<?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" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viw">Shenandoah-Iron-Works-D-H-Forrer-Ledgers</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Shenandoah Iron Works [D. &amp; H. Forrer] Ledgers</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the Shenandoah Iron Works [D. &amp; H. Forrer] Ledgers <num>Mss. MsV Ad82-83</num></titleproper><author>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>2009-04-01</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>2025-05-21 07:03:10 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>English</langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Shenandoah Iron Works [D. &amp; H. Forrer] Ledgers, 1851-1866</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <corpname source="local">D. &amp; H. Forrer. Shenandoah Iron Works</corpname>
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    <unitid>Mss. MsV Ad82-83</unitid>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.40 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">1 loose volume, 1 volume boxed.</extent>
      <physfacet>2 volumes.</physfacet>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1851/1866" type="inclusive">1851-1866</unitdate>
    <physdesc id="aspace_b65dd2fd500570c24344c0df15fc9c95">2 volumes.</physdesc>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>Ledger (MsV Ad82 ovesize) time book, 1851-1866, and ledger (MsV Ad83), 1865-1866, of the commissary [company store] of D. &amp; H. Forrer, Shenandoah Iron Works, Page County, Virginia.  The latter volume lists foodstuffs and goods given out to workers which they often paid for by work. Includes accounts with free Black persons.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>The 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>Cite as Shenandoah Iron Works [D. &amp; H. Forrer] Ledgers, Special Collections Research Center,  William &amp; Mary Libraries.</p>  </prefercite>
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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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    <genreform source="aat">Account books</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Ledgers (Accounting)</genreform>
    <subject source="lcsh">African Americans--Virginia--History--19th century</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">African Americans--Virginia--Page County</subject>
    <subject source="local">Iron industry and trade--Virginia</subject>
    <subject source="local">Page County (Va.)--History--19th century</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)</subject>
    <subject source="local">Free Blacks--Virginia--Page County</subject>
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