Clarkson Anderson and Company Ledger, 1859-1867

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

Email: archdesk@lva.virginia.gov

Phone: (804) 692-3888

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Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Clarkson Anderson and Company Ledger, 1859-1867. Local government records collection, Richmond Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

Creator:

Richmond (Va.) Circuit Court

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Clarkson Anderson and Company Ledger, 1859-1867. Local government records collection, Richmond Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Clarkson Anderson and Company Ledger, 1859-1867, records the accounts of individual customers. Information found in each entry includes customer name, date and type of transaction, and amounts debited or credited to the customer's account. All purchase are listed as "merchandise" so it is unclear what type of business Clarkson Anderson and Company operated. Also, the front cover and first sixty pages are missing from the ledger. Notations also refer to other unidentified ledgers.

Biographical / historical:

Clarkson Anderson and Company operated in Richmond, Va., during the late nineteenth century.

Acquisition information:

This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Richmond.

Physical location:

State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia

Physical description:

1 v.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Consumer goods--Virginia--Richmond.
Merchants--Virginia--Richmond.
Business records--Virginia--Richmond.
Ledgers (account books)--Virginia--Richmond.
Local government records--Virginia--Richmond.