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Unidentified General Store Ledger, 1879-1889. Local government records collection, Petersburg (City) Court Records. The Library
of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from the City of Petersburg.
The Unidentified General Store Ledger, 1879-1889, records accounts of individual customers. Entries are listed in chronological
order under account name and include date, type of transaction, and monies credited and debited. Items purchased include tobacco,
sugar, flour, coffee, salt, cotton, and plows. Work such as picking cotton and digging potatoes was often accepted in account
settlements instead of cash.