A Guide to an Unidentified Livery Ledger, 1876-1878

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

Email: archdesk@lva.virginia.gov

Phone: (804) 692-3888

Web: www.lva.virginia.gov

Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Unidentified Livery Ledger, 1876-1878. Rockbridge County (Va.) Reel 207, Local Government Records Collection, Rockbridge County Court Records, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Unidentified Livery Ledger, 1876-1878. Rockbridge County (Va.) Reel 207, Local Government Records Collection, Rockbridge County Court Records, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Ledger, 1876-1878, of an unidentified livery business that records the accounts of individual customers. Each individual account lists in chronological order the amount owed and payments made for rent of horses, buggies, and wagons; services such as shoeing and feeding horses; and purchases of drinks, manure, and stage fare. The ledger includes an index that the lists the names of customers in alphabetical order and the page number where their accounts can be found.

Biographical / historical:

The unidentified livery company conducted business in Rockbridge County during the late nineteenth century.

Acquisition information:

This volume was microfilmed in 2013 by Backstage Library Works in Bethlehem, PA.

Physical description:

1 vol. (301 p.)