MSS16505Hering, Dr. Edwin A., real estate ledgerGuide to the Dr. Edwin A. Hering real estate ledger MSS 16505Rose OliveiraAlbert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

3 June 2021

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110University of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110URL:
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This collection is open for research.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from Caroliniana by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library.

 Preferred Citation

MSS 16505, Dr. Edwin A. Hering real estate ledger, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

 Content Description

This collection contains the ledger of Edwin A. Herring of Harrisonburg, Virginia, recording his real estate holding and investments in Virginia including Waynesboro, Salem, and Harrisonburg. Approximately 26 pages have been filled out with manuscript, generally a few lines to a half page of text. Dr. Edwin A. Hering recording his real estate holdings and investments in Salem, Waynesboro, and Harrisonburg, Virginia. Nine pages relate to his owning of Blue Rock Farm, which he purchased from his father-in-law, Alex Hamilton for $78 an acre in 1875. Two additional pages of text record Hering's stock sales to a Baltimore bank, likely to fund the purchase. Another nine pages document Hering's investments in Basic City, a town in Augusta County that is today part of Waynesboro. Another page of content relates to Hering's purchase and management of the A Strealy property in Waynesboro, while the remaining five or so pages record Hering's investments in the Salem Development Company.

 Conditions Governing Use

Handle gentley as binding loose with covers and spine detaching from text block and a few pages detached.

 Ledgers (account books) Real property -- Virginia