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Spanish Consulate in Norfolk, Virginia records, 1797/1840 0.5 Cubic Feet 2 ledgers

Spain. Embajada (United States)

The first ledger contains correspondence between the Spanish embassies in New York and Philadelphia, and its consular office in Norfolk, Va., 1797-1817. Most letters are addressed to Spanish diplomats Josef Ignacio de Viar and Carlos Martinez de Irujo. The second ledger is a bound log of shipping activity from Norfolk to Cuba and other ports, 1817-1840.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

S. Robbins and E. N. Gates records of accounts, 1839/1842 1 items

The S. Robbins and E. N. Gates record of accounts includes accounts and cases from around Ohio (Montgomery, Clear Creek, Milton, Orange, Jackson, Vermillion, Mansfield), as indexed in the rear, and with brief descriptions at the front of the book as to the kind of legal services rendered (or the legal issues being tested - gaming, bastardy, deeds, pension papers, for trespass, for killing a dog, tavern license, patent papers, etc.).

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Staunton electric companies collection, 1916/1923 0.29 cubic feet 1 box

Electric Supply Company of the South (Staunton, Va.)
One bound volume of meter readings presumably taken by a Staunton-based public utility company and loose (photocopied) balance sheets for the Electric Supply Company of the South (Staunton, Va.).
  1. James Madison University

Stowe grocery store ledgers, 1870/1934 0.4 Cubic Feet 1 document box

The Stowe grocery store ledgers (1870-1934; 0.4 cubic feet) document the operation of the titular family's grocery store in Petersburg, Virginia. Ledgers document monthly expenses for items ranging from rent to flour to labor. The collection also contains a small file of personal letters and bills for appliances.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Thomas Dickerson Ledger, 1805/1850 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Dickerson, Thomas (Nottoway County, Va.)
This ledger includes notes and business transactions of the plantation owner Thomas Dickerson (also Dickenson and Dickinson), of Nottoway County, Virginia. The plantations grew tobacco, wheat, and corn. Entries include sale of these goods, purchase of others, purchase of medical services for enslaved persons, and cash loans.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Thomas D. Ranson record book, 1884/1912 1 items

Ranson, Thomas D., 1843-1918

This book of Thomas D. Ranson (Law 1868), a Staunton, VA, attorney, contains a name index in the front; numbered pages are headed by client name; dates are given in the left margin and action or activity described to the right of them. Entries cease after page 189.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Thomas Hill Bernard Ledger, 1853/1881 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Bernard, Thomas Hill, 1824-1905
This collection contains the ledger dated 1853-1881 of Thomas Hill Bernard (1824-1905), an enslaver and manager of Big Meadows Plantation in Franklin County, Virginia. This ledger is also signed by his daughter Mary E. Bernard (1874-1952). The ledger lists the names, occupations, ages, and "value" of of five enslaved people: Terry, [Tom?], [Amistead?], James, and [Banks?] The majority of the ledger includes the farming activities of the farm and the daily activities of Bernard and his family, mostly from the 1870s. The ledger also contains a receipt of taxes owed to the Sheriff of Franklin County in 1853 for the plantation signed by Judith Bernard.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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