Manchester Supply Company Daybooks, 1901-1902

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:

Manchester Supply Company Daybooks, 1901-1902, record the business transactions of the grocers on an almost daily basis as they occurred. Information found in each entry includes the name of customer, name and quantity of goods purchased, price owed, and amounts paid. Manchester Supply Company sold a variety of vegetables and meat along with sugar, flour, and tobacco.

Biographical / historical:

Manchester Supply Company operated briefly in the early 1900s in the city of Manchester, which was officially annexed to the City of Richmond in 1910. Today the area is also known as South Richmond.

Acquisition information:

These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Richmond under accession number 37366.

Physical location:

State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia

Physical description:

2 v.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Consumer goods--Virginia--Manchester.
Groceries--Virginia--Manchester.
Grocery trade--Virginia--Manchester.
Merchants--Virginia--Manchester.
Business records--Virginia--Manchester.
Daybooks--Virginia--Manchester.
Local government records--Virginia--Richmond.