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The Daily Dispatch: November 21, 1860., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
have, to meet an apprehended calamity — greatly embarrassed the business community. Satisfied that something ought to be done for their relief, the Directors of the Farmers' Bank of Virginia yesterday determined to suspend specie payments. The following are their proceedings: "at a meeting of the President and Directors of the Farmers' Bank of Virginia, this 30th day of November, 1860: present — Wm. H. MacFARLANDarland, President; Wm. C. Allen, Joseph R Anderson, J. J. Waggoner, Samuel C. Robinson, James Dunlop. Theodorick Robertson, Jno. E. Wadsworth, Rd. O Haskins-- resolved, unanimously, that, in view of the distrust which prevails, of the suspension of the large money trade with the South usual at this season, and of the pressure of the law requiring the Banks of this city to redeem the circulation of their branches-- a law which bears with special severity on this Bank, because of the number of her branches-- specie payments be for the present suspended; and that a co
The Daily Dispatch: January 23, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
The Governor appointed, on the 20th inst. Richard O. Haskins, Samuel C. Robinson, N. C. Read, and William Rutherfoord, Directors on the part of the State in the Farmers' Bank of Virginia; and Jos. Jones, Charles R. Barksdale, David J. Saunders, and John L. Bacon, like Directors in the Bank of Virginia, at Richmond.
The Daily Dispatch: June 12, 1863., [Electronic resource], General Magruder and the Mexicans. (search)
nterprising fellow-citizens, Messrs. Scotts & Harvey, have at length succeeded in purchasing the paper mill established in Fredericksburg a year or two since, and have already removed most of the machinery to Manchester, where they are at work erecting buildings preparatory to the manufacture of paper of every description. Associated with these gentlemen are our well and favorable known townsmen, Mr. C. Ogden, for some years the successful superintendent of the Belvidere Paper Mill, Mr. Samuel C. Robinson, and Mr John Water house, late Superintendent of the Crenshaw Wooden Mill, and a gentleman of great and industry. Mr. Ogden is a practical paper manufacturer, of large experience, and will, no doubt, by his industry, skill, and attention to business, make the new establishment profitable to the stockholders and beneficial to the community. Mr. John D. Harvey, the principal business man in the new concern, is so well known for his enterprise that, despite the difficulty of procurin