A Collection in the Library of Virginia
Collection numbers: Barcode number 1105999/Amherst County (Va.) Reel 130.
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Use microfilm copy, Amherst County (Va.) Reel 130.
Preferred Citation
Read and Montgomerie Journal, 1820-1827, Amherst County (Va.) Reel 130, Local government records collection, Amherst County
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 Amherst County.
Microfilm reel was generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Program.
Between 1820 and 1827 the name of the business changed from Samuel Read and Company to Read, Montgomerie and Company and finally
to Read and Montgomerie.
Amherst County was named for Major General Jeffery Amherst, British commander in North America during the latter part of the
French and Indian War and governor of Virginia from 1759 to 1768. It was formed from Albemarle County in 1761. Islands in
the Fluvanna (now the James) River were added in 1770.
Read and Montgomerie Journal, 1820-1827, records accounts of its customers in Bedford County, Virginia. It lists the debts
owed and payments made by individual customers. It also includes Read and Montgomerie's legal expenses from law suits. The
first twenty pages of the journal are missing. The volume's spine includes the initials "B. M." for Boyd Miller who was perhaps
an agent for the company.