Papers, 1831-1913
Chiefly correspondence, 1835-1887 (1,552 items), accounts, 1831- 1884 (1,071 items), and miscellaneous papers of Lewis Edwin Harvie (1809?- 1887), planter, of "Dykeland," Amelia County, Va. Correspondence concerns the Readjuster Party, the Patrons of Husbandry, Virginia's public debt, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and agricultural education, the Virginia State Agricultural Society, and the Tredegar Company, Richmond, Va. Miscellaneous papers include diaries, 1882-1883, kept in part while Harvie was serving in the office of the U.S. Collector of Customs at Newport News, Va.; and agreements, 1865-1876, with farm laborers, including African Americans
Archival Material, English, 1831
History
3,102 items
31276642
In the collections of the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va. (Mss1/H2636/c)