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John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2002 Special Collections staff Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Descriptive Summary John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Christopher Tompkins Account Book, 1819-1821. MS 40.3 1 item (171 p. ; 39 cm.) English Christopher Tompkins. Administrative Information Access

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Christopher Tompkins Account Book, Manuscript MS 40.3, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

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Purchase, 1940.

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Also available on microfilm (M-1118)

 Biographical/Historical Information

Merchant of Mathews County, Virginia.

 Scope and Content Information

Accounts of the general mercantile business of Christopher Tompkins of Mathews County, Virginia. Names in the accounts include William Bassett, James Brown, James Chewning, William Evans, Josiah Foster, John Green, Robert Hall, Richard Hunley, John Plummer, William H. Pruden, Thomas Sank, and James Saunders.

 Index Terms Persons: Tompkins, Christopher. Bassett, William, fl. 1820. Brown, James, fl. 1820. Chewning, James, fl. 1820. Evans, William, fl. 1820. Foster, Josiah, fl. 1820. Green, John, fl. 1820. Hall, Robert, fl. 1820. Hurley, Richard, fl. 1820. Plummer, John, fl. 1820. Pruden, William H., fl. 1820 Sank, Thomas, fl. 1820. Saunders, James, fl. 1820. Subjects: Merchants--Virginia--Mathews County--History--19th century. Genre and Form Terms: Account books-- Virginia--Mathews County--19th century.