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Robert Pleasants Ledger
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame101
Scope and Contents
Pleasants' ledger kept in Henrico County, Virginia covers 1769-1777. The volume includes a few accounts kept during 1823-1824 by an unidentified individual and a short story, "The Unlucky Man." Physical Description: Letter bound book with the name of John G. Mosby on the cover. 167 pages. 24 1/2 inches.
Dates:
1769-1824; Majority of material found in 1769-1777
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
William Tandy Burrus Ledger
Collection — Box 1, Bound Volume: 1
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.131
Scope and Contents
Based on information gathered by Special Collections staff in 2011, there appear to be three possible creators of the ledger: William Tandy Burrus (1766 or 1776-1831), WTB (?-prior to 1836?), or William Stevens (1773-1843).The ledger (200 pp., 15 pages are missing in the front, several pages are missing in back, and several halves of pages are missing) records transactions for miscellaneous merchandise, wheat and tobacco. The contra page shows payments were mostly made in cash,...
Dates:
1801-1895
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center