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

The collection includes a letter written by J. A. Snavley, its envelope, and an advertisement postcard/mailer for Scientific American publications. The letter describes attempts to gain a patent for acetylene gas light and other inventions, such as a…

Envelope from 1899 letter by Snavely

This collection contains an 1883 letter written by Jack Foster, a formerly enslaved person who served as a body servant in the 36th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Foster writes to former Confederate General John McCausland, one-time…

A letter from a pharmacist in Galax, VA, reporting on unpayed accounts of mill employees for prescription drugs.

A letter from the mill president congratulating Fries High School students on their athletic accomplishments

A letter from a school supply company confirming an order of tablet arm chairs.

A letter from the mayor of Fries requesting that the mill administration make some repairs to the town jail.

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

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 from Herbert Neisser, MD, inquiring about a position at 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 Mrs. Jack Epps asking for fabric samples to match her new wallpaper.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

A letter asking the mill to support an amendement that would change the way the work of women and children was limited in Virginia.

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 regarding some land given to the state in order to redo a state highway.

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

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

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

A letter from the mill Vice President and Mayor of Fries, allowing the Highway Department to clean up a specified piece of land.

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

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

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

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

A note from a surveyor hired by the mill

A memorandum from a surveyor regarding work he was contracted to do for the mill.