<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viw">Augusta-County-Va-Merchants-Account-Book</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Augusta County, Va. Merchant's Account Book</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the Augusta County, Va. Merchant's Account Book <num>Mss. MsV Ame31u Oversize</num></titleproper><author>Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections staff.</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections Research Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/wm.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2009-06-03</date></p><address><addressline>William &amp; Mary Special Collections Research Center</addressline><addressline>Earl Gregg Swem Library</addressline><addressline>400 Landrum Dr</addressline><addressline>Williamsburg, Virginia</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 757-221-3090</addressline><addressline>spcoll@wm.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-05-15 12:30:46 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>The collection description/finding aid is written in <language encodinganalog="041" langcode="eng">English</language></langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Augusta County, Va. Merchant's Account Book</unittitle>
    <unitid>Mss. MsV Ame31u Oversize</unitid>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.20 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1858/1860" type="inclusive">1858-1860</unitdate>
    <physdesc id="aspace_a7b7e9c7231c512fa44fc4bd1374f86d">460 p. : bound volume ; 42 cm.</physdesc>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use:</head>
<p>Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access:</head>
<p>Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation:</head>
<p>Augusta County, Va. Merchant's Account Book, 1858-1860 (MsV Ame31u Oversize), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Account book, 1858-1860, used as a journal, 1858, and ledger, 1859-1860, by an unidentified merchant at Parnassus, Augusta County, Va. which was also used for a scrapbook into which were pasted Campbell's Soup advertisements (partially torn out).</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <genreform source="aat">Journals (accounts)</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Ledgers (Accounting)</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Scrapbooks</genreform>
    <geogname source="lcsh">Augusta County (Va.)--History--19th century</geogname>
    <subject source="local">Merchants--Virginia--Augusta County</subject>
    <subject source="local">Merchants--Virginia--History--19th century</subject>
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