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By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Correspondence and blueprints primarily relating to properties in Portsmouth, Virginia. Several of the letters were written between R. C. Barclay, an attorney in Portsmouth, Virginia and N. T. Torbert, Manager for Port Norfolk Supply Company in Port Norfolk, Virginia.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Unknown
Preferred Citation:
R. C. Barclay Collection, MSS 0000-483, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed May 19, 2022.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
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Box 1],
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Box 2],
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Correspondence and Blueprints, circa 1916-1957
- Item 1: Correspondence, To N. T. Torbert, 1916 May 19
- Written in Portsmouth, Virginia and sent to Port Norfolk, Virginia. Letter concerns sale of property on Ninth Avenue by Torbert to P. J. Wilson.
- Item 2: Correspondence, To Honorable City Council, 1917 January 20
- Written in and sent to Portsmouth, Virginia. Letter concerns pending sale of two lots on Ninth Avenue at the extension of London Street from the unnamed correspondent to City Council.
- Item 3: Correspondence, N. T. Torbert to R. C. Barclay, 1917 January 20
- Written in Port Norfolk, Virginia and sent to Portsmouth, Virginia.
- Item 4: Correspondence, N. T. Torbert to Mr. Barclay, 1917 March 1
- Item 5: Correspondence, N. T. Torbert to R. C. Barclay, 1917 March 3
- Written in Port Norfolk, Virginia to Portsmouth, Virginia. Letter concerns payment for property conveyed to Portsmouth from Barclay.
- Item 6: Correspondence, Promise to Pay from City Realty Corporation to United States of America, 1920 April 1
- Project Cradock, Virginia.
- Item 7: Correspondence, Carl Mitcheltree to R. C. Barclay, 1935 March 30
- From The Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Company in Columbus, Ohio to Portsmouth, Virginia. Letter concerns death of Josephus C. Mathias.
- Item 8: Correspondence, Richard E. Davis to R. C. Barclay, 1957 June 7
- Written in Chula Vista, California and sent to Portsmouth, Virginia. Letter concerns property to be sold at public auction.
- Item 9: Blueprint, Physical Survey of Lot 52, North Truxton, Portsmouth, Virginia For North Truxton Corporation, 1947 June 20
- 3217 Armistead Drive.
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Blueprint of area in downtown Portsmouth, Virginia, undated
- Item 1: Blueprint of area in downtown Portsmouth, Virginia, undated
- Cadastral map shows area between Dinwiddie Street to the east, Chestnut Street to the west, Emmet Street to the north, and London Street to the south. Several lots are numbered to the east of Cedar Grove Cemetery on either side of Green Street, at Hampton Place, and an area north of Hampton Place between Washington Street and Dinwiddie Street.
