Turner Brooks and Company Account Book, 1869

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:

Richmond (Va.) Circuit Court

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

Turner Brooks and Company Account Book, 1869, records the expenses paid out for tobacco supplies, rent, and drayage fees. Entries also document money paid to employees for "twister work" and "lumps made in lump room."

Biographical / historical:

Turner Brooks and Company were tobacco merchants operating in Richmond, Va., during the mid-nineteenth century.

Acquisition information:

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

Physical location:

State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia

Physical description:

1 v.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Merchants--Virginia--Richmond.
Tobacco--Virginia--Richmond.
Tobacco industry--Virginia--Richmond.
Business records--Virginia--Richmond.
Ledgers (account books)--Virginia--Richmond.
Local government records--Virginia--Richmond.