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A handwritten sketch and description of the boundaries and past owners of a parcel of land to be acquired by the Washington Mills Company.

A handwritten account of a parcel of land being sold to the Washington Mills Company, and a sketch of same.

A map showing plots of land aquired by the Washington Mills Company to build the Fries Textile Mill and the Town of Fries as of 1901.

A contract between the mill founders and the Funks, whereby the Washington Mills Company acquired land in Fries, Va.

A letter about a personnel change within the Fries Textile Mill.

A letter introducing a new mill employee, sent to the Fries Mill from another mill owned by the Washington Mills Company.

A letter from the treasurer of the Washignton Mills Company inquiring about several employees wh had quit their jobs in North Carolina in order to work at the mill in Fries.

A short missive from the president of Wachovia Loan and Trust Company and the founder and president of Washington Mills Company, Col. Francis H. Fries, thanking the mill superintendent for sending updates about operations. Includes and example of the…

A letter offering jobs and perks to a family in order to convince them to go work at the Fries mill.

A letter to Dr. Wilmer Hodgson asking him to resign as mill doctor for Fries.

A letter to a former mill employee accusing him of trying to convince his former coworkers at the mill to quit and join him at his new company.

The lease for the land and building in Fries for the grocery store, the rent for which was $1 per year.

A letter to the mill superintendant asking about jobs for men being released from jail.

A page of an early ledger tracking the Fries Mill's expenditures.

A letter from Mrs. Patsie Pruitt asking for her job back at the mill. She had moved to Maryland, but wanted to go back to Fries because child labor laws in Maryland prevented her children from working.

A letter from Haywood Haynes informing the mill that he and his family would be coming to work at the mill, with information about his family and their housing needs.

A letter responding to another company's attempts to collect on an alleged $2 debt.

A letter asking about a man detained in Atlanta who was possibly wanted for murder in Fries.

A letter explaining plans to build a new Baptist Church on Main Street in Fries, Va.

Two facing pages from a mill ledger recording the hours worked by individual employees.

A letter to responding to a telegram about a man potentially trying to convince mill employees to quit in order to work at another company.

A document from a electoral judge for the Town of Fries, Va.

A letter sent by the state confirming that the mill provided all utilities for the town.

A note sent in by an employee explaining their inability to work for several days.

A letter from the state of Virginia offering assistance to test Fries residents for hookworm.

A letter sent to the mayor of Fries asking about moving to town to set up shop as a dentist.

A letter from a resident of Fries reporting their neighbor to the mill administration for perceived suspicious behavior.

A letter from a doctor at the University of Virginia who came to Fries to help tend flu victims.

A page from a mill ledger recording employee contributions to the Methodist Church in Fries, which they could have deducted from their paychecks.

A map showing the water depth of the mill pond for the Fries Textile Plant.

A page from a mill ledger recording employee contributions to the Baptist Church in Fries, which they could have deducted from their paychecks.

A page from a mill ledger recording employee contributions to the Baptist Church in Fries, which they could have deducted from their paychecks.

A page from a mill ledger recording employee's membership dues for the Fries, Va. Y.M.C.A., seperated by mill department.

A document granting the Virginia Department of Highways a certain amount of land to build a maintenance road for Highway 94.

A letter regarding land for a maintenence road for Highway 94.

A summary of income from the department store in Fries, Va, 1936.

A summary of participation in activities offered by the Fries YMCA from November 25th- December 20th, 1936.

A page from a mill ledger tracking maintenance work done on the mill-owned houses in Fries, Va.

an indemnity bond between the First National Bank of Fries and the Washington Mills Company, to correct an error with their payroll.

A letter from the principal of the high school informing the mill adminstration that a tank in the Home Economics Cottage had begun to leak.

A letter from the principal of the high school asking for scrap cloth to clean the school.

A letter regarding land for a maintenence road for Highway 94.

A document granting the Virginia Department of Highways a certain amount of land to build a maintenance road for Highway 94.

A letter from a mechanical engineer at Virginia Tech explaining the required dimensions of a part for the mill.

A letter allowing the grocery store to build an extension to the building.

The deed of sale for a plot of land in Fries, Va. Sold by Wiley L. Roop to Washington Mills Company.

A letter regarding land for a maintenence road for Highway 94.

A letter from the Werthan Bag Corporation asking the mill to resell their empty bags to help with the war effort.

A letter from Herbert Neisser, MD, inquiring about a position at the mill.