MG 127Shipbuilding Ledger (Norfolk, Va.)A Guide to the Shipbuilding Ledger (Norfolk, Va.) MG 127Mona Farrow, Special Collections AssistantODU Community Collections

07/28/2017

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-01 11:22:35 -0400.Finding aid written in English.Describing Archives: A Content Standard ODU Community Collections Shipbuilding Ledger (Norfolk, Va.) MG 127 /repositories/5/resources/265 0.20 Linear Feet 1 half Hollinger document case boxes 1796, circa 1825-1860, undated Date acquired: 10/06/2014 Ledger kept near the port of Norfolk containing accounts of blacksmiths, captains, sail makers, and block makers in 1796. The college also contains 19th century clippings from literary publications. English Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a ledger kept near the port of Norfolk, Virginia from 1796 documenting accounts for building ships. The first twenty pages are loose and contain handwritten accounts for customers in Norfolk including Pennock, Hamilton, Crawford, and Leckie in addition to blacksmiths, captains, sail makers, and block makers. The pages are approximately 16 inches x 12.5 inches and saddle-stiched along the middle. The rest of the ledger contains clippings from literary publications, such as fiction, anecdotes and poems, that date from the 19th century and have been placed on top of the ledger. The page numbers and accounts are still visible on pages where the clippings are absent. A bookplate for William Whiting, which was found inside the ledger, is also included.

 Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers without restriction.

 Conditions Governing Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

 Physical Access Requirements

Access may be limited due to the fragile nature of the ledger.

 Source of Acquisition

Harold Protsman and Wayne Burton

 Method of Acquisition

Gift. Accession #A2014-36

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Shipbuilding Ledger (Norfolk, Va.), Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

 Processing Information

The collections was processed and finding aid created by Mona Farrow, Special Collections Assistant, in 2015.

 ledgers (accounting) scrapbooks Norfolk (Va.)--History--18th century Shipbuilding Box 1Box 1/repositories/5/archival_objects/708431Folder 1: Unnumbered PagesFolder 1/repositories/5/archival_objects/708441796 February 1, 1796 March 1111Scope and Contents

one sheet

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 1, Unnumbered Pages, 1796 February 1, 1796 March 11, Shipbuilding Ledger (Norfolk, Va.), Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Folder 2: Pages 49 and 50Folder 2/repositories/5/archival_objects/708451796 March 1-712Scope and Contents

one sheet

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 2, Pages 49 and 50, 1796 March 1-7, Shipbuilding Ledger (Norfolk, Va.), Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Folder 3: Pages 51 and 52Folder 3/repositories/5/archival_objects/708461796 March 11-2413Scope and Contents

one sheet

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 3, Pages 51 and 52, 1796 March 11-24, Shipbuilding Ledger (Norfolk, Va.), Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Folder 4: Pages 53-54, 67 and 68Folder 4/repositories/5/archival_objects/708471796 March 28-30, 1796 May 214Scope and Contents

two sheets

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 4, Pages 53-54, 67 and 68, 1796 March 28-30, 1796 May 2, Shipbuilding Ledger (Norfolk, Va.), Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Folder 5: Pages 55, 56, 65 and 66Folder 5/repositories/5/archival_objects/708481796 April15Scope and Contents

one sheet

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 5, Pages 55, 56, 65 and 66, 1796 April, Shipbuilding Ledger (Norfolk, Va.), Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Folder 6: Pages 57, 58, 63 and 64Folder 6/repositories/5/archival_objects/708491796 April16Scope and Contents

one sheet

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 6, Pages 57, 58, 63 and 64, 1796 April, Shipbuilding Ledger (Norfolk, Va.), Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Folder 7: Pages 69 and 70Folder 7/repositories/5/archival_objects/708501796 May 2-717Scope and Contents

one sheet

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 7, Pages 69 and 70, 1796 May 2-7, Shipbuilding Ledger (Norfolk, Va.), Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Folder 8: ScrapbookFolder 8/repositories/5/archival_objects/70851circa 1825-186018Scope and Contents

Includes literary articles glued onto pages of the ship building ledger.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 8, Scrapbook, circa 1825-1860, Shipbuilding Ledger (Norfolk, Va.), Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Folder 9: Book Plate of William WhitingFolder 9/repositories/5/archival_objects/70852undated19Preferred Citation

[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 9, Book Plate of William Whiting, undated, Shipbuilding Ledger (Norfolk, Va.), Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.