Conditions Governing Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Preferred Citation

Samuel F. Bright Account Books, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Scope and Contents

Included are oystering accounts; farm accounts for "Porto Bella," York County, Virginia and "New Hope," [?]; cash accounts of Williamsburg, Virginia; list of ages and prices of enslaved persons; records of physician's visits to family and enslaved persons; remedy for colic; and memorandum of a purchase of land from College of William and Mary in October 1847.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College of William and Mary--History--19th century
• Farm management--Virginia--History--19th century
• Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
• Oysters--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
• Slavery--Virginia--19th century
• Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century
• Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century
• York County (Va.)--History--19th century