John Robertson Account Book, 1781-1811.

Location of collection:

Colonial Williamsburg

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

P.O. Box 1776

Williamsburg, VA 23187

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Douglas Mayo

Email: dmayo@cwf.org

Phone: (757) 565-8521

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Phone: (757) 565-8520

Fax: (757) 565-8528

Web: www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/research/john-d-rockefeller-jr-library

Summary

Creator:

John Robertson, b. 1750.

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

Account book of John Robertson. Included are receipts for supplies received from him at the Magazine in Williamsburg, October-November 1781; indexed accounts of his school in Lynchburg, 1801-1802; house expenses, 1807-1810; and a register of the children of John and Sarah Rogers Robertson.

Biographical / historical:

John Robertson served as deputy commissary general of issues during the American Revolution. After the war, he was a schoolmaster in Albemarle County and Lynchburg, Va.

Acquisition information:

Gift, 1958.

Physical description:

1 vol. (178 p. ; 21 cm.)

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Education-- Virginia--Lynchburg.
Powder magazines-- Virginia--Williamsburg.
Account Books--Virginia--Williamsburg--18th century.
Account Books-- Virginia--Lynchburg--19th century.