many letters are from Emmanuel Grove of Luray, Va. and concern the Shenandoah Iron Works run by Nathan L. Blakemore. Includes receipts from railroad and water transportation companies.

Accounts

Accounts

Accounts, correspondence, printed ephemera, legal papers, memorandum books, and photograph

Day book of Henry Blakemore, merchant, at Mount Solon, Augusta County, Virginia. 1 Nov. 1836 - 1 March 1838. 471 pp. 15 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches.

Day book of Henry Blakemore, merchant, at Mount Solon, Augusta County, Virginia, 25 July 1845 - 28 May 1846. Volume also contains the Day book of James T. Clarke & Co., merchants, at Mount Solon, 8 May 1846 - 12 July 1848. 639 pp. 15 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches.

Day book of N. L. Blakemore, merchant, Sangerville, Augusta County, Virginia. 1 June 1860 - 29 December 1860. 620 pp. 12 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches.

Day book of N. L. Blakemore, merchant, Sangerville, Augusta County, Virginia. 29 December 1860 - 28 December 1881. 624 pp., 12 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches.

Biographical / historical:

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