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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Greg Crawford, 22 November 2004 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the J.W. Gilkeson and Company Ledger, 1852-1857 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1089672 Greg Crawford

Library of Virginia 2004 Greg Crawford Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary Library of Virginia A Guide to the J.W. Gilkeson and Company Ledger, 1852-1857 1089672 1 vol. (447 p.) English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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Preferred Citation

J.W. Gilkeson and Company Ledger, 1852-1857. Local Government Records Collection, Rockbridge 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 Rockbridge County.

Historical Information

J.W. Gilkeson and Company was a general store that conducted business in Rockbridge County, Virginia, during the mid-19th century.

Scope and Content

Ledger, 1852-1857, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information recorded in each account includes name of customer, dates of transaction, items purchased, quantity of items purchased, price of each item, form of payment, amount owed, and amount paid. Items sold include cow hides, soda, violin strings, fish oil, dry-goods, spices, toiletries, shoes, knives, clothing, and nails. Payments made by cash, credit, labor such as hualing wood, and barter of items such as butter and eggs.