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Book containing accounts, 1857, of Benjamin F. Graves, relative to the settlement of the estate of his father, James T. Graves, probably of Shenandoah County, Va.

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Account book, 1861-1866, of Dr. G. A. Brown which includes account book, 1865-1868, of Brown and Crawford, physicians, Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Va. The volume contains a record, 1860-1861, of shipments made by E. M. Armstrong, commission merchants.

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Appraisement, 1837, of the personal property of [the estate of] Henry R. Browning of [Shenandoah County, Va. ?]

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Journal, 1860-1863, of Caleb Chandler, tanner, Strasburg [Shenandoah County, Va.]

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Account book, 1813-1818, of David Crawford, distiller, of Shenandoah County, Va.

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Records, 1814-1815, of David Crawford, [U. S.] deputy collector of revenue in Shenandoah County, Va. for the eighth collection district of Virginia. The volume includes abstracts of duties on licences granted for distilleries; duties on retailers of wine, liquors and foreign merchandise; duties on sales at auction; and duties on carriages.

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Day book, 1826-1827, of Dinges' Meat Shop, Shenandoah County, Va.

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Ledger, 1828-1838, of H. J. Grove, of Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia.

Scope and Contents Correspondence, papers, and ledgers of the Rev. Paul Henkel (1754-1825), who was a Lutheran missionary, and David Henkel, Ambrose Henkel, and Solomon Henkel of New Market, Shenandoah Co., Va. Includes woodcuts and watercolor sketches, Ambrose Henkel's account ledger (1807-1813), notebooks on the study of Hebrew, memorandum book, indentures, certificates, and other. Topics include Lutheranism, printing, Shenandoah County, immigration, merchants, and education. Mss poem with a hand...

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Time book, 1853-1863, of Liberty Furnace, Shenandoah County, Va. Includes accounts with laborers.

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Kept as executor of estate of Henry R. Browning of Shenandoah County, Virginia. Probably lists effects of Browning and their buyers.

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Journal, 1843-1845, of A. Miley, merchant of Saumsville, Shenandoah County, Va.

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Account books, 1815-1860, of the New Shenandoah Company, Port Republic, Rockingham County, Va. which was organized to open the Shenandoah River and its branches to navigation. Includes loose papers and some correspondence concerning David Stickley and Daniel Stickley.

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Ledger, 1862-1870, of Walter Newman, of New Market, Shenandoah County, Va. which contains grist mill accounts.

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Journal, 1848-1851, of Philip A. Machir, merchant of Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Va.

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Tax books, 1835-1836, of Daniel Stickley, Commissioner of Revenue, Shenandoah County, Virginiaa. for taxes on land.

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Concern farm labor and accounts as an administrator, executor (either by himself or in conjunction with others) or guardian of others which include members of the Stickley family. The volumes have unusual covers of patterned paper, and marbled paper. One cover is another book, "A Course of Book-keeping" used by William S. Newett, Pleasant Green Schoolhouse, Shenandoah County, Va. and one bears a label, Regensburg, Germany.

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Journal, 1862-1863, of an unidentified tanner of Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia.

Scope and Contents Account book, 1831-1837 and 1844 of the brothers, John Swartz, Jr., Christian Swartz and Jacob Swartz of Shenandoah, Virginia. Most of the entries are accounts with customers for making or mending shoes, but it has other entries like wages for 'trashing wheat' and 'hauling wood' interspersed throughout the volume. Only one of the entries is for 1844. An entry on the inside cover reads "(?) Swartz his account book" and the name John Swartz is mentioned frequently. Names of other...

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Journal, 1852-1857, of [?] Teawalt, Cedar Point [Mill], containing accounts for wool carding and dyeing.  Per 1850 census, many customers from Shenandoah County, Virginia.

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Record, 1885-1891, of mail received and sent for Town and Cross [a periodical in the Shenandoah Valley ?]

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Ledger, 1853-1899, for lumber cut at Valley Mills, Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Va. including accounts of Daniel Stickley and family for corn and pork.

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Account book, 1849-1875, of William Fravel, Shenandoah County, Va. which includes a remedy for "itch."

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This collection consists of a physician's daybook kept by Dr. George Williamson of New Market, Virginia, whose practice extended throughout the Shenandoah Valley. Spanning 1807-1819, the daybook records names of patients, treatments, and payments (for both Caucasians and African Americans). Treatments range from inoculations and venereal disease to all night vigils.