Robert Pleasants Account Book, 1771-1824.

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.

Terms of access:

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:

Robert Pleasants Account Book, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
1 item. 157 pages.
Creator:
Robert Pleasants, Mary W. Pleasants Mosby.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Robert Pleasants Account Book, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Pleasants' account book kept in Henrico County, Virginia covers the years, 1771-1778, and concerns the export and shipping of tobacco and other crops. It includes the religious diary, 1821-1824, of Mary W. (Pleasants) Mosby.

Biographical / historical:

Robert Pleasants was born at "Curles," Henrico County, Virginia and lived his entire life there. He was an active member of the Society of Friends. His brother Samuel Pleasants (1737-1807) was a successful merchant in Philadelphia. Sometime after 1771, he entered into a mercantile company (Robert Pleasants & Co.) which did business as a consignment tobacco exporter. He organized an abolition society in 1790.

Acquisition information:
In the possession of Swem Library before 1939.
Physical facet:
Bound volume.
Dimensions:
25 cm.