Unidentified Liquor Dealer Ledger, 1912-1913

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:

Unidentified Liquor Dealer Ledger, 1912-1913, records the accounts of individual customers. Information found in each entry includes the customer name, date of transaction, name and quantity of item purchased, and amount owed. Customers bought cigars, cigarettes, and a variety of alcoholic beverages including beer, port, whiskey, and gin.

Biographical / historical:

This unidentified liquor dealer operated in the Richmond, Va., area during the early twentieth century.

Acquisition information:

This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Richmond under the accession number 37367.

Physical location:

State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia

Physical description:

1 v.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Liquor stores--Virginia--Richmond.
Business records--Virginia--Richmond.
Ledgers (account books)--Virginia--Richmond.
Local government records--Virginia--Richmond.