Townshend-Stith-Account-BookStith, Townshend Account BookGuide to the Townshend Stith Account Book MS 00162Finding Aid Authors: Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist.Special Collections Research Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-05-15 12:43:08 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script. Special Collections Research Center Townshend Stith Account Book MS 00162 /repositories/2/resources/4890 0.25 Linear Feet 1819-1821, 1865 315 pages English Scope and Contents

Account book, 1819-1821, kept by Townshend Stith of Virginia while United States Consul in Tunis, Tunisia. The book contains 21 pages of Stith's accounts on his way from the United States to Tunis in 1819, his expenses on the trip, and his expenses and income while on duty in Tunis. Also included in the book are entries of Stith's contacts with United States naval officers, including Captian Perry of the USS Spark. The rest of the volume has 14 pages of signatures of Lewellan D. Cypher of Company D., 3rd New York Calvary in 1865. The remaining pages of the book are blank.

Account books Tunis (Tunisia)--Commerce Tunis (Tunisia--Social life and customs--19th century United States. Consulate (Tunis, Tunisia) Account Book/repositories/2/archival_objects/2521871819-1821, 186511