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        <author>Greg Crawford
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      <titleproper>A Guide to the Archibald Robertson and Company Journal and Ledgers, <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1814-1825</date></titleproper>
      <subtitle>A Collection in <lb/>the Library of Virginia
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      <author>Greg Crawford
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      <head>Descriptive Summary
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      <repository label="Repository">Library of Virginia
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      <unittitle label="Title">Archibald Robertson and Company Journal and Ledgers,
<unitdate type="inclusive" label="Date" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1814-1825
</unitdate></unittitle>
      <unitid label="Barcode numbers">1105987, 1106003, and 1165420
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      <physdesc label="Physical Characteristics">3 vol. (629 p.)
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      <langmaterial label="Language">
        <language langcode="eng">English
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    <descgrp type="admininfo">
      <head>Administrative Information
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      <accessrestrict>
        <head>Access Restrictions
</head>
        <p>Collection is open to research.
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      <userestrict>
        <head>Use Restrictions
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        <p>There are no restrictions.
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      <prefercite>
        <head>Preferred Citation
</head>
        <p>Archibald Robertson and Company Journal and Ledgers, 1814-1825. Local Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
</p>
      </prefercite>
      <acqinfo>
        <head>Acquisition Information
</head>
        <p>These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Amherst County.
</p>
      </acqinfo>
    </descgrp>
    <bioghist>
      <head>Historical Information
</head>
      <p>Archibald Robertson and Company was owned by Archibald Robertson and conducted business in Lynchburg, Virginia, during the early nineteenth century.
</p>
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      <head>Scope and Content
</head>
      <p>Archibald Robertson and Company Journal and Ledgers, 1814-1825, consist of two ledgers and a journal that record the company's activities in Lynchburg, Virginia.
</p>
      <p>Ledgers D and I, 1814-1825, of Archibald Robertson and Company records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order and the amount owed and paid. Also records
store's controlling accounts including profit and loss account, costs of suits account, interest account, inventory account, etc. Each entry in Ledger I includes the page number found in corresponding journal
where the customer's specific transactions can be found. Ledger D includes an index that records accounts in alphabetical order and the page number where the accounts can be found. Thomas Jefferson is listed as a
customer.
</p>
      <p>Journal, 1819-1824, is a daybook that records transactions chronologically on a daily basis. Each entry include the page number of the customer's individual account found in corresponding Ledger I found in this
collection. Information found in journal entry includes name of customer, form of transaction, and the amount owed and paid. The journal does not list the names of items sold. Forms of transactions include
purchase of sundries, payments for expenses such as postage and legal costs, and payments and receipts related to the company's controlling accounts.
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      <relatedmaterial>
        <head>Related Material
</head>
        <p>Related materials may be found in Accession 21597 and 21717 which include the following: Thomas and Daniel Higginbotham and Company Business Records, Daniel and David Higginbotham and Company Business Records,
John and Richard Shelton Ellis Business Records, Richard Shelton Ellis Business Records, Samuel Read and Company Business Records, John James London Records, Thomas Higginbotham Records, and Soldier's Joy
Plantation Records.
</p>
      </relatedmaterial>
    </descgrp>
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      <head>Access Terms
</head>
      <controlaccess>
        <head>Corporate Name
</head>
        <corpname>Archibald Robertson and Company (Lynchburg, Va.)
</corpname>
      </controlaccess>
      <controlaccess>
        <head>Subject Terms
</head>
        <subject>General stores--Virginia--Lynchburg.
</subject>
      </controlaccess>
      <controlaccess>
        <head>Geographic Terms
</head>
        <geogname>Amherst County (Va.)--History--19th century.
</geogname>
        <geogname>Lynchburg (Va.)--History--19th century.
</geogname>
      </controlaccess>
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        <head>Record Type
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        <genreform>Business records--Virginia--Lynchburg.
</genreform>
        <genreform>Journals (accounts)--Virginia--Lynchburg.
</genreform>
        <genreform>Ledgers (account books)--Virginia--Lynchburg.
</genreform>
        <genreform>Local government records--Virginia--Amherst County.
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      </controlaccess>
      <controlaccess>
        <head>Occupation Terms
</head>
        <occupation>Merchants--Virginia--Lynchburg.
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          <unittitle>Ledger D,
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1814-1815
</unitdate></unittitle>
          <unitid label="Barcode number">1105987
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          <unittitle>Journal,
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1819-1824
</unitdate></unittitle>
          <unitid label="Barcode number">1106003
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          <unittitle>Ledger I,
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1819-1825
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          <unitid label="Barcode number">1165420
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