Sheldon Business Papers and Accounts

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Sheldon Business Papers and Accounts, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
1654.00 Linear Feet
Creator:
Sheldon, Jacob D.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Sheldon Business Papers and Accounts, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, 1826-1857, (including accounts and memorandum books) of various mercantile firms with which Jacob D. Sheldon was associated in Williamsburg, Virginia, such as Jacob Sheldon & Co.; Cole & Sheldon; Sheldon & Maupin; Peachy & Sheldon; Thomas G. Peachy & Co.; and W. W. Webb & Co. Also includes papers of Jacob C. Sheldon and of Roscow Cole. The collection includes accounts with professors and students and staff at William & Mary; with Eastern State Hospital; and with other Williamsburg residents. William & Mary correspondents include Thomas Roderick Dew, Adam Empie, William Barton Rogers, and Robert Saunders.

Folders 1-4. 608 pieces. Included in this group are accounts with the following persons connected with William & Mary: Professors: Dabney Brown, Adam Empie, C. De La Pena, William B. Rogers and James Semple. Students: Charles Byrd, George J. Byrd, William Clark, A. Dabney, T.S. Dabney, John W. Haskin, John Hatton, Walker Haws, [?] Hobson, R. Hunter, [?] Johnson, A. Jones, Benjamin F. Jones, Henry Jones, John Jones, Orlando Jones, Richard H. Riddick, Augustine Robins, Billy Smith, William Taliaferro, D.C. Topp, James B. Watts and John Wilson. There is also an account with the William & Mary.

1 book. The book also contains memoranda of goods purchased for Cole & Sheldon, and other firms by certain agents, 1826.

1 book. The book contains memoranda of goods probably purchased for Jacob Sheldon & Co., and accounts of Mrs. L. E. White with Jacob Sheldon & Co.

1 book. Memoranda of goods probably pPurchased for Jacob Sheldon & Co.

1 book.

95 pieces.

244 pieces. Included in these papers are accounts of the following persons connected with William and Mary College: Professors: Thomas R. Dew and Adam Empie. Students: Duncan MacRae.

List of debts due the mercantile firm of Sheldon & Maupin. 2 books, 1834 and 1841. Memorandum books containing lists of purchases for Sheldon & Maupin, 13 total, Spring 1833, Spring 1835, Spring 1836, Spring 1842, Fall 1843, Spring 1845, Fall 1846, Fall 1847, and 5 not dated.

156 pieces.

185 pieces.

1 piece.

96 pieces, including papers relating to the estate of Mary Fitzhugh.

6 books.

49 pieces, including four memorandum books.

82 pieces.

34 pieces.

76 pieces.

3 pieces

Biographical / historical:

Jacob D. Sheldon was a Williamsburg, Virginia businessman. He owned, operated, or was involved with multiple businesses, including Jacob Sheldon & Co., Cole & Sheldon, Sheldon & Maupin, Peachy & Sheldon, Thomas G. Peachy & Co., and W. W. Webb & Co. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Acquisition information:
Donation
Processing information:

Box and folder list compiled by Andrew Cavell, SCRC staff, in January 2012.