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Unidentified Tobacco Merchant Invoice Book, 1844-1847. Local government records collection, Lynchburg (Va.) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Lynchburg.
Operating in the Lynchburg, Va., area during the mid-nineteenth century, this unidentified commission merchant was involved in the tobacco industry and was primarily concerned with the commission and sale of liquorice to local tobacco manufacturers.
Unidentified Tobacco Merchant Invoice Book, 1844-1847, records the financial activities of an unidentified commission merchant involved in the tobacco industry and documents the amounts of liquorice received and sold on commission. Organized under the commission client's name, the invoice book documents the number of cases of liquorice received, total value of the cases, and any storage and drayage fees incurred. Transactions of liquorice sold were then recorded, and information found in these entries include date of purchase, customer name, amount purchased, and total monies paid. The sales for each commission client were totaled and then commission fees, along with any fees for services such as storage, drayage, insurance, or advertising, were deducted in order to provide the final amount owed the commission client. The commission merchant received liquorice from dealers in Richmond, Philadelphia, and New York, and sold the liquorice to tobacco manufacturers located in the Lynchburg area. The unidentified merchant was also involved in the sale of tobacco, and there are several entries, dated 1845-1847, documenting the amounts of manufactured tobacco sold on commission.