Reid, Samuel McDowell, Jr.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Ann Smith Academy Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0058
Scope and Contents
Includes 2 bound volumes of minutes of the meetings of its Board of Trustees (1807-1910), yearly reports of the various principals, miscellaneous correspondence, business papers, bills and receipts.
Dates:
Inclusive 1807-1910
Oversize Materials
Series
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Series 1 of this collection primarily covers the period from 1763 through Samuel McDowell Reid's death in 1869. There are also a few later items dealing chiefly with his estate. The bulk of the papers deals with business matters. Documents concern such matters as the James River and Kanawha Company, the North River Navigation Company, Washington College's relationship with the Society of the Cincinnati, slavery, and the financial dealings of John Robinson and the Hare family. Series 2 is...
Dates:
1760-1896