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The first letter is dated on July 28, 1861 and is written by James Francis Preston to his wife, Sarah Caperton Preston following the First Battle of…

This collection contains a letter of invitation from Anna Lee to Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard of the Confederate Army to attend a country…

The collection consists of a letter written by Nancy B. Harbin to her sons, Jack and John Harbin. The letter details a mother's concern for the…

The collection consists of a letter written by "Mima Brown" from Pulaski, Virginia to her brother Pvt. James H. Farmer on November 8, 1863. Brown…

This letter (8 pages), dated November 27, 1863, from Fincastle, Virginia, is written on two identical pages of captured Union patriotic stationary…

This second letter (4 pages), dated December 5, 1863, and written on captured Union patriotic stationery with an engraving of Marshall House…

The collection consists of a letter by Ansil T. Bartlett to his father, dated April 15, 1865. Written from Camp Farmville, Virginia, the letter…

The second letter dates to May 15, 1872 and is written by Sarah Caperton Preston to Colonel Grabowski at Virginia Military Institute (VMI). The letter…

Letter from Jack Foster, formerly enslaved person and body servant in the 36th Virginia Infantry, to Confederate General John McCausland, reminiscing about the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain and his time in camp service.

The collection includes a letter written by J. A. Snavley, its envelope, and an advertisement postcard/mailer for Scientific American publications.…

Envelope from 1899 letter by Snavely

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…

A short missive from the president of Wachovia Loan and Trust Company and the founder and president of Washington Mills Company, Col. Francis H.…

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.

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

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…

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…

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.

The Virginia Brewing Company letter was written on September 27, 1909 by Louis A. Scholz, President of the company, and Henry Scholz, Secretary and…

This collection contains a letter from English author Victoria Cross (Annie Sophie Cory) to Hughes Massie requesting that he read and provide feedback…

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 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.

This letter was written by Maude E. Wallace of Virginia Agricultural Extension Service, Blacksburg, VA, to Sarah Pitts of George Peabody College,…

The collection also contains a letter from S. S. Griffith to Dr. J. Harry Smith, written in 1930 on Crocket Arsenic-Lithia Springs letterhead.

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

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.

The letter is from Mildred Tate to Mrs. Gillette inviting her to a dinner at Hillcrest, the women's dormitory at Virginia Tech, held by Mrs. White on…

A letter regarding land for a maintenence 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 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.