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Library of Virginia 2003 Greg Crawford Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia R. C. Booker Company Ledger, 1913-1920 1096194 The Library of Virginia, Local Government Records Collection, Gloucester County 1 volume English Gloucester County Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

R. C. Booker Company Ledger, 1913-1920. Local Government Records Collection, Gloucester County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

 Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Gloucester County.

 Historical Information

R. C. Booker Company was a general store operated by Robert Cary Booker that conducted business in the town of Ordinary, Virginia, during the early twentieth century.

 Scope and Content Information

R. C. Booker Company Ledger, 1913-1920, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found includes date of transaction, merchandise sold, quantity of merchandise purchased, form of payment, and amounts owed and paid. Merchandise sold includes food, lard, soap, dry goods, flour, gun shells, candy, meal, and tablets. Payments made by cash, check, credit, and barter (potatoes and eggs). Volume includes numerous loose slips of paper that record requests for merchandise by customers. Volume also includes an index that lists the names of customers in alphabetical order and the page numbers where their accounts can be found.