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Finding aid created by Anne T. Johnson, 2009 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Inventory of the James M. Blanks and Company Account Book, 1854-1855 A Collection in theSpecial Collections Research Center Mss. Acc. 2004.33

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary 2009 Special Collections Staff. Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Overview of the Collection Special Collections Research Center James M. Blanks and Company Account Book 1854-1855 01/Mss. Acc. 2004.33 0.30 The papers are in: English Account book of James M. Blanks and Company of Clarkesville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Account Book cover is in fragile condition and the ink in the interior is faded due to water damage. Blanks, James M. arrangement Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

 Conditions Governing Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

 Preferred Citation

James M. Blanks and Company Account Book, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

 Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center from Carman D. Valentino on 06/14/2004.

 Biographical Note

James M. Blanks owned James M. Blanks and Company store in Mecklenburg County, Virginia during at least 1854-1855. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki

 Scope and Contents

Account book of James M. Blanks and Company of Clarkesville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Account Book cover is in fragile condition and the ink in the interior is faded due to water damage.

James M. Blanks sold textbooks and a list of these textbooks has been placed with the account book along with a list of some of the other items sold.

Some names mentioned:

Dr. William G. DeGraffenreid

Dr. William S. Easley

David Shelton

John P. Patillo

Methodist Church

George J. Dabbs (lawyer)

Professor Stewart

Rev. Aaron Jones

R.A. Puryear as administrator for Alex Gillis

Henry Wood (lawyer)

Samuel Wooten

Miss Rhoda Puryear

Rolling (sic) Yancey

Josiah Dabbs

John R. Applewhite

Achilles Puryear

George A. Puryear

R.A. Puryear

Capt. B. R. Pulliam

Dr. S. H. Harris

Dr. H. S. Jeffries

(William?) H. Thomson (principal of High Fall Academy)

John T. Carter, guardian for Wash. Watkins

Andrew O. Yancey

and many more.

 Arrangement of Materials

Accounts are in date order, with names of clients on each page.

 Additional Information Index Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Corporate Name: Blanks, James M. and Company Genre/Form of Material: Account books Ledgers (account books) Textbooks Geographic Name: Mecklenburg County (Va.) Topical Term: General stores--Virginia Mecklenburg County (Va.)--History--19th century.