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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the John M. Sherrerd Papers, #4047-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Purchase 1978

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

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• Botetourt County (Va.)--History.
• Family--Virginia--Social life and customs.
• Farmers--Virginia--History--19th century.
• Iron foundries--Virginia--History--19th century.
• Iron industry and trade--Virginia--History--19th century.
• Physicians--Virginia--History--19th century.
• Rockbridge County (Va.)--History.
• Sherrerd family.
• Sherrerd, John B.
• Sherrerd, John M. (John Maxwell), 1794-1871.
• Sherrerd, Samuel.

John M. Sherrerd (1794-1871) of Warren County, N.J., was the father of Samuel Sherrerd, iron manufacurer and farmer in Rockbridge County, Va., and John B. Sherrerd, iron manufacturer and physician, in Botetourt County, Va.

The collection contains personal letters to John M. Sherrerd (1794-1871) of Warren County, N.J., from his sons, Samuel Sherrerd, iron manufacturer and farmer, and John B. Sherrerd, iron manufacturer and physician, in Rockbridge and Botetourt counties, Va. The letters describe the sons' increasingly difficult financial situations in their ironworking businesses, the physical operation of their foundries, legal arrangements, and various family affairs.