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Preferred Citation

Andrew Shepherd Account Book, Manuscript MS 66.1, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1973.

Alternative Form

Also available on microfilm M-1117.

Biographical/Historical Information

Andrew Shepherd was a merchant in Orange County, Va.

Scope and Content Information

Ledger of accounts for a store, possibly kept by Andrew Shepherd of Orange County, Va. A great variety of goods was sold to people in Orange, Culpeper, Albemarle, and Augusta counties and the communities of Fredericksburg and Staunton. Customers included Isaac Alle, Capt. Wm. Daingerfield, Ambrose Madison, James Madison, Jr., Hugh Mercer, Barnet Moore, John Strather, and Mrs. William Taliaferro.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Allen, Isaac.
• Daingerfield, William.
• Madison, Ambrose.
• Madison, James, Jr.
• Mercer, Hugh, ca. 1725-1777.
• Moore, Barnet.
• Shepherd, Andrew.
• Strather, John.
• Taliaferro, William, Mrs.

Subjects:

• Merchants--Virginia--Orange County.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Account books--Virginia--Orange County--18th century.