Samuel F. Bright account books
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem LibraryCollege of William and Mary400 Landrum DrivePO 8795Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
- Contact for questions and access:
- Email: spcoll@wm.eduPhone: (757) 221-3090Fax: (757) 221-5440Web: swem.wm.edu/scrc
- Restrictions:
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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:
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Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
- Preferred citation:
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Samuel F. Bright Account Books, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 0.2 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Samuel F. Bright Account Books, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Included are oystering accounts; farm accounts for "Porto Bella," York County, Virginia and "New Hope," [?]; cash accounts of Williamsburg, Virginia; list of ages and prices of enslaved persons; records of physician's visits to family and enslaved persons; remedy for colic; and memorandum of a purchase of land from College of William and Mary in October 1847.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- College of William and Mary--History--19th century
Farm management--Virginia--History--19th century
Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
Oysters--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century
Slavery--Virginia--19th century - Places:
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century
York County (Va.)--History--19th century