Muddy Creek Mill Account Book, 1847-1850

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
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Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888

Summary

Creator:
Muddy Creek Mill (Cumberland County, Va.)
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Muddy Creek Mill Account Book, 1847-1850, records on an almost daily basis services rendered by the mill for individual customers (bushels of wheat ground, amount of flour purchased, etc.,) and the amount owed and paid. At the front of the volume is Benjamin H. Powell's flour shipping list. Each entry contains the date flour was shipped, by whom shipped, and the amount shipped. At the back of the volume is Powell's wheat book that perhaps records amount of bushels of wheat per customer processed by mill. Each entry includes the date, name of customer, and amount of bushels procesed.

Biographical / historical:

Benjamin H. Powell perhaps served as an agent for Muddy Creek Mill, a flour mill in Cumberland County.

Acquisition information:
This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Cumberland County.
Physical location:
State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia
Physical description:
1 v. (158 p.)