Series 4: Manuscript Volumes
- Scope and content:
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Includes account books, day books, cash books, invoice books, registers and other accounting manuscripts for blacksmiths, cattle farms, farms, public schools, general stores, tanneries and other enterprises. Family names and businesses are generally in alphabetical order and include Adams, Aldie School, Byrne, Chappelear, Edmonds, Effinger, Fletcher, Hunter, Little, Owens and Strother. Ledgers without associated names are at end of series under Fauquier County. Benjamin Curtis Chappelear's (1877-1954) parents were John Armistead and Amanda Virginia Settle Edmonds Chappelear. His grandparents were Benjamin Garner and Matilda Fletcher Chappelear. The Strother Family is related to the Edmonds Family
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem LibraryCollege of William and Mary400 Landrum DrivePO 8795Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
- Contact for questions and access:
- Email: spcoll@wm.eduPhone: (757) 221-3090Fax: (757) 221-5440Web: swem.wm.edu/scrc
- Parent restrictions:
- Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
- Parent terms of access:
- Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.