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Reuben Lindsay Gordon Jr. was born January 21, 1855 in Orange County, Virginia to Reuben Lindsay Gordon and Elizabeth Somerville Beale. Gordon was a lawyer in Louisa County and served as Commonwealth’s Attorney from 1890 to 1905. He was also a…

This is a letter from B.O. James, Secretary of the Commonwealth, to P.B. Porter, Clerk of the Louisa County Court, written on July 13, 1914. It acknowledges a certificate that 304 citizens of Louisa County have voted for State Wide Prohibition. This…