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Capon Supply Company Records

Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org

404 WFCHS

Inventory created by Archives Staff 03/1985. Last revised 12/2019.

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers.

USE RESTRICTIONS: Restrictions may apply concerning the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult a member of the archives staff for information concerning these restrictions. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright.

EXTENT: 2 volumes

DATE: 1908 -1920

SCOPE AND CONTENT: The Capon Supply Company Records includes a store ledger and an account book belonging to Capon Supply Company of Hampshire County, Virginia, from 1908-1920.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: The Capon Springs Supply Company was a general supply company that operated in the resort town of Capon Springs, West Virginia in the early twentieth century. The proprietors of the business were D.B. Haines, L.C. Haines, A.C. Lovett, and A.J. Oates.

CITE AS: Capon Supply Company Records, 404 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, Virginia.

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.

ORGANIZATION:

BOX 1

Store Ledger, March 31, 1908-January 13, 1912, belonging to Capon Valley Supply Company, 1 volume (683 pages) ; 36 cm, manuscript, cloth-bound.

Account Book, May 31, 1915 to April 22, 1920, 1 volume (115 pages) ; 31 cm, manuscript, cloth-bound.