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Account book, 1787-1837, of Andrew Reid, farmer and landowner of Rockbridge County, Virginia. The last several years of the book were kept by an unidentified individual. 124 p. : bound volume ; 46 cm.

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Journal, 1819, of an unidentified merchant at Krings Mills [Augusta County, Va.] which was used as a scrapbook for newspaper clippings of poetry.  Per 1810 census, many names are from Rockingham County, Va.  Some newspaper clippings are from the 1860's.

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Scrapbooks, 1869-1911, belonging to H. Theodore Ellyson and possibly other family members which contains newspaper clippings, of letters to the Richmond Dispatch by H. Theo[dore] Ellyson, correspondent, mentioning guests and social events and Rockbridge Alum Springs [Rockbridge County], Va., personal correspondence and a few prints.

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Three ledgers belonging to John Hoffman of Rockbridge County. John Hoffman was probably a merchant. Other Hoffman names mentioned are David Hoffman and Sarah Hoffman.  Index included in ledgers.

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Ledger of a unknown member of the Hull family of Rockbridge and Augusta Counties in Virginia.  Includes accounts of a merchant, family accounts and payroll accounts.

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Journal, 1873-1875, of John C. Shields, merchant, of Riverside [Rockbridge County], Va. which includes receipts and newspaper clippings.

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Notebook of law notes by an unknown author.  First page notes, "Bacons Abridgement."  The inside back cover has an index to an unknown item which notes court information for Augusta, Rockingham and Rockbridge Counties, Virginia.

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Journal and ledger, 1859-1867, of Marriotte Steele, miller of Rockbridge County, Va. which contains grist mills accounts.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of two ledgers kept by Thomas K. McCutchans, a blacksmith in Rockbridge, VA. The first ledger, from 1852-1867, lists the names of people McCutchans has accounts with and mostly deals with the purchases of household goods. Most of the pages are either blank or have been ripped out of the ledger. The second ledger, from 1866-1888, contains an index to all the accounts in the ledger, and most of the accounts are for household goods but there are some for spokes,...

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Judgement and execution book, 1838-1849, of John Ruff, Justice of the Peace, of Rockbridge County, Virginiaa. which concerns judgements involving money and their implementation.

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Poll book, 1782-1810, for election of delegates to the General Assembly from Rockbridge County, Virginia.

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Account books, 1872-1884, of John C. Shields of "Riverside," Rockbridge County, Va.

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Account book of Spring Forge Iron Works, possibly in Rockbridge County, Virginia.