Before 1860 Written Accounts
Written accounts before 1860 from various sources about Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

1847-06-11, The Age (Augusta, Maine); interesting editorial regarding the Tredegar strike and the state of labor
1847-06-12, Baltimore Sun; correction: compromise between Tredegar and the strikers was NOT in relation to them returning to work, but to their potential prosecution on a conspiracy charge
1847-06-15, Richmond Enquirer; letter to the editor from J. R Anderson further explaining his actions in the Tredegar strike
1847-12-07, Richmond Whig; Tredegar Iron Works is up for sale – very detailed description of the buildings and arrangements
1848-01-14, Richmond Enquirer; Talavera house, future site of Battery No. 10, is up for sale – very detailed description. For sale by R. A. Talley, of the Tredegar Iron Works
1848-06-02, Richmond Whig; two runaway slaves from the Tredegar Iron Works
1848-06-06, Richmond Whig; Tredgar Iron Company has “sold its property, and proposing to close its business and to divide its capital” calls for claims against the company
1848-09-12, Richmond Whig; runaway slave notice from Tredegar Iron Works
1849-02-08, Washington (D.C.) Daily Globe; R. M. T. Hunter presents a petition in the US Senate asking for compensation for Tredegar guns rejected by the Navy
1849-12-20, Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, DC); J. R. Anderson has sold the mules and horses of the Catawba Furnaces – Lynchburg paper calls this “the first step to the general abandonment of the manufacture of iron in Virginia.”

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