James Anderson Account Books, 1778-1805.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Librarian/ Associate Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and the holder of the copyright, if not the Rockefeller Library at Colonial Williamsburg.

Preferred citation:

James Anderson Account Books, Manuscript MS 62.2, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Summary

Creator:
James Anderson, 1740-1798. Robert Anderson, 1781-1859.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

James Anderson Account Books, Manuscript MS 62.2, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Background

Scope and content:

Ledgers, mainly dating from 1778-1798, kept by James Anderson. Included are notations on the status of accounts, 1804-1805, made by James' son, Robert. The accounts show work done for Jacquelin Ambler, Daniel Broadhead, Edward Carrington, Mr. Carter, James Craig, Thomas Everard, Col. William Finnie, James Galt, John Greenhow, Humphrey Harwood, James Hubard, Thomas Jefferson, the Lunatic Hospital, Joseph Prentis, Edmund Randolph, John Saunders, Mr. Taliaferro, George Winston, and many others.

Biographical / historical:

James Anderson was a blacksmith in Williamsburg and Richmond, Va., who also served as public armorer and captain of the Company of Artificers.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1962.
Physical location:
Oversize
Physical description:
2 items (140 and 329 p.)