The article was called "The One Hundred."  It was by Jackson Turner Main and
it appeared in the William and Mary Quarterly around 1950-1952.  I'm sorry I
don't have the exact citation here at work.  It is based on the land tax and
personal property tax list of 1786 and 1787 -- the first years that offer
almost complete coverage of all the counties in the Commonwealth.

It is an excellent article and a fine example of quantitative history that
is made accessible to the lay reader.

Enjoy

Peter V. Bergstrom

-----Original Message-----
From: Netti Schreiner-Yantis [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, 03 December 2001 11:00 PM
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Subject: Name of article which listed one hundred richest men in
Virginia


Dear List,

A few years ago someone told me of an article which had been written for one
of Virginia's scholarly
journals which told the names of the one hundred richest men in Virginia at
a particular period of
time.  The author--I think--was either Turner ______  or _______ Turner.
Can anyone tell me the
author's full name and in which journal it appeared?   And maybe, the
approximate year it was
published?    I would be very grateful.

Netti Schreiner-Yantis
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