A Guide to the John Henry Crockett Ledger, 1895-1898
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Barcode Number 1130054
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
John Henry Crockett Ledger, 1895-1898. Local Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Tazewell County.
Historical Information
Doctor John Henry Crockett was a physician who practiced medicine and operated a pharmaceutical business in Tazewell County during the late nineteenth century.
Scope and Content
Ledger, 1895-1898, of a pharmaceutical business operated by John Henry Crockett, a physician. It records the individual accounts of customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order, medication purchased, quantity purchased, form of payment, amount owed, and amount paid. Pharmaceutcals sold include laudanum, sweet oil, quinine, linament, borax, castor oil, pepsin, and glycerine. The store also sold general merchandise such as bug poison, toothbrushes, toilet paper, shoe polish, and cigarettes. Forms of payment include cash, credit, check, and labor. The volume includes an index that records the names of customers in alphabetical order and the page numbers where their accounts can be found.
Access Terms
- Crockett, John Henry
- Drugs--Virginia--Tazewell County.
- Drugstores--Virginia--Tazewell County.
- Medicine--Virginia--Tazewell County.
- Pharmacy--Virginia--Tazewell County.
- Physicians--Virginia--Tazewell County.
- Tazewell County (Va.)--History--19th century.
- Business records--Virginia--Tazewell County.
- Ledgers (account books)--Virginia--Tazewell County.
- Local government records--Virginia--Tazewell County.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Tazewell County (Va.)--History--19th century.