<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viblbv"/><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Parker &amp; Co. Grocers Collection</titleproper><titleproper>Parker &amp; Co. Grocers Collection, <date>undated</date> <num>Ms.2023.141</num></titleproper><author>William Harrison, Student Assistant</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://static.lib.vt.edu/images/logo/lockup-color-347x75.png" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2023 (<emph><a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" type="simple">CC0 1.0</a></emph>)</date></p><address><addressline>Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)</addressline><addressline>560 Drillfield Drive</addressline><addressline>Newman Library, Virginia Tech</addressline><addressline>Blacksburg, Virginia 24061</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 540-231-6308</addressline><addressline>specref@vt.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-07-23 07:01:01 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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<p>The Parker &amp; Co. Grocers Collection was possibly written some time in the late 19th century by Parker &amp; Co. grocers, who were established in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1822. The collection includes information on the prices of wine, mineral water, and cigars.</p>  </scopecontent>
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