A Guide to an Unidentified Blacksmith Account Book, 1879-1885

Access and use

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
Phone: (804) 692-3888

Summary

Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Account book, 1879-1885, of an unidentified blacksmith shop that records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each entry includes date of transaction, type of transaction, item purchased or service rendered, amount owed or paid and form of payment. Items sold include bolts, horseshoes, and linchpins. Services rendered include adding or removing horseshoes, sharpening tools, mending axles, and repairing wagons. Payments made by cash, labor, and barter of items such as corn, beef, bacon, and iron. Account book includes an index that lists the names of customers in alphabetical order and the page number where their accounts can be found.

Biographical / historical:

The unidentified blacksmith 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. (218 p.)