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Library of Virginia 2003 Greg Crawford 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 P. L. Williams and Company Ledger, 1906-1908 1127582 The Library of Virginia, Local Government Records Collection, Giles County 1 volume English Giles County Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

P. L. Williams and Company, 1906-1908. Local Government Records Collection, Giles County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

 Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Giles County.

 Historical Information

P. L. Williams and Company was a department store located in the town of Pearisburg in Giles County, Virginia, during the early twentieth century.

 Scope and Content Information

The P. L. Williams and Company Ledger consist of a ledger, 1906-1908. It records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each entry includes date of transaction, style of transaction (merchandise purchased, form of payment, etc.), quantity of item purchased, price of each item, and amount owed or paid. Merchandise sold includes dry goods, notions, clothing, shoes, groceries, hardware, and tobacco. Payments made by cash, check, credit, and barter (berries, chickens, butter, bacon, and cherries). Ledger is 600 pages.