Unidentified Lumber Business Daybook, 1892-1895

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

Summary

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

Daybook, 1892-1895, records transactions of an unidentified lumber business as they occurred on a daily basis. Information found in entries includes names of individuals or companies from whom the lumber company purchased wood, names of individuals or companies to whom it sold lumber, type of wood purchased and sold by the lumber company, dimensions of wood and lumber, and amount owed and paid. Much of the lumber was shipped from Wise County to Boston via Norfolk.

Biographical / historical:

The unidentified unidentified lumber business conducted business during the late nineteenth century in the town of Coeburn, Wise County, Virginia.

Acquisition information:

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

Physical location:

State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia

Physical description:

1 vol. (81 p.)

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Lumbering--Virginia--Wise County.
Business records--Virginia--Wise County.
Daybooks--Virginia--Wise County.
Local government records--Virginia--Wise County.