Cazenove and Co. Ledger (MS293)

Access and use

Location of collection:
Alexandria Library
Alexandria Library
Local History/Special Collections
717 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Patricia Walker, Branch Manager
Phone: (703) 746-1719
Phone: (703) 838-4577
Fax: (703) 706-3912
Preferred citation:

[Item identification], Cazenove and Co. Ledger, MS293, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia

Summary

Extent:
.88 Cubic Feet
Creator:
Cazenove & Co. (1798-1861), Lee, Cassius F., 1808-1890, and Cazenove, William Gardner, 1819-1877
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Item identification], Cazenove and Co. Ledger, MS293, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of a large ledger book containing account information from Cazenove and Co. for the years leading up to the Civil War. Accounts for partners William Gardner Cazenove and Cassius F. Lee are marked differently.

A typed index of the ledger is available in the accopanying folder, as well was a volume of Alexandria History containing an article on the ledger's identification and historical context. This article is also available online.

Biographical / historical:

Cazenove and Co was founded by Anthony Charles Cazenove, who established himself as a merchant in Alexandria in 1798. He later partnered with his son-in-law, William Collins Gardner. It was later run by William Gardner Cazenove in partnership with Cassius F. Lee before being ruined by the Civil War.

Originally a dry goods store, it developed into a larger import-export company.

Processing information:

Originally accessioned as "Ledger G", subsequent research showed the ledger to belong to Cazenove and Co.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard