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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Greg Crawford, 14 February 2008 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Quin and William L. Morton Daybook, 1863-1867 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1184408 Greg Crawford

Library of Virginia 2008 Greg Crawford Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Quin and William L. Morton Daybook, 1863-1867 1184408 State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia 1 v. English Petersburg (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Quin and William L. Morton Daybook, 1863-1867. Local government records collection, Petersburg (City) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from the city of Petersburg under the accession number 43614.

Historical Information

Quin and William L. Morton was a commission merchant business in Petersburg, Virginia, that sold bulk merchandise to individuals and businesses during the Civil War era.

Scope and Content

Quin and William L. Morton Daybook, 1863-1867, records the company's cash transactions and merchandise transactions. Information found in daybook includes date of transaction, name of customer or controlling account, form of transaction, merchandise involved in transaction, quantity of items purchased, price of items sold, cash paid, cash received, and amount credited if not paif with cash. The daybook also records amount of taxes paid such as city, state, Confederate, war, and soldiers' taxes. Items sold include bacon, flour, sheep, eggs, cotton, tobacco, and soap.

Index Terms Corporate Names: Petersburg (Va.) Circuit Court Quin and William L. Morton (Petersburg, Va.) Subjects: Commission merchants -- Virginia -- Petersburg. Cotton trade -- Virginia -- Petersburg. Tobacco -- Virginia -- Petersburg. Geographical Names: Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects. Genre and Form Terms: Business records -- Virginia -- Petersburg. Daybooks -- Virginia -- Petersburg. Local government records -- Virginia -- Petersburg. Added Entry - Personal Name: Morton, Quin. Morton, Willaim.