A Guide to an Unidentified Merchant Ledgers, 1796-1801 Unidentified Merchant Ledgers, 1796-1801 1128163, 1128169 and 1128175

A Guide to an Unidentified Merchant Ledgers, 1796-1801

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the Library of Virginia
Barcode Numbers 1128163, 1128169 and 1128175


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Repository
Library of Virginia
Barcode numbers
1128163, 1128169 and 1128175
Title
A Guide to an Unidentified Merchant Ledgers, 1796-1801
Physical Characteristics
3 volumes (1326 pages). Volumes are in poor condition. Pages are missing in two volumes.
Collector
Lancaster  next hit County
Physical Location
The Library of Virginia, Local Government Records Collection, previous hit Lancaster  next hit County
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Unidentified Merchant Ledgers, 1796-1801. Local Government Records Collection, previous hit Lancaster  next hit County Court Records, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

These materials came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from previous hit Lancaster County.

Historical Information

The unidentified merchant conducted business in previous hit Lancaster  next hit County, Virginia during the late 18th century.

Scope and Content Information

Ledger C (1796-1797), Ledger E (1799-1800), and Ledger F (1800-1801), of an unidentified merchant. They record the accounts of individual customers and the merchant's controlling accounts. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each entry includes date of transaction, form of transaction, page number of transaction found in corresponding journal or daybook, amount owed, form of payment, and amount paid. Volume does not contain detailed information regarding items sold by the merchant. Rather, it uses the general terms "sundries" and "merchandise." The merchant also hired out slaves to customers. Payments made by cash, credit, labor, hire of slaves, or barter of items such as corn, wheat, tobacco, chickens, fodder, and brandy. The merchant's controlling accounts include merchandise account, corn account, expenses account, cash account, wheat account, and beans account. Ledger F includes an index at the front that lists customers' names in alphabetical order.

Contents List

Unidentified Merchant Ledger C, 1796-1797
Unidentified Merchant Ledger E, 1799-1800
Unidentified Merchant Ledger F, 1800-1801