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Trevilian's Store (Naxera, Va.), Account Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00283

  • Staff Only
  • No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

Ledger kept by the Trevilian's Store in Naxera, Gloucester County, Virginia. Included are detailed purchases and payments by various residents of the area of various items the store sold. Items purchased range from food items such as lemons, butter, flour, coffee, molasses, salt, and sugar to household and building items such as nails, hardware, cement, and screening materials. Names of store patrons are itemized in the front of the ledger with corresponding pages associated with their purchases and payments.

Dates

  • Creation: 1925-1927

Conditions Governing Access

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.

Conditions Governing Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Extent

0.4 Linear Feet

Language

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from the Gloucester Museum of History by resolution signed by the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors, held on Tuesday, January 15, 2019.

Dimensions

35.5 cm x 23.5 cm x 7 cm

Title
Trevilian's Store, (Naxera, Va.) Account Ledger
Date
2019-03-01
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository

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