Holland family Records, 1833-1902

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Holland family. Records, 1833-1902. Accession 21573a, Business records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Holland family. Records, 1833-1902. Accession 21573a, Business records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Records, 1833-1902, of the Holland family of Franklin County, Virginia. Includes day books, invoice books, journals, and ledgers relating to the operation of general stores of the Holland family in Halesford and Germantown (1835-1844). Includes information on other accounts of Asa Holland (1833-1837; 1843-1845; 1900-1902) and his son Mark D. Holland (1870-1879). Also includes advertising items, bills, a draft of a deed of trust, and receipts (1835-1879), as well as a list of magazine subscribers (1854-1859).

Account book of Asa Holland

Asa Holland and John Booth general store at Halesford, Franklin County, Virginia.

Asa Holland and John Booth general store at Halesford, Franklin County, Virginia.

Asa Holland and Smithson H. Holland accounts for shoes, boots, and other leather goods. Store location unknown.

Asa Holland and John Booth general store at Halesford, Franklin County, Virginia.

Asa Holland and Smithson H. Holland general store store at Germantown, Franklin County, Virginia.

Asa Holland and John Booth general store. Location is unknown.

Asa Holland and Smithson H. Holland general store at Germantown, Franklin County, Virginia.

Asa Holland and Smithson H. Holland general store. Location is unknown.

Asa Holland and Smithson H. Holland general store at Halesford, Franklin County, Virginia.

Asa Holland general store. Location is unknown.

Executions received by Asa Holland, Franklin County, Virginia. Also includes diary entries of William E. Duncan, schoolmaster in Franklin County, Virginia.

Asa Holland and Mark D. Holland general store. Location is unknown.

Blank ledger.

Biographical / historical:

The Holland family resided in Franklin County, Virginia. Asa Holland (1801-1879) was a prominent merchant and farmer in Franklin County, Virginia. His daughter Sallie Elizabeth Holland (1835-1920) married William Erastus Duncan (1825-1912) of Amherst County, Virginia. Asa Holland operated general stores in Halesford in partnership with John D. Booth, and in Germantown in partnership with Smithson H. Holland.

Acquisition information:
Purchased.
Physical description:
1.85 cu. ft. (7 boxes and 1 volume on shelf)