A Guide to the Quin and William L. Morton Daybook, 1863-1867
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
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Preferred Citation
Quin and William L. Morton Daybook, 1863-1867. Local government records collection, Petersburg (City) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from the city of Petersburg under the accession number 43614.
Historical Information
Quin and William L. Morton was a commission merchant business in Petersburg, Virginia, that sold bulk merchandise to individuals and businesses during the Civil War era.
Scope and Content
Quin and William L. Morton Daybook, 1863-1867, records the company's cash transactions and merchandise transactions. Information found in daybook includes date of transaction, name of customer or controlling account, form of transaction, merchandise involved in transaction, quantity of items purchased, price of items sold, cash paid, cash received, and amount credited if not paif with cash. The daybook also records amount of taxes paid such as city, state, Confederate, war, and soldiers' taxes. Items sold include bacon, flour, sheep, eggs, cotton, tobacco, and soap.
Index Terms
- Petersburg (Va.) Circuit Court
- Quin and William L. Morton (Petersburg, Va.)
- Commission merchants -- Virginia -- Petersburg.
- Cotton trade -- Virginia -- Petersburg.
- Tobacco -- Virginia -- Petersburg.
- Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects.
- Business records -- Virginia -- Petersburg.
- Daybooks -- Virginia -- Petersburg.
- Local government records -- Virginia -- Petersburg.
- Morton, Quin.
- Morton, Willaim.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects.