Collections : [Library of Virginia]

Will, 10 March 1621/2 and probated 21 May 1630 in London, England, of John Rolfe (1585-1622) of Virginia. This will is located in the Public Record Office, Principal Probate Registry, Prerogative Court of Canterbury. A typescript copy can be found in the VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY, volume 58, pp. 58-65.

Will and executor's bond of Mahala, free woman of color, 1831, recorded in the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery for Hanover County. In her will, Mahala stated that she wanted her children that she purchased from Colonel Thomas Tinsley, deceased, be free. She also wanted her daughter Clara be bound to her former mistress Susanna Tinsley until she reached the age of 21. The executor's bond named Thomas G. Tinsley executor of Mahala's estate.

Correspondence, letter books, daybooks, ledgers and miscellaneous items relating to the operation of a mercantile business in Falmouth (King George County) and Winchester, Virginia by William and David Allason. The correspondence reflects the various aspects of extensive mercantile endeavor, as well as personal relationships between family members and friends. Allason corresponded with Lord Dunmore before and after Dunmore fled Virginia, and he maintained a close association with Lord Fairfax, acting as his factor, buying and selling his slaves and engaging people to collect quitrents for the Fairfax proprietary. Other correspondents include Alexander Baine, Robert Beverley, Nathaniel and Robert Burwell, Charles and Landon Carter, John Harvey, Abraham Hite, Neil Jamieson, Charles Marshall, James Mercer, General Daniel Morgan, Hugh Nelson, Mann Page, Robert Rose, David Ross, Andrew Sprowle, Col. John Taylor, Benamin Waller, John and Warner Washington, Ralph Wormeley, George Wythe and Isaac Zane.

Records, 1859-1907, of William A. Pence's general store in Timberville, Rockingham County, Virginia. Includes accounts, cashbooks, correspondence, daybooks, and ledgers. Information found in the records includes date of transaction, name of customer, items purchased, quantity of items purchased, amount owed, and amount paid. Items sold include dry-goods, groceries, tobacco, whiskey, hardware, tinware, boots, and cloth.

Includes a memorandum book, covering the years 1842 and 1846-1871, which lists 803 coffins, including names, death dates, and causes of death (Accession 29658a), as well as a ledger (Accession 29658b) which covers the years 1850-1888 and 1921.

Operation manuals, 1976-2002, compiled by William Bartow Rowland (1943-2002), while serving as Events Coordinator for the Commonwealth of Virginia. The manuals cover operational procedures for a wide range of events from the bicentennial celebration of the battle of Yorktown and the voyage of the replica of the ship Godspeed to Governors' Conferences and agency meetings, as well as a postponed visit by officials from the Soviet Union. Collection also includes reports on various aspects of state government and on the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation and the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Jamestown settlement.

Includes a letter book, 1737-1744, which predominantely relates to Beverley's tobacco trade with English and Scottish merchants; rental account books of land owned by Beverley, 3 v., 1737-1747; 1742-1743; 1745- 1749; a volume of accounts concerning the settlement of the estate of Harry Beverley, 1743-1744; a volume containing copies of patents, deeds, leases, and wills relating to [Old) Rappahannock and Essex Counties, Virginia; as well a an order for timber, March 25, 1745. See also Robert Beverley Letter book, 1761-1793 (acc. 29108).

William B. Hodgson, Jr. Ledger, 1865-1905, records the individual accounts of customers and additional miscellaneous information. Entries within each account are listed in chronological order. Entries list date of transaction, style of transaction (merchandise purchased or form of payment), amount owed or paid. Payments made by cash, credit, or labor. Merchandise sold include food, clothing, livestock, consumer goods, and dry goods.

Bill of sale, 1 December 1762, for the sale of one male horse from Patrick Morris of Bedford County, Virginia, to William Candler (1736-1784).

Ledger, 1762-1787, containing the accounts of William Cryer and Company, a mercantile business located in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Accounts are arranged by account holder and include their name, the date of the transaction, type of transaction or item sold, and amount. Merchandise sold includes rum, cloth, clothing, and building supplies. Payment generally made in the form of cash; although, there are entries in the ledger where customers sold tobacco to the store in exchange for credit. This collection also includes a taxable property list, 9 March 1787, for Robert Cryer principally consisting of a list of slaves owned by him; and a list, n. d., of the buildings owned by Robert and John Cryer including the length and width of each structure.