Unidentified General Store Ledger, 1879-1889

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

Creator:

Petersburg (Va.) Circuit Court

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

The Unidentified General Store Ledger, 1879-1889, records accounts of individual customers. Entries are listed in chronological order under account name and include date, type of transaction, and monies credited and debited. Items purchased include tobacco, sugar, flour, coffee, salt, cotton, and plows. Work such as picking cotton and digging potatoes was often accepted in account settlements instead of cash.

Biographical / historical:

This unidentified general store operated in Virginia during the nineteenth century.

Acquisition information:

This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from the City of Petersburg.

Physical location:

State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia

Physical description:

1 v.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Consumer goods--Virginia.
General stores--Virginia.
Ledgers (account books)--Virginia.
Local government records--Virginia--Petersburg.