A Collection in
the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 62.2
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation
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Preferred Citation
James Anderson Account Books, Manuscript MS 62.2, John
D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1962.
Alternative Form
Also available on microfilm
M-1060.2 and in photostat
PH/02/02 and in transcription TR/03.
Ledgers, mainly dating from 1778-1798, kept by James
Anderson. Included are notations on the status of accounts,
1804-1805, made by James' son, Robert. The accounts show work
done for Jacquelin Ambler, Daniel Broadhead, Edward
Carrington, Mr. Carter, James Craig, Thomas Everard, Col.
William Finnie, James Galt, John Greenhow, Humphrey Harwood,
James Hubard, Thomas Jefferson, the Lunatic Hospital, Joseph
Prentis, Edmund Randolph, John Saunders, Mr. Taliaferro,
George Winston, and many others.