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Merchants--History--18th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Distiller's Ledger and Merchant's Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Adi2
Scope and Contents

Ledger, 1799-1812, of an unidentified distiller, of Albemarle County, Virginia. Includes ledger, 1779-1786, of an unidentified merchant who had an account with Thomas Jefferson.

The two individuals who kept the volume each numbered the pages (127 p. and 224 p.)

Dates: 1779-1812

James Campbell Account Books

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame11-13
Scope and Contents

Ledgers, 1793-1799, of James Campbell, merchant, of Lexington, Va. One volume (MsV Ame12) includes accounts with members of the Watt family which were paid for by weaving. There are also loose receipts and legal documents in the third volume (MsV Ame13).

Dates: 1793-1799

John Morton Jordan & Co. Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame F1
Scope and Contents

Ledger, 1769-1774, of Virginia account of John Morton Jordan & Co., London [Eng.] and of Perkins, Buchanan & Brown, London [Eng.], 1771-1774, including the certification, 26 July 1774, which bears seal, of these accounts before the Lord Mayor of London.  An entry for Thomas Jefferson is on page 13.

Dates: 1769-1774

Ledger of Unknown Merchant

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame3u Oversize
Scope and Contents

Ledger of an unknown merchant with entries for people located along or near the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States.  Areas include Baltimore (Md.), Bath County (Va.), Fluvanna County (Va.), Yorktown (Va.), North Carolina, Wheeling (W.Va.), Philadelphia (Pa.), Knoxville (Tn.) and others.  Andrew Kennedy, a wealthy merchant from Philadelphia, has many entries.  329 pages.

Dates: 1792-1801