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Preferred Citation

Virginia State Farmers Alliance County Secretary's Book, 1889-1894. Local government records collection, Chesterfield County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

This collection came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of records from Chesterfield County.

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Historical Information

Chesterfield County was named for Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth earl of Chesterfield, British statesman and diplomat, and was formed from Henrico County in 1749.

The Farmers Alliance began in Texas in 1876 and expanded to Virginia in the 1880s. By 1890, there were more than 30,000 members in 85 branches in Virginia. The Alliance worked to promote higher commodity prices through collective action by groups of individual farmers.

Scope and Content

Virginia State Farmers' Alliance County Secretary's Book, 1889-1894. The book is a quarterly record of the dues paid by Alliance members, male and female, in each branch in the county. The branches were: Dry Bridge, Robious, Midlothian, Bermuda, Cedar Hill, Centre, Skinquarter, Otterdale, Clover Hill, Port Walthall, and Broad Rock. Also included is a letter fromthe Secretary-Treasurer of the Virginia Alliance, 1898; and statements of account, 1892.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Chesterfield County (Va.)--Circuit Court.
• Virginia State Farmers Alliance (Chesterfield County, Va.)

Subjects:

• Tobacco farmers--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Tobacco industry--Virginia--Societies, etc.
• Tobacco--Cooperative marketing--Virginia--Societies, etc.

Geographical Names:

• Chesterfield County (Va.)--History--20th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Accounts--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Bookeeping registers--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Letters--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Organization records--Virginia--Chesterfield County.

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