A Guide to the R.H. Figgat Account Book, 1847-1851

Location of collection:

Library of Virginia

The Library of Virginia

800 East Broad Street

Richmond, VA 23219

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Archives Reference Services

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Phone: (804) 692-3888

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Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

R.H. Figgat Account Book, 1847-1851. Local Government Records Collection, Rockbridge County Court Records, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

R.H. Figgat Account Book, 1847-1851. Local Government Records Collection, Rockbridge County Court Records, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Account book, 1847-1851, of R.H. Figgat, a wheelwright, that records the accounts of individual customers. Information found in each entry includes name of customer, dates of transactions, services rendered, items sold, and the amount owed and paid. Services rendered include repairing wagons and wagon parts, painting carriage bodies, and designing and sharpening farm tools. Payments made by cash, credit, labor, and barter of items such as beef, corn, and wood

Biographical / historical:

R.H. Figgat was a wheelwright who conducted business in Rockbridge County, Virginia, during the mid-19th century.

Acquisition information:

This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Rockbridge County.

Physical description:

1 volume (147 p.)