Scope and Contents 6 items. Manuscript Volumes. Items include: Blacksmith's book begun November 18th 1766; account book March 14, 1783 - March 1790; mill book of Francis Jerdone, begun June 15, 1783; miscellaneous notes; and "an account of timber got to build my house," November 17, 1847 - July 13, 1848; possibly "Mt. Sterling"; account book, 1750, of Francis Jerdone (1721-1771) kept while a merchant at Yorktown, Virginia