Unidentified Mercantile Business Ledger B, 1836-1841

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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Summary

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

Ledger B, 1836-1841, of an unidentified mercantile business records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order and the amount owed and paid. Entries do not record the names of the items purchased. Instead, they use the generic term "merchandise." Each entry in ledger includes the page number found in missing corresponding journal where the customer's specific transactions can be found.

Biographical / historical:

The unidentified mercantile business conducted business during the mid-nineteenth century in Amherst County, Virginia.

Acquisition information:

This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Amherst County.

Physical description:

1 vol. (413 p.)

Indexed terms

Subjects:

General stores--Virginia--Amherst County.
Business records--Virginia--Amherst County.
Ledgers (account books)--Virginia--Amherst County.
Local government records--Virginia--Amherst County.