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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from Marc record. Created by Renee M. Savits 27 July 2002 Description is in English Feb 14, 2004 PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi00469::A Guide to the William James Ledger, 1796-1803)//EN" "[filename]" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl 2014-01-08 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the William James Ledger, 1796-1803 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 27814

Library of Virginia 2002 Ute Schechter 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 William James Ledger, 1796-1803 27814 Business records collection, Acc. 27814 1 volume English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

William James. Ledger, 1796-1803. Accession 27814, Business records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

 Acquisition Information

Purchased 27 June 1972.

 Biographical/Historical Information

William James (1771-1849) and Rebecca Walker James were from Fredericksburg, Virginia, where James was a tailor. About 1810 James was ordained as a Baptist minister and served as first pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

 Scope and Content Information

Ledger records the accounts for making and mending of clothes, as well as for purchases of clothes, buttons and sewing items. Accounts appear for George French, Goodlove Heiskill, James Lewis, Mann Page, Francis Taliaferro, Richard Taliaferro, Anthony Thornton, among others.