James M. Blanks and Company Account Book
Scope and Contents
Account book of James M. Blanks and Company of Clarkesville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Account Book cover is in fragile condition and the ink in the interior is faded due to water damage.
James M. Blanks sold textbooks and a list of these textbooks has been placed with the account book along with a list of some of the other items sold.
Some names mentioned:
Dr. William G. DeGraffenreid
Dr. William S. Easley
David Shelton
John P. Patillo
Methodist Church
George J. Dabbs (lawyer)
Professor Stewart
Rev. Aaron Jones
R.A. Puryear as administrator for Alex Gillis
Henry Wood (lawyer)
Samuel Wooten
Miss Rhoda Puryear
Rolling (sic) Yancey
Josiah Dabbs
John R. Applewhite
Achilles Puryear
George A. Puryear
R.A. Puryear
Capt. B. R. Pulliam
Dr. S. H. Harris
Dr. H. S. Jeffries
(William?) H. Thomson (principal of High Fall Academy)
John T. Carter, guardian for Wash. Watkins
Andrew O. Yancey
and many more.
Dates
- Creation: 1854-1855
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access:
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Biographical Information:
Extent
0.30 Linear Feet
Arrangement of Materials:
Accounts are in date order, with names of clients on each page.
Acquisition Information:
gift
Physical Description
1 item.
Subject
- Blanks, James M. and Company (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the James M. Blanks and Company Account Book
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Anne T. Johnson.
- Date
- 2009-05-07
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The collection description/finding aid is written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository