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Brent and Swann Business Records, 1804-1806. Fredericksburg (Va.) Reel 93, Local government records collection, Fredericksburg (City) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
This item came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 42930.
Daniel C. Brent and Robert Swan formed a business partnership in 1804. They owned a mill, store, and blacksmith shop that were part of the Brent family plantation known as Richland located in Stafford County. The mill was known as Brent's Mill which operated from the mid-1600's until 1900.
The volumes are compilations from the originals made by a Commissioner Parke. They were used as exhibits in an unknown suit heard in the 1820's.
The Brent family was one of the first families to settle in Stafford County during the mid-1600's.
Brent and Swan Business Records, 1804-1806, consist of a daybook, ledger, a supplemental ledger, and an account book. They record financial transactions related to the partnership's activities as a mill, blacksmith shop, and general store. They record the name of customers, amount owed, amount paid, and transactions made by mill.
Additional Fredericksburg Business Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."