Robert Pleasants Ledger, 1769-1824.

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 Ledger, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
1 item. 167 pages.
Creator:
Robert Pleasaents.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

Pleasants' ledger kept in Henrico County, Virginia covers 1769-1777. The volume includes a few accounts kept 1823-1824 by an unidentified individual and a short story, "The Unlucky Man."

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, Robert Pleasants 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:
Letter bound book with the name of John G. Mosby on the cover.
Dimensions:
24 1/2 inches.