Saratoga County, New York, Ledger

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open to reearch.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Saratoga County, New York, Ledger, Ms1988-108, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box
Abstract:
Accounting ledger maintained by an unidentified business in Saratoga County, New York, recording summarized balances brought forward from the company's daybooks.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Saratoga County, New York, Ledger, Ms1988-108, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a single ledger maintained by an unidentified business in Saratoga County, New York, possibly the general merantile store of Benjmain Grenell. The ledger contains the names of persons holding accounts with the business. The ledger does not contain details of transactions but instead records summarized balances brought forward from the business's daybooks.

Biographical / historical:

While the owner of the ledger is not idenfified, papers found within the ledger suggest that it may have belonged to a member of the Grenell family. One paper inserted in the ledger contains numerous instances of the name "Ben Grenell." Accrding to an article in the May 2012 issue of the Town of Greenfield Historical Society Newsletter, Benjamin Grenell was born in Salisbury, Connecticut and settled in Greenfield, New York, where he established a general store. He married Phebe Dennison; the couple would have four children. According to the findagrave.com page for Benjamin Grenell, he was born 30 March 1764; died in Greenfield on 20 November 1825; and was buried in Grenell Cemetery, Middle Grove (Saratoga County), New York.

Acquisition information:
The collection was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in 1988.
Processing information:

The processing and description of the Saratoga County, New York Ledger commenced and was completed in December 2021.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Ledgers (account books)