Francis Watkins Account Book

Access and use

Location of collection:
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney College Archives & Special Collections
Walter M. Bortz III Library
P.O. Box 7
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (434) 223-6302
Phone: (434) 223-7225
Restrictions:

Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Copies of digital files will be provided for use upon request.

Terms of access:

The nature of the Hampden-Sydney College Archives and Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. As a result, Hampden-Sydney College claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.

Summary

Extent:
1 Volumes
Language:
English .

Background

Scope and content:

The account book, bound in leather, is approximately 372 pages of handwritten accounting between Francis Watkins and several associates in the environs of Prince Edward County, including Benjamin Haskins, Smith Blakey, Jacob Woodson, M. William Bibb, and Col. John Clarke.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard