<?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" mainagencycode="US-viw">Ledger-of-Unknown-Merchant</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Ledger</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the Ledger of Unknown Merchant <num>Mss. MsV Ame3u Oversize</num></titleproper><author>Finding Aid Authors: Anne Johnson.</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections Research Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/wm.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2014-04-03</date></p><address><addressline>William &amp; Mary Special Collections Research Center</addressline><addressline>Earl Gregg Swem Library</addressline><addressline>400 Landrum Dr</addressline><addressline>Williamsburg, Virginia</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 757-221-3090</addressline><addressline>spcoll@wm.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-05-15 12:32:24 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>English</langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.50 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1792/1801" type="inclusive">1792-1801</unitdate>
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    <head>Biographical Information:</head>
<p>Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <extref xlink:href="http://scdb.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Unknown_Merchant" xlink:title="Unknown Merchant"/>.</p>  </bioghist>
  <acqinfo id="aspace_576b128a9d072adac9191b3a014e3931">
    <head>Acquisition Information:</head>
<p>Purchase.</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use:</head>
<p>Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access:</head>
<p>Collection is open to all researchers.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation:</head>
<p>Ledger of Unknown Merchant, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Ledger of an unknown merchant with entries for people located along or near the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States.  Areas include Baltimore (Md.), Bath County (Va.), Fluvanna County (Va.), Yorktown (Va.), North Carolina, Wheeling (W.Va.), Philadelphia (Pa.), Knoxville (Tn.) and others.  Andrew Kennedy, a wealthy merchant from Philadelphia, has many entries.  329 pages.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <genreform source="aat">Account books</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Ledgers (Accounting)</genreform>
    <subject source="lcsh">Accounts</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Merchants--History--18th century</subject>
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