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Unidentified "Memorandum book for the purpose of keeping acct of Negro accounts," 1836-1845

1 volume (ca. 135 p.); service copies on 2 CDs and 1 reel of microfilm (Misc. Reel 6096).

Unidentified account book, 1836-1845, entitled "Memorandum book for the purpose of keeping acct of Negro accounts." The volume features names of individuals who lived in King and Queen County, Virginia, and neighboring Middlesex County, Virginia, and also references the unincorporated community of Little Plymouth, in King and Queen. It is purported to originate from Jamaica, Middlesex County (information not confirmed). A good number of the entries clearly mark accounts with slaves, and include the slave's name and the name of the slave owner. Among the slave owners named are James Crittenden, Samuel G. Fauntleroy, Weston Hart, William S. Jeffries, Robert M. Spencer, and C. G. Tunstall. Goods purchased include foodstuffs (bacon, sugar, molasses, butter, cheese), dry goods (calico, flannel, cotton, tin, an umbrella, suspenders), tobacco, and alcohol. Another series of entries reflects an account with a representative of the Overseers of the Poor. Surnames mentioned include: Bland, Bluefoot (also spelled Blewfoot), Crittenden, Dungy, Durham, Evans, Fauntleroy, Garrett, Gilmore, Hart, Jeffries, Knapp, Lockley, Meigs, Morris, Robinson, Spencer, Tunstall, and Wyatt. Volume includes a summary of account balances due as of 31 March 1840. After this summary, the volume reverses and the remainder of entries are flipped upside-down. There are gaps in the original author's page numbering, possibly indicating that some pages are missing.

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Unidentified "Memorandum book for the purpose of keeping acct of Negro accounts," 1836-1845 1 volume (ca. 135 p.); service copies on 2 CDs and 1 reel of microfilm (Misc. Reel 6096).

Unidentified account book, 1836-1845, entitled "Memorandum book for the purpose of keeping acct of Negro accounts." The volume features names of individuals who lived in King and Queen County, Virginia, and neighboring Middlesex County, Virginia, and also references the unincorporated community of Little Plymouth, in King and Queen. It is purported to originate from Jamaica, Middlesex County (information not confirmed). A good number of the entries clearly mark accounts with slaves, and include the slave's name and the name of the slave owner. Among the slave owners named are James Crittenden, Samuel G. Fauntleroy, Weston Hart, William S. Jeffries, Robert M. Spencer, and C. G. Tunstall. Goods purchased include foodstuffs (bacon, sugar, molasses, butter, cheese), dry goods (calico, flannel, cotton, tin, an umbrella, suspenders), tobacco, and alcohol. Another series of entries reflects an account with a representative of the Overseers of the Poor. Surnames mentioned include: Bland, Bluefoot (also spelled Blewfoot), Crittenden, Dungy, Durham, Evans, Fauntleroy, Garrett, Gilmore, Hart, Jeffries, Knapp, Lockley, Meigs, Morris, Robinson, Spencer, Tunstall, and Wyatt. Volume includes a summary of account balances due as of 31 March 1840. After this summary, the volume reverses and the remainder of entries are flipped upside-down. There are gaps in the original author's page numbering, possibly indicating that some pages are missing.

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