A Guide to the Sussex County (Va.) Post Office Account Book, 1846
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
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.
Historical Information
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Index Terms
- Sussex County (Va.) Circuit Court.
- Postal rates -- Virginia -- Sussex County.
- Postal service -- Virginia -- Sussex County.
- Sussex County (Va.) -- History.
- Account books -- Virginia -- Sussex County.
- Local government records -- Virginia -- Sussex County.