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Merchants--Virginia--History--19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 123 Collections and/or Records:

Benjamin Pennybacker Daybook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ad132
Scope and Contents

Kept by a merchant [of Rockingham County, Va. ?]. Mentions laborers at work, Shenandoah River Company stock and the hire of slaves.

Dates: 1818-1821

William K. Perrin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 95 P42
Scope and Contents Business letters, 1833-1839, to Major William K. Perrin and 1855, 1860, to his son-in-law Wyndham Kemp, both of Gloucester County, Virginia from Perrin's step-son Robert W. Nicolson in Uniontown, Perry County, Alabama, about the management of a cotton plantation. Letters mention purchasing land, growing and selling cotton management of slaves, legal and banking matters and uprising of the Creek Indians. Papers, 1800-1855 and n.d., relating to the hiring out and management of slaves of...
Dates: 1732-1902; Majority of material found in 1820-1858

Philip A. Machir Journal

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame85 Oversize
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1848-1851

Pollard & Martin Accounts

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame103
Scope and Contents

Accounts, 1790-1791, of Pollard & Martin, merchants, of Amherst County, Va. which also includes a ledger, 1785-1790, of an unidentified merchant.

Dates: 1785-1791; Majority of material found in 1790-1791

Pottiesville, Va. Merchant's Day Book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame16u Oversize
Scope and Contents

Daybook, 1834-1835, of an unidentified merchant, at Pottiesville [Louisa County ?] Va.

Dates: 1834-1835

William P. Poythress Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 P88
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1885-1910, of William P. Poythress. Includes correspondence and accounts of his wholesale and retail apothecary business of W. P. Poythress & Co., Richmond, Va.

Dates: 1885-1910

Rappahannock W. Mills Co. Journal, 1895-1905

 Collection — Bound volume Wrapped Ledger
Identifier: Mss. MsV Am 92 Oversize
Scope and Contents

Journal, 1895-1905, of Samuel Mill and the Rapp[ahannoc]k W. Mills Co., merchants, probably in Rappahannock County, Va.

Dates: 1895-1905

L. S. Rhodes & Sons Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. 65 R34
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1886-1923, of L. S. Rhodes and Sons, Linnville, Rockingham County, Va. Chiefly accounts with suppliers, local producers, manufacturers, and wholesale houses, but including bank statements, canceled checks, tax and license receipts. Consists of 5,810 items and about 100 manuscript volumes.

The ledgers are stored off-site and require a 72 hour notice for retrieval.

Dates: 1886-1923

Rhodes & Speck Account Books

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame106-109 Oversize
Scope and Contents

Journals (A and B) and daybooks (C and D), 1888-1893, of Rhodes & Speck, merchants, of Athens and Edom, [Rockingham County], Va.

Dates: 1888-1893

Richard N. Johnson Journal

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame75 Oversize
Scope and Contents

Journal, 1837-1849, of Richard N. Johnson, merchant, of [Fauquier County, Va. ?]

Dates: 1837-1849

William Richmond Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 R41
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1867-1872, of William Richmond, Yokum Station, Lee County, Va. Includes letters, 1867-1869, written to William Richmond, Yokum Station, Lee County, Va. by merchants in Baltimore, Md. and Philadelphia, Pa. concerning Richmond's produce including eggs and ginseng; price lists, 1867-1872; and bills of lading.

Dates: 1867-1872

Robert H. Isbell Journal

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame67 Oversize
Scope and Contents

Journal, 1832-1833, of Robert H. Isbell, merchant, of Louisa County, Va.

Dates: 1832-1833

Rockingham County, Va. Journal

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame38u Oversize
Scope and Contents

Journal, 1867-1869, of an unidentified merchant, of McGaheysville, Rockingham County, Va. 487 p. : bound volume ; 39 cm.

Dates: 1867-1869

Rockingham County, Va. Merchants' Journal

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame39u
Scope and Contents

Journal, 1868, of an unidentified merchant at Waverlie, Rockingham County, Va. which includes the 1872 journal of another unidentified merchant.

Dates: 1868-1872

Rockingham County, Va. Merchant's Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame36u
Scope and Contents

Ledger, 1865-1867, of an unidentified merchant in northern Rockingham County, Va.

Dates: 1867

Edward A. Russell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01266
Scope and Contents

Letters, 1821-1822, written to Edward Augustus Russell, merchant of Petersburg, Va. by merchants in Richmond, Va. and Providence, R. I. discussing prices, shipping schedules, and economic conditions. Also includes account for a pair of card tables, a safe, china and "one Negro woman, Lilly."

Dates: 1821-1822

S. H. Coffman & Co. Ledger and Commonplace Book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame15
Scope and Contents

Ledger, 1838-1840, of S. H. Coffman & Co., Rifesville, Rockingham County, Va., which includes a journal, 1842; invoice, 1844; and recipes for dyeing wool and cotton. The volume was later used as a commonplace book by Jacob Lineweaver and others and as a child's handwriting copybook.

Dates: 1842-1844

Samuel D. Morton and Co. Account Books

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame95-97
Scope and Contents

Account books, 1826-1891, of Samuel D. Morton and of Samuel D. Morton and Co. merchants, of Charlotte County [Va.]. One volume, MsV Ame96, contains a genealogy of the Elliott family.

Dates: 1826-1891

Scrapbook and Account Book (Clarke County, Va.)

 Collection
Identifier: Mss.MsV Sc30
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook, ca. 1860-1863, of an unidentified person pasted into the journal (account book), 1825-1829, of an unidentified merchant of Battletown [later Berryville, Clarke County, Va.] There are also loose papers, 1838-1893.

Dates: 1825-1893

Scrapbook, X

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Sc29 Oversize
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook, circa 1860-1880, of an unidentified person containing newspaper clipping pasted into a journal (account book), 1858-1859, of an unidentified merchants at Fifesville, Goochland County, Virginia.

Dates: circa 1860-1880

Scrapbook (Portsmouth, Va.)

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Sc27
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook, 1854-1887, of an unidentified person containing newspaper clippings. The volume includes a handwritten note about the evacuation of Portsmouth, Virginiaa. and Norfolk, Virginia in 1862. The clippings were pasted over a journal (account book), of Cocke and Brothers, merchants, Portsmouth, Virginia.

Dates: 1838-1887

Sheldon Business Papers and Accounts

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.1 Sh4
Scope and Contents Papers, 1826-1857, (including accounts and memorandum books) of various mercantile firms with which Jacob D. Sheldon was associated in Williamsburg, Virginia, such as Jacob Sheldon & Co.; Cole & Sheldon; Sheldon & Maupin; Peachy & Sheldon; Thomas G. Peachy & Co.; and W. W. Webb & Co. Also includes papers of Jacob C. Sheldon and of Roscow Cole. The collection includes accounts with professors and students and staff at William & Mary; with Eastern State Hospital;...
Dates: 1826-1857

Shepherd & Patton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 Sh5
Scope and Contents Papers of Shepherd & Patton, merchants of Columbia, Fluvanna County, Virginia. Shepherd and Patton was a general store that sold groceries, clothing, medicine, building materials, books and more. Collection contains invoices and correspondence from wholesale suppliers located mostly in Richmond, Virginia but also in Baltimore, Maryland, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New York. Handwritten orders and requests on small pieces of mostly notebook paper from local customers, with name and...
Dates: 1882-1888

Daniel G. Smith Journal

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame114 Oversize
Scope and Contents

Journal, 1853-1857, of Daniel G. Smith, merchant, of Leesburg, Va., which includes a list of slaves with a record of provisions and shoes; sketch of lime kiln; recipes; and medical cures.

Dates: 1853-1857

Sprinkel Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 Sp8
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1861-1887, of the Sprinkel family of Harrisonburg, Virginiaa. Includes letters, 1870-1887, of Charles A. Sprinkel, his wife Sallie Sprinkel, and his sons C. Carter Sprinkel and Walter Nelson Sprinkel as well as letters of C. A. Sprinkel & Co., Harrisonburg, dealers in agricultural implements; and accounts of Sprinkel & Bowman, Harrisonburg. Several letters concern attempted settlement of a tobacco claim.

Dates: 1861-1887