Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

Use microfilm copy, Pulaski   County   (Va.) Reel 56.

Preferred Citation

Newbern (Va.) Stagecoach Daybook, 1838-1841. Local government records collection, Pulaski   County   Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from Pulaski   County under the accession number 43684.

Historical Information

The city of Newbern traces its beginnings to 3 March 1810 when Adam Hance laid off 28 lots fronting the Wilderness Road. Newbern was the county   seat of Pulaski   County   through much of the 1800s and served as a stagecoach stop on the Wilderness Road. The Wilderness Road was the principle route used by settlers to reach Kentucky. In Virginia, the Wilderness Road ran from Frederick County   south to Lee County   and the Cumberland Gap.

Scope and Content

Newbern (Va.) Stagecoach Daybook, 1838-1841, records the stage fares charged to passengers departing from Newbern. Transactions were entered as they occurred and document the passenger name, destination, and the fares charged. Notes were also used to indicate charges for trunks and extra baggage. The front of the daybook lists the standard fares charged for travel to Wythe County  , Montgomery County  , Salem, Fincastle County  , and Buchanan County  .

Several pages located in the back of the volume were used as a ledger and cashbook for an unidentified business. Transactions were recorded for 1810 and document the accounts of individual customers. Information found under each account include the date, the notation "to sundries," and the monies debited or credited to the account. Each transaction was recorded under the customer's name in the corresponding cashbook. It is possible that the ledger was used by Jacob Sadler, a merchant in Pulaski   County   in the early nineteenth century.

Index Terms

Subjects:

• Merchants--Virginia-- Pulaski   County  .
• Stagecoach lines--Virginia.
• Stagecoach stations--Virginia-- Pulaski   County  .
• Stagecoaches--Virginia.
• Transportation--Virginia.
• Wilderness Road.

Geographical Names:

• Pulaski   County   (Va.)--History--19th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Business records--Virginia-- Pulaski   County  .
• Cashbooks--Virginia-- Pulaski   County  .
• Daybooks--Virginia-- Pulaski   County  .
• Ledgers (account books)--Virginia-- Pulaski   County  .
• Local government records--Virginia-- Pulaski   County  .

Added Entry - Personal Name:

• Sadler, Jacob.