This collection is held in physical format at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.

The collection includes genealogy notes regarding the Nowlin family; a handwritten speech delivered by David Samuel Nowlin at the 1875 Alabama State Constitutional Convention with typed transcript; an 1858 receipt for the purchase of Mary Johnson and Ann Johnson, enslaved mother and daughter, in Richmond, Virginia; and, an 1858 receipt for purchase of enslaved person Louisa.

There are 21 total images of 20 documents included in the digital reproduction. Images were scanned and saved in the order they are filed in the physical collection.]]>

The orders were issued 03 June 1867 following the Civil War during the period known as Reconstruction.]]>

The journal includes minutes of the Oxford Iron Company with offices in Richmond, Virginia, and at the Oxford Iron Works in Campbell County, Virginia. Also included are copies of letters written to and from the principals of the company.


OXFORD IRON COMPANY

The Oxford Iron Company was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly of Virginia in February 1837, “for the purposes of manufacturing iron, steel and other metals,” with offices in Richmond, Virginia, and at the Oxford Iron Works in Campbell County. According to the minutes, the business was failing and several meetings were held in 1839-1840 regarding the disposal of the business. The last recorded meeting was August 27, 1840.]]>