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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word, created by Renee M. Savits, 1 August 2005 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Reeves family Records, 1850-1905 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 26769 Renee M. Savits

Library of Virginia 2005 Renee M. Savits Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary Library of Virginia Reeves family Records, 1850-1905 26769 1.35 cu. ft. (3 boxes and 1 oversize folder) English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Reeves family. Records, 1850-1905. Accession 26769, Business records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Gift of William R. Dunn, Lynchburg, Virginia, June 1967.

Biographical/Historical Information

Isaac J. Reeves (1819-1892) was a farmer in South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia. He also owned a blacksmith shop and was a partner in Blount and Reeves, wheelwrights. He was married to Lucy M. Reeves (1823- 1901). Their son, William T. Reeves (1861-1933) was a pharmacist in South Boston.

Scope and Content

Records, 1850-1905, of the Reeves family of South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia. Included are accounts and receipts, broadsides, catalogs and price lists, correspondence, deeds, ledgers, memorandum books, publications, and reports. The records mainly relate to Isaac J. Reeves, a farmer and wheelwright, and his son, William T. Reeves, a pharmacist in South Boston, Virginia.

Included are accounts and receipts, 1858-1901, for insurance, wagon repairs, hardware, and groceries from stores in Danville, Richmond, and South Boston, Virginia. Also included is a deed and survey for land in South Boston and several memorandum books. Publications relating to the Temperance movement, Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of Virginia, Republican Party, and the Independent Order of Good Templars are also included.

Of note are the advertisement cards, broadsides, catalogs and price lists from companies in South Boston, Danville, and Richmond, Virginia. The catalogs and price lists are divided into categories: agriculture, machinery and carriages, medical supplies, music and art supplies, and religious. The musical catalogs were used to purchase a new organ for the Methodist Church in South Boston. The catalogs are of note because they document many companies which are no longer extant in Virginia. Some of the companies include: Allison & Addison (Richmond, Va.); A.B. Clarke (Richmond, Va.); Edwards, Noblin & Co. (S. Boston, Va.); G.E. Faulkner (S. Boston, Va.); Frank Tobacco Co. (Danville, Va.); Greensboro Handle Works (Greensboro, NC); Louisville Hub, Spoke and Wheel (Louisville, KY); James McGraw (Richmond, Va.); Old Dominion Iron and Nail Works (Richmond, Va.); Simpson & Brothers (Richmond, Va.); and G.F. Watson Furniture Works (Richmond, Va.). Also included are various "get rich quick" flyers in the oversize folder.

The ledgers include account books for Blount and Reeves, wheelwrights; personal ledgers of Isaac J. Reeves; an account book of Sons of Temperance, Falmouth Division No. 388; a railway freight account book; and Salem church Sunday school records. Also of note are drawings of several South Boston homes and businesses by an unknown artist.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Contents List Abstinance oath, c. 1896 1 1 Accounts and receipts, 1858-1869 1 2 Accounts and receipts, 1870-1879 1 3 Accounts and receipts, 1880-1889 1 4 Accounts and receipts, 1890-1898 1 5 Accounts and receipts, 1900-1901 1 6 Accounts and receipts, nd 1 7 Advertisements cards, c. 1890-1900 1 8

Arrington Brothers, Grocers (Danville, Va.) Peter Bilhorn, Publisher (Chicago, IL) Brown, Weld & Co., Spoke manufacturer (Charlotte County, Va.) Edward Noblin & Co., Druggists (South Boston, Va.) Eureka Soap Co. (Cincinnati, OH) Faulkner, Owen & Co., Livery stable (South Boston, Va.) Frank Tobacco Co. (Danville, Va.) C.W. Harvey & Son, Wagons (Danville, Va.) Hickety & Sublett, Hardware dealer (Danville, Va.) S. Jablonski & Co., General merchandise (South Boston, Va.) Martin & Mason, Commission mechants (Richmond, Va.) Martin & Cardozo, Commission merchants (Richmond, Va.) James McGraw, Hardware dealer (Richmond, Va.) R.W. Powers & Co., Druggists (Richmond, Va.) W.R. Pugh, Merchant (Richmond, Va.)

Barbour Buggy Co. (South Boston, Va.), 1890 1 9 Broadsides, 1878-1892 1 10 Catalogs and prices lists, Agriculture, c. 1876 1 11

Allison & Addison, Dealers in seeds and fertilizers (Richmond, Va.)

Catalogs and prices lists, Machinery and carriages, c. 1870-1900 1 12

D.J. Baldwin, Hardware and carriages (Richmond, Va.) C.E. Bennett, Carts (Jackson, MI) "The Blacksmith's Journal", Day Bros. (Philadelphia, Pa.) Cumberland, Dugan & Co., Carriages (Baltimore, MD) Douglas Manufacturing Co. (NY, NY) James McGraw, Machinists supplies (Richmond, Va.) Smith, Fulton & Rogers, Carriages (Louisville, KY)

Catalogs and prices lists, Machinery and carriages, c. 1870-1900 1 13

Burden Iron Works (Troy, NY) "The Carriage Maker's & Painter's Guide" by G.W. Clark Clark & Rousseau, Carriage and buggy ornaments (Buffalo, NY) C.W. Coe, Bolt cutter (Fenton, MI) G.F. Watson, Furniture works (Richmond, Va.) George O. Stevens & Co., Window sashes (Baltimore, MD) Greensboro Handle Works, Spokes (Greensboro, NC) Maryland Paint and Color Works (Baltimore, MD) North Carolina Coach Material Co., Spokes (Greensboro, NC) Simpson & Brothers, Carriages and wagons (Richmond, Va.) P.H. Starke, Plows (Richmond, Va.) E.B. Whitman, Fertilizers and plows (Baltimore, MD) Samuel G. Winternitz, Iron and steel warehouse (Baltimore, MD)

Catalogs and prices lists, Medical supplies, c. 1870-1900 1 14

Dr. J. Ball & Co.'s Patent Improved Ivory Eye Cups (NY, NY) Carr Brothers & Co., Wholesale druggists (Baltimore, MD) "Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing; Or, 25,000 Wants Supplied" Hance Brothers & White, Chemists (Philadelphia, Pa.) G.E. Faulkner, Druggist (S. Boston, Va.) Hamlins Wizard Oil Co., Directors for using Hamlins Wizard Oil (Chicago, IL) Kennedy & Co., Druggists (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Dr. Pierce's Family Medicines (Buffalo, NY) Perry Davis & Son, Druggist (Providence, RI)

Catalogs and price lists, Musical, c. 1870-1900 1 15 Catalogs and price lists, Religious, c. 1870-1900 1 16 Catalogs and price lists, Misc., c. 1870-1900 1 17 Circular letters, 1871-1896 2 1 Correspondence, 1871-1879 2 2 Correspondence, 1880-1887 2 3 Correspondence, 1891-1898 2 4 Correspondence, 1900-1905 2 5 Correspondence, nd 2 6 Deeds, 1872-1878 2 7 Grand Lodge of Virginia, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Certificates, 1900 2 8 Invitations, 1892-1894 2 9 Leases, 1880 2 10 Medicinal cures, nd 2 11 Memorandum books, 1872-1892 2 12 Methodist Church (South Boston, Va.), Account, nd 2 13 Miscellaneous, 1875 2 14 Oaths, 1869 2 15 Order form, c. 1880 2 16 Poetry, nd 2 17 Publications, "Address of the Readjuster Members of the Legislature to the People!", Richmond, Virginia, 1882 2 18 Publications, "Homes for the Homelss. What the Republican Party has done for the Poor Man," nd 2 19 Publications, "Independent Order of Good Templars of North Carolina," 1873 2 20 Publications, "Knights of Pythias," 1894-1898 2 21 Publications, "Oskaloosa Power and Land Company," nd 2 22 Publications, Play, "Josiah's Courtship," 1892 2 23 Publications, "Proceedings of the Friends of Temperance," 1874-1875 2 24 Publications, Religious, 1859-1872 2 25 Publications, "Valley Mutual Life Association of Virginia (Staunton, Va.)," 1878 2 26 Publications, "The Washington Life Insurance Company of New York," 1898 2 27 "South Boston, Virginia: The Country's Largest and Youngest Settlement," nd 2 28 Stock certificates, 1891-1897 2 29 Stories, nd 2 30 Tax receipts, 1861-1893 2 31 United States Mutual Accident Association, Certificate, 1887 2 32 Virginia State Insurance Company of Richmond, Report, 1883 2 33 Ledgers, Blount and Reeves, 1878-1879 3 Ledgers, Blount and Reeves, 1882-1883 3 Ledgers, Blount and Reeves, 1884 3 Ledgers, Isaac J. Reeves, 1853-1860 3 Ledgers, Isaac J. Reeves, 1861-1862 3 Ledgers, Jacob I. Reeves, Railway freight account book, 1857-1859 3 Ledgers, Salem Sunday School, 1871-1872 3 Ledgers, Sons of Temperance, Falmouth Division No. 388, Treasury book, 1850-1862 3 Oversize broadsides and flyers, c. 1870-1900 66

Includes sketches of South Boston.