Pritchett Journals and Papers 1841-1891

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred citation:

Pritchett Journals and Papers, Accession 38-94, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Summary

Creator:
C.A. Pritchett
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Pritchett Journals and Papers, Accession 38-94, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of ca. 175 loose items and three bound volumes, accounts of the general store of John I.and C. A. Pritchettin Whitmell, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

The bound volumes consist of two ledgers, 1859 and 1876-1891, and an invoice book, 1879, listing items stocked in the store. The loose papers are almost all promissory notes and accounts relating to the business of the store.

Also in the collection are ca. 20 items relating to P. W. Emmerson, mostly all of which are notes of legal fees and amounts due the clerk and sheriff of Pittsylvania County. There is one personal letter, May 28, 1841, from Thomas W. Micawto Colin Pass.

Acquisition information:
These papers were purchased from C.A. Pritchett of Whitmell, Virginia, on April 23, 1931.
Processing information:

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Physical location:
Physical description:
ca. 195 items