PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi02683::A Guide to the Unidentified General Store Ledger, 1879-1889)//EN" "vi02683.xml" A Guide to the Unidentified General Store Ledger, 1879-1889 Unidentified General Store Ledger, 1879-1889 1125839 Bari Helms Library of Virginia © 2008 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from being created directly into EAD, created by Bari Helms, 11 April 2008 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Unidentified General Store Ledger, 1879-1889 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1125839 Bari Helms

Library of Virginia 2008 Library of Virginia staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Unidentified General Store Ledger, 1879-1889 1125839 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

Unidentified General Store Ledger, 1879-1889. Local government records collection, Petersburg (City) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from the City of Petersburg.

Historical Information

This unidentified general store operated in Virginia during the nineteenth century.

Scope and Content

The Unidentified General Store Ledger, 1879-1889, records accounts of individual customers. Entries are listed in chronological order under account name and include date, type of transaction, and monies credited and debited. Items purchased include tobacco, sugar, flour, coffee, salt, cotton, and plows. Work such as picking cotton and digging potatoes was often accepted in account settlements instead of cash.

Index Terms Subjects: Consumer goods--Virginia. General stores--Virginia. Geographical Names: Petersburg (Va.)--History--19th century. Genre and Form Terms: Ledgers (account books)--Virginia. Local government records--Virginia--Petersburg.