Collections : [Library of Virginia]

Charles R. Palmore Account Book, 1870-1881, records the accounts of individual patients of Dr. Palmore. The accounts list in chronological order the amount owed and paid by patients for visits, medication, consultation, and other medical services. Payments to physician made with cash, tobacco, fodder, wheat, and chickens.

Modern Woodmen of America Local 13195 Cash Account Book, 1908-1914, records in chronological order amount received from the camp's clerk to go into camp's benefit and general funds and the amount paid from both funds.

Muddy Creek Mill Account Book, 1847-1850, records on an almost daily basis services rendered by the mill for individual customers (bushels of wheat ground, amount of flour purchased, etc.,) and the amount owed and paid. At the front of the volume is Benjamin H. Powell's flour shipping list. Each entry contains the date flour was shipped, by whom shipped, and the amount shipped. At the back of the volume is Powell's wheat book that perhaps records amount of bushels of wheat per customer processed by mill. Each entry includes the date, name of customer, and amount of bushels procesed.

Unidentified general store account book, 1840-1843, records transactions as they occurred on an almost daily basis from March 2, 1840-October 30, 1843. Information found in each entry includes name of customer, items purchased, and the amount owed and paid. Merchandise sold include sugar, scissors, brandy, clothing, dishes, and coffee.