Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Portsmouth (Va.) Request by the Commissioners of Schools to Have Property Conveyed to Them, 1860. Local government records collection, Portsmouth Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 38906.

Historical Information

Portsmouth was established in 1752. It was incorporated as a town in 1836 and as a city in 1858.

Scope and Content

Portsmouth (Va.) Request by the Commissioners of Schools to Have Property Conveyed to Them, October 15, 1860. Consists of a copy of Board of Public School Commissioners minutes documenting a motion and an order that the Chairman of the Board make application to the Common Council of the City of Portsmouth to convey all property held by them for the use of the public schools of Portsmouth, and that the Chairman then execute a deed for the property from the Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank of Portsmouth to the Commissioners of Schools.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Portsmouth (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Public schools----Virginia--Portsmouth.

Geographical Names:

• Portsmouth (Va.)--History--19th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Local government records--Virginia--Portsmouth.
• Minutes--Virginia--Portsmouth
• School records--Virginia--Portsmouth.