PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi03120::A Guide to the Witmer and Brother Ledger, 1862-1864)//EN" "vi03120.xml" A Guide to the Witmer and Brother Ledger, 1862-1864 Witmer and Brother Ledger, 1862-1864 Barcode number 1100280/Arlington County (Va.) Reel 270 Greg Crawford Library of Virginia © 2010 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Greg Crawford, 20 May 2010 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Witmer and Brother Ledger, 1862-1864 A Collection in the Library of Virginia Barcode number 1100280/Arlington County (Va.) Reel 270 Greg Crawford

Library of Virginia 2010 Greg Crawford Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Witmer and Brother Ledger, 1862-1864 Barcode number 1100280/Arlington County (Va.) Reel 270 Library of Virginia 1 v. (240 p.); 1 microfilm reel English Witmer and Brother (Arlington County, Va.) Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Witmer and Brother Ledger, 1862-1864. Arlington County (Va.) Reel 270, Local government records collection, Arlington County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Arlington County.

Microfilm reel was generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Program.

Historical Information

Witmer and Brother was a dry goods partnership comprised of George K. Witmer and Edmund F. Witmer located in Alexandria, Virginia that conducted business in Richmond, Virginia and Liberty, Virginia. George K. Witmer was the majority shareholder and a prominent businessman in Virginia.

Scope and Content

Witmer and Brother Ledger, 1862-1864, records accounts of individual customers in Richmond, Virginia and Liberty, Virginia. Information includes name of customer, date of transaction, items purchased, price per item, amount owed, and amount paid. The store sold fabric, clothing, thread, and buttons. The ledger also records the company's tobacco transactions and rent collections from tenants.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Arlington County Business Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm"

 Index Terms Persons: Witmer, Edmund F. Witmer, George K. 1822-1901. Corporate Names: Witmer and Brother (Arlington County, Va.) Subjects: Clothing trade -- Virginia -- Arlington County. Dry-goods -- Virginia -- Arlington County. Landlord and tenant. -- Virginia -- Arlington County. Tobacco -- Virginia -- Arlington County. Geographical Names: Arlington County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century. Genre and Form Terms: Business records -- Virginia -- Arlington County. Ledgers (account books) -- Virginia -- Arlington County. Local government records -- Virginia -- Arlington County.