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Unidentified General Store Cash Sales Book, 1813-1814. Local government records collection, Lynchburg (Va.) 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 Lynchburg.
A dealer in dry-goods, groceries, and hardware, this unidentified general store operated in the Lynchburg, Va., area during
the early nineteenth century.
Unidentified General Store Cash Sales Book, 1813-1814, records the cash sales of the store as they occurred. Information found
in each entry includes the date, item purchased, amount per unit, and total price paid. Occasionally the customer name was
listed along with their purchase. Customers bought a variety of items such as cloth, clothing, jewelry, books, whiskey, shoes,
stoneware, stationary, coffee, and sugar.