Basic City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land Company Records
Scope and Content
The Basic City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land Company Records, 1890-1892, comprise one folder of financial records documenting the activities of Augusta County's Basic City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land Company. Documents include invoices; receipts; cancelled checks; a prospectus of the Basic City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land Company; and other assorted financial records. As treasurer of Basic City Mining, J. A. Wise frequently received and/or signed the aforementioned documents. Billheads for Basic City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land Company and Basic City Iron Works are included.
Dates
- 1890-1892
Creator
- Basic City Mining, Manufacturing and Land Co. (Organization)
Access Restrictions
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Use Restrictions
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Administrative History
Jacob Reese, an industrialist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, purchased land (including Lithia Spring) near what is now Waynesboro, Virginia and on December 6, 1889, in partnership with several other developers, incorporated as the Basic City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land Company. The company owned more than 2,000 acres on both sides of the South River and east to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Basic City, Virginia was incorporated as a town on March 3, 1890 at the approval of the Virginia General Assembly. The town purchased land from Basic City Mining for $25,000. Samuel Forrer (1838-1916) served as the company's president with J. A. Wise as treasurer, M. A. Booker as secretary, Edward McMahon as first vice president, C. A. Holt as second vice president, and Edward Echols as third vice president.
The town of Basic City merged with Waynesboro in 1924 at the recommendation of the state legislature's Committee on Counties, Cities, and Towns.
Extent
0.08 cubic feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Basic City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land Company Records, 1890-1892, comprise one folder of financial records documenting the activities of Augusta County's Basic City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land Company.
Arrangement
The documents are housed in one folder.
Acquisition Information
Acquired from Tim Abbott Americana in November 2019.
Bibliography
- MacMaster, Richard K. Augusta County History: 1865-1950. Staunton: Augusta County Historical Society, 1987.
- Waynesboro Historical Commission. "The Founding of Basic City, Virginia to its merger with Waynesboro, Virginia: 1890-1923." Waynesboro: Waynesboro Historical Commission, 2005.
Creator
- Basic City Mining, Manufacturing and Land Co. (Organization)
- Title
- A Guide to the Basic City Mining, Manufacturing, and Land Company Records, 1890-1892
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Tiffany Cole
- Date
- November 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the James Madison University Libraries Special Collections Repository
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MSC 1704
Harrisonburg Virginia 22807
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