<?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" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US"/><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Chew Family account book<num>MS.0359</num></titleproper></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Virginia Military Institute Archives</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/vmi.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>VMI Archives</addressline><addressline>Preston Library</addressline><addressline>Lexington, VA 24450</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 540-464-7516</addressline><addressline>archives@vmi.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://www.vmi.edu/archives" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://www.vmi.edu/archives" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-05-12 03:02:03 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="und" scriptcode="Zyyy">Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script</language>.</langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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      <corpname>Virginia Military Institute Archives</corpname>
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    <unittitle>Chew Family account book</unittitle>
    <unitid>MS.0359</unitid>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 items</extent>
      <physfacet>8 inches x 6 inches  x 0.5 inches; approximately 154 pages</physfacet>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1834-1883</unitdate>
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    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection consists of one account book of an unidentified member of the Chew Family from the Shenandoah Valley region in Virginia. Entries (1834-1883) include itemized accounts of customers for a variety of goods and services, a list of expenses, notes about crops and cattle, clippings, and a recipe.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>There are no restrictions</p>  </accessrestrict>
  <accessrestrict id="aspace_6a107b87beec25a6170e75b0425f15a1">
    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may 
not be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.</p>  </accessrestrict>
  <prefercite id="aspace_37f0fdd658bb97c11cedc8839b05c69c">
    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Chew Family account book, 1834-1883. MS 0359. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="lcsh">Farm life -- Virginia -- History</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)—History</subject>
    <geogname source="lcsh">Virginia -- History -- 1775-1865</geogname>
    <geogname source="lcsh">Virginia -- Rural conditions</geogname>
    <genreform source="aat">Account Books</genreform>
    <famname source="lcsh">Chew family</famname>
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