MS 2406 Letter relative to deposits of Indian relics and mineral localities of Virginia
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2406
name: label: Creator
content: Reid, George W.
label: Correspondent
content: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
place: label: Place
content: Almonds Creek (Virginia) -- Archeology
topic: label: Topic
content: James River (Virginia) -- Archeology
label: Topic
content: Thomas Tumes Quarry (Goochland County, Virginia) -- Archeology
creator: label: Creator
content: Reid, George W.
label: Correspondent
content: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Pages
label: Extent
content: 4 Drawings
unitdate: label: Date
content: March, 1881
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Letter from Mr. Reid, Goochland County, Virginia, to Professor S.F. Baird"
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2406
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letter "relative to the deposits of Indian relics and mineral localities of the State...." Includes descriptions of aboriginal quartz found on Almonds Creek below Richmond, and Indian camps and burial sites and mines on the James River from Richmond to Lynchburg. Also sketches of six steatite bowls and one yoke-shaped article of steatite found at Thomas Tumes Quarry, Goochland County, Virginia.