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Library of Virginia 2002 Ana Esterbrook Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary Library of Virginia Samuel Pursel Ledgers, 1843-1860 28585 Misc. reel 515 1 reel of microfilm English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Samuel Pursel. Ledgers, 1843-1860. Accession 28585, Business records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

 Acquisition Information

Lent for microfilming by Fairfax County Public Library, 1975.

 Biographical/Historical Information

Samuel Pursel is listed in the 1850 industrial census of Loudoun County, Virginia, as the operator of a woolen factory employing ten workers and producing 20,000 yards of kersey, carpeting, and woolen cloth per year. The 1806 industrial census shows Pursel in partnerhsip with John C. Gaver in the operation of a wool and cotton factory with five employees producing 7,000 yards per year.

 Scope and Content Information

The three ledgers in this accession record charges for wool, carding, fulling, and carpet weaving. Includes a memorandum of capital invested by Pursel, as well as accounts for the firm Pursel and Gaver. It appears that Pursel was also in partnership with Caleb Russell prior to 1857. Entries are for individuals from Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William Counties, and a firm in Baltimore.