A Guide to the Plummer and Tapscott Journal, 1812-1814

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
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POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
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Preferred citation:

Plummer and Tapscott Journal, 1812-1814. Local Government Records Collection, Richmond County Court Records, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Plummer and Tapscott Journal, 1812-1814. Local Government Records Collection, Richmond County Court Records, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Journal, 1812-1814, used as a daybook that records in chronological order the daily transactions of Plummer and Tapscott, a general store. Information recorded in the journal includes date of transaction, name of customer, items purchased, quantity of items purchased, amount owed, and a page number where the entry is found in a missing ledger. Merchandise sold include spices, clothing, scissors, rhubarb, nails, knives, candles, paper, dry-goods, and snuff.

Biographical / historical:

Plummer and Tapscott was a general store that conducted business in Farnham Church, Richmond County, Virginia, during the early 19th century.

Richmond County may have been named for Richmond borough in Surrey, England, or for Charles Lennox, first duke of Richmond and a son of King Charles II. It was formed from Old Rappahannock County in 1692. The county seat is Warsaw.

Some volumes were burned and mutilated through unknown causes; in addition, the will books prior to 1699 were missing as early as 1793, and order books for the period 1794-1816 are also missing. Numerous loose records prior to 1781 are missing as well.

Acquisition information:
This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Richmond County.
Physical description:
1 vol. (251 p.)