This collection, 1793-1898, of 17 bound volumes includes
ledgers, journals, and day books from businesses in
Petersburg and
Richmond owned by
Thomas Baxter ,
John Traylor , and
Carey Stevens .
Francis Follet ,
Nathan E. Wildman ,
Steel and Alexander , the
Blandford Mill Company , and
John Wilder and
Joseph Wilder are a few of the businesses
and businessmen represented in these account books of mills,
contractors, machinery shops, and general stores.
Journal, [
Petersburg ],
John Traylor , blacksmith,
Carey Stevens ; includes
Traylor family genealogy on last two
pages and an account with
Edmund Ruffin
1813-1826
Box 1 3)
Journal,
Richmond ,
Thomas Baxter
1827-1840
Box 1 4)
Ledger,
Blandford Mill Company ,
Petersburg ,
Thomas Baxter ,
Francis Follet ,
Nathan E. Wildman
1831-1838
Box 1 5)
Chequebook,
Petersburg
1845-1854
Box 1 6)
Notes and Bills, [
Petersburg ]
1851-1855
Box 1 7)
Promissory Notebook, [
Petersburg ]
1857, n.d.
Box 2 8)
Journal,
Blandford Mill Company ,
Petersburg ,
Thomas Baxter
1836-1839
Box 2 9)
Ledger, [
Blandford Mill Company ],
Petersburg ,
Thomas Baxter
1836-1839, 1847-1854
Box 2 10)
Ledger,
Petersburg ,
Thomas Baxter
1854-1855, 1858-1859
Box 3 11)
Journal, [
Tappey Lumsden and Company ],
Tappey Lumsden ; includes many
sketches for mill and construction machinery and an
order from the
Confederate States of America for
pike blades
1862-1864, 1873-1877, 1880-1890
Box 3 12)
Journal,
Petersburg
1866-1871
Box 3 13)
Day Book,
Steel and Alexander , [milling,
machinery, and construction company],
Petersburg ; includes sketches of
machinery
1884-1891 Jan
Box 3 14)
Day Book,
Steel and Alexander ,
Petersburg ; includes some sketches
of machinery
1891 Feb-1898
Box: Oversize 15)
Ledger, [general store], [
John and
Joseph Wilder ],
Petersburg ; includes accounts for
tobacco, wheat, corn; accounts for the ship Rebecca,
schooner Nancy; some accounts for women
1793-1803
Box: Oversize 16)
Ledger, [general store], [
Buchanan V. Pollek ],
Petersburg ; includes many
plantation accounts, especially for "Plantation at
Archers Hill"; accounts for the sloops Dispatch and
Lively, for the schooner Martha Ann; names and
occupations listed together; many "Negro Account"
listings and accounts for women
1806-1820
Box: Oversize 17)
Journal, [
Steel and Alexander ], [
Petersburg ]; includes papers from
1862 re: "Table for Cutting Gear Blanks"