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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Rockbridge County Circuit Court Ephemera Collection, WLU Coll. 0179, Special Collections, Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Bookworm and Silverfish in 1993.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of four broadsides offering land for sale at public auction as ordered by the Circuit Court of Rockbridge County from 1874-1885. Commissioners executing these sales were: J.G. Steele, W.P. Houston, S.H. Letcher, C.A. Davidson and W.P. Hanger. Litigants and defendants in the associated Circuit Court cases include: E.S. Tutwiler, John Mohler, Andrew Lindsay, A.T. Hanger, James Kennedy and A.J. McBride. The land parcels offered at auction are in Rockbridge County and Lexington.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Bookworm and Silverfish
• Broadsides
• Circuit courts
• Davidson, Charles A. (Charles Andrew)
• Hanger, W. P.
• Houston, William Paxton
• Kennedy, James
• Letcher, S. H. (Samuel Houston)
• Lindsay, Andrew
• McBride, A. J.
• Mohler, John
• Real property
• Tutwiler, E. S.
• Virginia -- Lexington
• Virginia -- Rockbridge County