Unidentified Mercantile Business Ledger B, 1836-1841

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
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Unidentified Mercantile Business Ledger B, 1836-1841. Local Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Unidentified Mercantile Business Ledger B, 1836-1841. Local Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

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.)