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Mrs. Elizabeth Ashley Account with Archibald White

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00172
Scope and Contents

Account for Mrs. Elizabeth Ashley for household goods with prices noted and signatures of payment.  Items include callicoe, thread, cloth, shoes, looking glass and other items.  Account is to Archibald White.

Dates: 1763-1765

James M. Blanks and Company Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2004.33
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...
Dates: 1854-1855

W.W.V. Buchanan Account for Dry Goods

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00210
Scope and Contents

Invoice of household items purchased by W.W.V. Buchanan from Clark and Gollinger.  Invoice addressed to W.W.V. Buchanan, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio with a note "settled by Note."  1857-1858 with payment notations from earlier years.  Includes a 1 cent stamp,

Dates: 1857-1858

George W. Chaney Receipts

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00221
Scope and Contents

Two receipts for George W. Chaney for timber and other items purchased from James W. Smith and L. Thos. Lambeth.  Dates include 1849 and 1857.  Location unknown.

Dates: 1849, 1851

Chappelear Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 C38
Scope and Contents Collection, 1876-1959, of Benjamin Curtis Chappelear including manuscript and printed maps of Fauquier, Loudoun, Clarke, and Warren Counties, Virginia; Virginia state maps; United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey Maps of areas in Virginia and West Virginia; notes concerning land records and manuscript volumes which include account books collected by Chappelear of blacksmiths, farmers, postmasters, students, tanners, and operators of general stores. The collection also...
Dates: 1788-1959

Cole Shop Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00112
Content Description

Ledger kept by Susan Prentice, owner, along with her husband, of the Cole Shop, a gift and book store located across the Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1950. The entries of the ledger include every item sold, cost of the items, both invoice and sale price, and the daily profit of sales. She also provided a total of net profit/ loss for each month.

Dates: 1950

Duval Family Ledgers and Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.471
Scope and Contents Ledgers, 1871-1887 and diary 1898-1900 of the Duval family of Chesterfield and Henrico Counties, Virginia. One ledger (item 1), 1871-1872 contains accounts for different customers for items like sugar, flour,  candles, vinegar, etc., as well as cash accounts and a store inventory in the back of the volumes. The ledger for 1886-1887 (item 2) also contains a personal diary for the years 1898-1900 with very detailed entries. The ledger entries are summarized accounts...
Dates: 1871-1894

Ledger (New Market, Virginia)

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00167
Scope and Contents

Ledger, 1880-1881, of an unidentified merchant from New Market, Virginia. Goods sold include plows, eggs, sugar, wool, crackers, shoes, gingham, and other related items.

Dates: 1880-1881

T. H. Love and John B. Winfree Account Books

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ac5-10, Ac14 and Ac15
Scope and Contents

Account books, 1868-1873, of T. H. Love and John B. Winfree, possibly carpenters, tobacconists or proprietors of a hardware store in Lynchburg, Va. Some prominent names mentioned are "Robert and Virgee and "Miller and Franklin." Most accounts are from the Lynchburg area, but include businesses and people in Memphis, Tennessee; Knoxville, Tennessee; Norfolk, Virginia; New Orleans, Louisiana and other towns, particularly in Virginia and Tennessee. 8 volumes

Dates: 1868-1873

Nineteenth Century Invoices and Receipts Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00129
Scope and Contents

Invoices, receipts and related material for financial transactions during the nineteenth century, mostly in Virginia and on the East Coast.  The collection is arranged alphabetically by the name attached to the document, with usually one document per name.  Many items do not have locations, but most are in Virginia. These items give an overview of the types of goods purchased and the price of these purchases during the nineteenth century.

Dates: 1804-1889

John Posie Mathews Sanders Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Af13 Oversize
Scope and Contents

Ledger of John Posie Mathews Sanders which includes accounts for a general store, payment for work, expenses and farm inventory. Loose invoices in back of ledger. 115 pages.

Dates: 1868-1873

Anderson Benskin Smith, Sr. Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1992.17
Scope and Contents The collection holds account books of A.B. Smith of Main Street, Toano, Virginia in James City County. The "Account of Chickens and Eggs" ledger from August 1, 1930 to December 1936 has accounts for sales from 1931 to 1936 at the end of the ledger. The financial ledger with an alphabetical index for 1916 and 1917 includes loose papers in the back with financial notes, invoices, and correspondence for the James City County Welfare Committee (1932 -1938) along with some monthly reports and...
Dates: 1916-1938; Majority of material found in 1916-1917 and 1931-1936

Virginia Counties Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.4 V82co
Scope and Contents

Artificial collection of papers relating to various counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Includes current West Virginia Counties of Berkeley, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Nicholas and Pendleton because the material was generated when these counties were part of Virginia.

Dates: 1600-2000; Majority of material found in 1730-1890

Williamsburg Beer Parlor Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00433
Content Description

Black and white photograph pasted on cardstock of George Waltrip, George Waltrip, Jr. and Bill Wedge posing behind a bar. The writing on the card stock indicates that the three were Senior Property Manager, Partner, and Assistant Manager, respectively. The name of the establishment was Appilu Beer Parlor in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Dates: circa 1930s

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A.B. Smith General Store 1
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Blanks, James M. and Company 1
Brooks, Carol 1
Chaney, George W. 1