Henry Prickett Ledgers

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Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
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Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Henry Prickett Ledgers, A&M 3384, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)
Creator:
Prickett, Henry
Abstract:
Three ledgers of Henry Prickett (1803-1894) of Marion County, WV, great-grandson of Captain Jacob Prickett Sr. (1722-1798) of Prickett's Fort fame. 1) 1825-44, 250+ pages, recording technical information such as tables of measure for currency, land, cloth, weights, etc.; also records transactions of his tanning business. 2) 1845-70s, ca. 300 pages, recording business transactions and personal and community events (including births, weather, visits by relatives, poetry, etc.). 3) 1880-1886, ca. 160 pages, recording business transactions and personal activities (including cutting grass, stacking hay, purchase of goods such as nails, molasses, wheat, eggs, etc.). There is also one ledger of Finches Run Sunday School (1850-74 "scattered"; includes maxims, essays, financial records, and three hymns in manuscript), and one of minutes of the Centerville Literary Society (1879, 40 pp.), both of Marion County, WV.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Henry Prickett Ledgers, A&M 3384, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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