Wyndham Kemp Cashbook and Ledger, 1854-1860

Access and use

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

CLOSED FOR REFORMATTING.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Wyndham Kemp Cashbook and Ledger, 1854-1860. Local government records collection, Gloucester County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

Creator:
Kemp, Wyndham
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Wyndham Kemp Cashbook and Ledger, 1854-1860. Local government records collection, Gloucester County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

This accession consists of a cashbook and a ledger kept by Wyndham Kemp as executor of Thomas S. Harwood's estate.

Cashbook, 1856-1859, records, in chronological order, cash received and cash paid. The left page of volume records cash amount received for miscellaneous services rendered, and the right page records cash amount paid for miscellaneous expenses.

Ledger, 1854-1860, records the accounts of individual customers and the attorney's controlling accounts. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each entry includes date of transaction, account paid into or name of of payer, and amount owed or paid. Entries include page number of missing corresponding volume or volumes. Controlling accounts include law profession account, expense account, interest account, and cash account.

Biographical / historical:

The cashbook and ledger were used as evidence in a chancery case heard in Gloucester County Circuit Court in 1886 entitled Mary E. Harwood versus Wyndham Kemp and others. The plaintiff accused the defendant of using his position as executor of Thomas S. Harwood to exploit Harwood's estate for his own personal gain. The court ordered all papers and books kept by Kemp as Harwood's executor to be audited by a special commission and a report made.

Created in 1651. All records were destroyed by an 1820 fire, and most of the records created after 1820 were destroyed by fire on April 3, 1865, in Richmond, where they had been moved for safekeeping during the Civil War.

Acquisition information:
This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Gloucester County.
Physical location:
State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia
Physical description:
2 v. (498 p.)