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

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 123 Collections and/or Records:

Stafford County Store Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame22u
Scope and Contents

Ledger "E", 1848-1849, of an unidentified merchant of Stafford County Store, Stafford County, Va. which includes accounts with the overseers of the poor.  The store is possibly located in Falmouth.

Dates: 1848-1849

Stephenson & Snapp Journal

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame116
Scope and Contents

Journal, 1861, of Stephenson and Snapp, merchants, of Stephenson's Depot, Frederick County, Virginia. 123 pages:bound volume;34 cm.

Dates: 1861

W. S. Stone Letter Copybook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Cp12
Scope and Contents

Letter copybook, 1810-1813, of W. S. Stone, commission merchant and shipowner, of Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1810-1813

Robert Swan and Daniel C. Brent Journal

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame129 Oversize
Scope and Contents

Journal, 1805-1806, of Robert Swan and Daniel C. Brent, Richmond Mill, Stafford County, Virginia. 90 p. : bound volume ; 41 cm.

Dates: 1805-1806

T. & E. Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame28u Oversize
Scope and Contents

Journal, 1853-1861, of "T. & E," merchants of Amherst Court House, Va.

Dates: 1853-1861

T. C. Williams & Co. Journal

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame125
Scope and Contents

Journal of T. C. Williams & Co.mpany, Richmond, Virginia.

Dates: 1859-1865

Tabb Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 T14
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1797-1875, of the Tabb family. Includes correspondence and accounts, 1829-1839, of John Henry Tabb, merchant of Danville, Va.; and papers, 1870-1875, of John N. Tabb and H. A. Tabb, merchants of Mathews County.

Dates: 1797-1875

John Henry Tabb Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 T12
Scope and Contents Chiefly papers, 1826-1856, of John Henry Tabb of Gloucester County, Va. who moved to Danville, Va. where he was a merchant (Tabb, Allmand & Co.). Collection includes correspondence of members of the Tabb family with Tabb and business letters written to him.   The letters primarily concern the business that Tabb conducted in Danville, Virginia. Letter comments on dining at "White Marsh" for three and one half hours and the $20,000 worth of silver on the table,...
Dates: 1826-1856

M. M. Tankersley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 T17
Scope and Contents

Accounts, bills and receipts, primarily 1878-1885, of M. M. Tankersley of Fife, Goochland Co., Va. who was apparently a merchant. Also in the collection are accounts, 1893-1910, (including tax receipts for Shenandoah Co., Va.) for Paul C. Orndorff and Early L. Orndorff. Collection is arranged in folders by date.

Dates: 1878-1910; Majority of material found in 1878-1885

Evans Tanner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 T16
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1830-1880, of Evans Tanner of Tanner's Store, Mecklenburg County, Va., many concerning the tobacco trade. Includes letters, 1843-1855 and accounts, 1849-1880, of Evans Tanner; accounts, 1844-1848, of King, Walker & Co., Mecklenburg County, Va.; and accounts, 1852-1854, of Walker & Tanner, Mecklenburg County, Va.

Dates: 1830-1880

Thomas C. Jones Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame T1
Scope and Contents

Ledger, 1869-1878, of Thomas C. Jones of the firms of Jones & Brooks, coal and wood dealers, and T. C. Jones & Co., tobacconists, of Richmond, Va.

Dates: 1869-1878

Thomas G. Kirby Journal

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame79
Scope and Contents

Journal, 1818-1821, of Thomas G. Kirby, merchant, of Warrenton, Fauquier County, Va.

Dates: 1818-1821

James Thomas, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 T38
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1851-1867, of James Thomas, Jr., a tobacco dealer in Richmond, Va. mainly concerned with the tobacco trade and prices in the Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore markets. Consists of correspondence and financial papers.

Dates: 1851-1867

Thomas S. Shirley Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame111
Scope and Contents

Ledger, 1846-1849, of Thomas S. Shirley, merchant, at Springfield [Fairfax County ?] Va. which includes an inventory of goods.

Dates: 1846-1849

Christopher Tompkins Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 T59
Scope and Contents

Logbooks, account books and accounts, 1807-1841, of Christopher Tompkins kept while captain of ship "Pocahontas", 1807-1809, and while running a general merchandise store in Mathews Co., Va. Includes typed excerpts from a memoir of Tompkins compiled by his son, Christopher Quarles Tompkins in 1860 and twenty-one pages from an account book listing foodstuffs of A. Y. P. Garnett, surgeon in Sally Tompkins' Confederate hospital, Robertson Hospital, in Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War.

Dates: 1778-1838

W. T. Tucker Journal

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame119
Scope and Contents

Account book of W.T. Tucker.  Many pages have the heading "...BeaverDam."

Dates: 1867

Vest and Hansford Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame120 Oversize
Scope and Contents

A business ledger kept from 1859-1861 by William W. Vest and Richard Hansford, merchants operating in Williamsburg, Virginia. Entries show Vest and Hansford's business dealings with the College of William & Mary and the Public Hospital.

Dates: 1859-1861

Virginia Merchant's Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame113
Scope and Contents

Daily accounts from an unknown merchant. Location unknown. Some names that appear in the ledger: James Leake, H. Sealock, James Wood and Charles Johnson.

Dates: 1880-1881

West & Agee Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 W52
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1866-1879, of West & Agee, owners of a general store at Gravel Hill P. O., Buckingham County, Va. Includes correspondence and accounts as well as accounts of John S. West & Co.

Dates: 1866-1879

Westmoreland County Merchant's Day Book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame33u
Scope and Contents

Day book, 1860-1861, of an unidentified merchant at The Hague, Westmoreland County, Va.

Dates: 1860-1861

William J. Pendleton Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Am11 Oversize
Scope and Contents

Ledger, 1857-1872, of William J. Pendleton, physician, at Cuckoo, Louisa County, Va. Also includes accounts of a merchant, farms and labor accounts, and memoranda of a school operated by the Pendleton family.

Dates: 1857-1872

William M. Foster & Co.

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame37-39
Scope and Contents

Two journals and a ledger, 1884-1889, of William M. Foster & Co., merchants, of Columbia, Fluvanna County, Va.

Dates: 1884-1889

C. L. Worthington Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 W89
Scope and Contents The collection also contains miscellaneous manuscripts and account books. Included in this material are: land grants, 1761 and 1766, for land in Fairfax and Frederick counties, Va.; eighty-five survey maps of Frederick, Fauquier, and Loudoun counties, Va. and Berkeley and Hampshire counties, W. Va.; road petitions, 1743-1828, for Frederick County; affidavits for Revolutionary War service; correspondence, 1923-1930, of the Improved Order of Redmen, Great Council of Virginia; letters written...
Dates: 1752-1938