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The collection was acquired by Special Collections and University Archives in or prior to November 1990.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Account Book was completed in 2002. Additional description was completed in January 2023.
No information could be found about the owner or location of origination.
This small 1839 notebook lists an unknown individual's personal expenditures, including money paid to Black laborers, costs of candles, and tavern bills. The inside cover states, "Account of expenditures from the 3rd of October 1839 in our philanthropic efforts to diffuse useful knowledge throughout the States of Ohio and Kentucky." Only 8 pages have writing, including a receipt from Mechanics Bank of New York, Feb. 22, 1838, for $55.00.
The guide to the Account Book by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).