Read and Montgomerie Journal, 1820-1827

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:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Use microfilm copy, Amherst County (Va.) Reel 130.

Preferred citation:

Read and Montgomerie Journal, 1820-1827, Amherst County (Va.) Reel 130, Local government records collection, Amherst County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

Creator:
Read and Montgomerie (Bedford County, Va.)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Read and Montgomerie Journal, 1820-1827, Amherst County (Va.) Reel 130, Local government records collection, Amherst County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Read and Montgomerie Journal, 1820-1827, records accounts of its customers in Bedford County, Virginia. It lists the debts owed and payments made by individual customers. It also includes Read and Montgomerie's legal expenses from law suits. The first twenty pages of the journal are missing. The volume's spine includes the initials "B. M." for Boyd Miller who was perhaps an agent for the company.

Biographical / historical:

Between 1820 and 1827 the name of the business changed from Samuel Read and Company to Read, Montgomerie and Company and finally to Read and Montgomerie.

Amherst County was named for Major General Jeffery Amherst, British commander in North America during the latter part of the French and Indian War and governor of Virginia from 1759 to 1768. It was formed from Albemarle County in 1761. Islands in the Fluvanna (now the James) River were added in 1770.

Acquisition information:

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

Microfilm reel was generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Program.

Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
1 v. (146 p.); 1 microfilm reel