A Guide to the Augusta County (Va.) Lending Library Ledger, 1823-1829 Augusta County (Va.) Lending Library Ledger, 1823-1829 1178315

A Guide to the Augusta County (Va.) Lending Library Ledger, 1823-1829

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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Barcode number
1178315
Title
Augusta County (Va.) Lending Library Ledger, 1823-1829
Physical Characteristics
1 v.
Collector
Augusta County (Va.) Circuit Court
Location
State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Augusta County (Va.) Lending Library Ledger, 1823-1829. Local government records collection, Augusta 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 Augusta County under the accession number 43658.

Historical Information

This lending library operated in Augusta County, Virginia, during the mid-nineteenth century. Using the list of borrowers as evidence, it is probable that the library was some type of subscription library. All listed users of the library were men, and many were considered prominent, influential citizens of Augusta County -- James Crawford, William Donaghe, William T. Eskridge, Nicholas C. Kinney, Archibald Stuart, and Hugh Sheffey.

Scope and Content

Augusta County (Va.) Lending Library Ledger, 1823-1829, functioned as a circulation register. Transactions are listed chronologically under individual accounts with separate entries for loans and returns. For each account, the left page was used to record loans while the right page documented book returns. Each entry includes the date and the name of the book along with the volume number. Books offered by the library included Smith's Essays, Dwight's Travels, Sir Walter Scott's Tales of my Landlord , Gillie's Greece, the works of Shakespeare, Plutarch's Lives, Rob Roy , Silliman's Travels, Don Quixote , History of England , and Ivanhoe .

Index Terms

    Subjects:

  • Libraries--Virginia--Augusta County.
  • Subscription libraries--Circulation and loans--Virginia.
  • Subscription libraries--Virginia--Augusta County.
  • Geographical Names:

  • Augusta County (Va.)--History--19th century.
  • Augusta County (Va.)--Intellectual life--19th century.
  • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Ledgers (account books)--Virginia--Augusta County.

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Augusta County (Va.)--History--19th century.
  • Augusta County (Va.)--Intellectual life--19th century.