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Tanners

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

John M. Blankenbeker - Booton's Tanyard Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ad8a Oversize
Scope and Contents

Ledger for Booton's Tan Yard in Madison County, Virginia called a "Hide Book."  Apparently kept by John M. Blankenbeker, who was also a blacksmith.  94 pages.

Dates: 1852-1856

Chappelear Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 C38
Scope and Contents Papers, 1876-1959, of Benjamin Curtis Chappelear including manuscript and printed maps of Fauquier, Loudoun, Clarke, and Warren counties, Va.; Virginia state maps; United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey Maps of areas in Virginia and West Virginia; notes concerning land records and manuscript volumes which include account books collected by Chappelear of blacksmiths, farmers, postmasters, students, tanners, and operators of general stores. The collection also includes...
Dates: 1788-1959

Jacob Rush Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ad150
Scope and Contents

Ledger of Jacob Rush, tanner, of Rockingham County, Virginia, 1825-1864. 137 double pages. 12 3/4 x 8 1/2.

Note:  The book also contains rough drafts of several legal papers.

See also Jacob A. Rush Papers (Mss. 39.2 R89) and [Jacob Rush?] Account Book (Mss. MsV Add151), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Dates: 1830-1837

Beverly Williamson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 W66
Scope and Contents

This collection contains seven letters to Beverly Williamson written between 1871 and 1873 who worked as a tanner at Franklinton, NC.

Dates: 1871-1873