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Sussex County (Va.) Post Office Account Book, 1846, Local government records collection, Sussex County Court Records. The
Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
This item came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Sussex County.
Sussex County was named for the English county, and was formed from Surry County by a statute adopted in 1753. The county
court first met on 30 May 1754. The county seat is Sussex.
Sussex County (Va.) Post Office Account Book, 1846, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions
in chronological order. Information found in each account includes dates of transactions; amount owed for mailing or receiving
letters; magazines, and newspapers; location where letters were mailed and received; and form of payment.