Lovely reference, thank you.
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on 12/4/01 9:42 AM, Grundset, Eric at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> The exact reference to this interesting article is:
>
> Jackson T. Main, "The One Hundred," William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd series,
> v. 11 no. 3 (July 1954), 354-384.
>
> Thanks to Peter for showing where this had been published originally. The
> list of names only was reprinted a few years ago in a history of the James
> River without citation.
>
> Eric G. Grundset
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Bergstrom [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 8:50 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Name of article which listed one hundred richest
> men in Virgi nia
>
> 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
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 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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