Prestwould Farm Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 P94
Records, 1929-1946, concerning Prestwould in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. The collection includes correspondence of Dr. John Williamson Price, Jr., of Louisville, Kentucky, the owner of Prestwould with his farm managers; accounts; livestock records; and registration records of Aberdeen-Angus cattle; Percheron horses; saddle horses; and Hampshire hogs.
Prestwould is an eighteenth century plantation which was owned by the Skipwith family. It is now owned by the Prestwould Foundation and is open to the public.
English
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3.00 Linear Feet
Gift of 6657 items on 5/26/1965 and gift of 72 items on 9/13/1965.
6729.00 items
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