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Agriculture -- Virginia

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur Carmichel papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00241
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three letters from Arthur Carmichel to family members in Virginia, discussing family matters as well as agriculture in Virginia. One letter (1814) mentions the results of a battle won by American forces in the War of 1812.

Dates: 1814, 1818

Jacob Wagner papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00033
Scope and Contents This collections consists of letters addressed to Jacob J. Wagner of Monongalia County, Virginia and LePorte, Indiana. Monongalia County is now part of West Virginia. Two letters (1831, 1833), written by friends in Indiana while Wagner still lived in Virginia, describe travel conditions, pioneer life, weather and the abundance of agricultural produce in Indiana. Three letters (1840, 1850, 1851) were written by Wagner's friends in Virginia after he left, giving him news of that area. These...
Dates: 1831 - 1851