Benjamin A. Minter Ledger, 1847-1851

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Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
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Richmond, VA 23219
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Preferred citation:

Benjamin A. Minter Ledger, 1847-1851. Local government records collection, Fluvanna County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

Creator:
Benjamin A. Minter
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Benjamin A. Minter Ledger, 1847-1851. Local government records collection, Fluvanna County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Benjamin A. Minter Ledger, 1847-1851, records the individual accounts of customers and additional miscellaneous information. Entries within each account are listed in chronological order. Entries list date of transaction, style of transaction (merchandise purchased or form of payment), amount owed or paid. Payments made by cash, credit, or labor. Merchandise sold include molasses, meal, eggs, and coffee.

Biographical / historical:

Benjamin A. Minter was a merchant who conducted business in Fluvanna County.

According to an inscription on the ledger, it was used as evidence in the court case Minter versus Tisdale's administrators that was heard in Fluvanna County Circuit Court during the 1850's. Tisdale was George T. Tisdale.

Fluvanna County takes its name from an eighteenth-century designation of the upper James River. The name, meaning river of Anne, was originally bestowed in honor of Queen Anne of England. The county was formed from Albemarle County in 1777. The county seat is Palmyra.

Acquisition information:
This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Fluvanna County.
Physical location:
State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia
Physical description:
1 v. (110 p.)