Economy and Commerce
Information about the ecomony and commerce in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1901-05-24, Richmond Dispatch; Van Lew home to be sold at auction 6/10
1901-06-09, Richmond Dispatch; Van Lew mansion to be sold tomorrow at auction – brief description of the house (13 rooms, kitchen). The lot may be subdivided or it may be bought as a sanitarium
1901-06-11, Richmond Dispatch; Van Lew Mansion not sold – only $12,100 was bid at the auction, and that was not high enough to sell
1901-07-06, Richmond Dispatch; the Virginia Club has run into a technicality taking possession of the Van Lew mansion – property now belongs to J. S. Moore
1901-07-12, Richmond Dispatch; Van Lew property transferred to J. S. Moore, instead of the Virginia Club
1904-01, Southern Practitioner; recollection about Winder Hospital by its former Surgeon in Charge, A. G. Lane. Important details, especially about the management of the hospital
1904-05-20, Richmond Times-Dispatch; auction sale at Pratt’s Castle – no children will be admitted
1904-07-08, Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly; Gildersleeve, John R.; "History of Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, Va., and Its Medical Officers During 1861-1865 "
1907-05-30, National Tribune; more debate about the last Yankees to leave Libby Prison.
1915-10-20, Richmond Times-Dispatch; negotiations are said to be afoot for the sale of the Tredegar Iron Works – Charles M. Schwab is said to be behind the deal – no comment from Tredegar

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