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Confederate States

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Asa Moore Janney Forest Mills ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00358
Content Description

The Asa Moore Janney Forest Mills ledgers contains three ledgers belonging to Asa Moore Janney, a Quaker who owned Forest Mills located in Loudoun Country, Virginia. The ledgers contain accounts of flour and other commodities Janney provided to families including African Americans as well as volunteers in the Confederate army. The ledgers tracked daily business sales and transactions along with labor expenses for the mill operation.

Dates: 1861-1875

Thomas Fury Letter to William Tate

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01421
Scope and Contents

One page letter informing Tate of the activities of peoeple he knew before going off to fight for the Confederacy. He reports that one person made a profession of religion and was baptized and another has volunteered for the war. Fury write on behalf of some of his friends reports that and all support the Southern Confederacy, send their regards, and pray for his safe return from war.

Dates: 1861 December 16