®l|p i. M. Bill 

 Htbrary 



. ,^ , . a,^ ^ [it the colonial period the single staple of 

 ^avtU (Harnltna i>tatc r ^ , , , 



\>minated the economic, social, legislative 



and religious life of Virginia. Starting early in the 

 national period new elements in commerce and 

 agriculture began to alter the structure of Virginia's 

 one-crop economy. The highlights of the long, 

 sometimes dramatic history which began at James- 

 town are presented in this booklet. Included is a 

 brief account of current activities of the tobacco 

 industry in Virginia. Today the production of con- 

 siderable quantities of leaf and of tobacco goods 

 gives employment to a large labor force in the 

 state. Auction warehouses, factories, storage sheds 

 and other plants and facilities represent an i7npres- 

 sive capital investment. More than 30,000 outlets 

 in Virginia serve consumers who annually buy to- 

 bacco products of which the latest estimated whole- 

 sale value was over 109 million dollars. Tobacco 

 remains what it has always been in the Old Do- 

 minions history: a commodity of great economic, 

 social, and fiscal importance. 



Tobacco History Series 



THE TOBACCO INSTITUTE, INC. 



910 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. 

 1960 



NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES 



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