Journal, 1784-1789

Access and use

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
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528

Summary

Creator:
Anderson, Matthew, 1745-1803.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

This volume is a general merchandise journal of the partnership of Low and Anderson (1784-1785), kept by Mathew Anderson.

Biographical / historical:

Matthew Anderson was born in Gloucester, Virginia, the son of William and Sarah Anderson, and younger brother of James Anderson, blacksmith of Williamsburg, Virginia. Mathew was in Williamsburg in 1779 as a saddler, shoemaker and harnessmaker; then as a merchant, 1784-1803. Entered into partnership with David Low, 1784 [partnership dissolved in 1785 but accounts continue until 1788]. Never married. His nephew, Robert, youngest son of James, joined him in the mercantile business in the late 1790s. David Low was a merchant in Williamsburg from 1782 until his death in 1787.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1978.
Physical description:
1 vol. (299 pp)