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The Market House property (lots, stalls, and rooms) was owned and managed by the city of Fredericksburg. The trustees who oversaw the Market House were answerable to the Corporation Court.

Legal account book, 1806-1831, of Garrit Minor, a lawyer. It records the accounts of individual clients. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each entry includes date of transaction, legal service rendered, form of payment, and amount owed or paid. Legal services include drawing up legal documents, offering legal advice, representing clients in court cases, and serving as an administrator of estates. Form of payments include cash and credit. Additional information recorded in the volume include a list of petty fees owed to Minor and an inventory of books found in Minor's library. The ledger includes an index that lists the names of clients in alphabetical order and the page number where their accounts can be found. Minor's clients included African-Americans.

George H. Peyton Hotel Ledger, 1855-1875, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in the accounts include date of transaction, form of transaction, items or services purchased, cost of item and service, form of payment, amount owed, and amount paid. Items and services purchased include meals, drinks, mostly alcoholic beverages, oysters, crab, cigars, and room rental. Forms of payment include cash and credit. The volume also includes miscellaneous loose documents mostly accounts. Ledger includes an index that lists in alphabetical order the names of customers and the page numbers where their accounts can be found.

Daybook, 1867-1870, of Hugh P. Chew who owned a hat store in Fredericksburg, Virginia. It records in chronological order the store's daily transactions. Information found in daybook includes date of transaction, name of customer, hat purchased, amount owed, amount paid. The last few pages record the individual accounts of customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order.

Daybook, 1879-1882, of merchant R. H. Carmichael is actually a cashbook. It records cash receipts from sales of unidentified merchandise and payment of debts owed to Carmichael and cash disbursements related to expenses and bank payments.

Scott and Bowering Foundry Ledger A, 1865-1870, record the accounts of individual customers and the company's controlling accounts. Information found in the accounts include name of customer, residence of customer, date of transaction, form of transaction, merchandise purchased, amount owed, form of payment, and amount paid. Entries do not record the specific item purchased; rather, they use the general term "Merchandise." The ledger also records the personal and business accounts of the foundry's owners John F. Scott and Benjamin Bowering. Controlling accounts found in the ledger include cash account, bills payable account, interest account, merchandise account. The account books include an index listing in alphabetical order the names of individuals and controlling accounts and the page numbers where there accounts can be found.