Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Virginia. Adjutant General. John Brown's Raid military expenses, 1859. Accession 36744. State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.

Acquisition Information

Acquired prior to 1905

Scope and Content

The Military Expenses ledger contains financial accounts of expenditures accrued by Virginia Militia during John Bown's Raid in 1859. The ledger itemizes expenses chronologically between October and December of 1859. It also includes the cost of the items and total amount expended by the individual or regiment. The second half of the ledger appears to be additional expenses accumulated by regiments.

Arrangement

First half of ledger indexed alphabetically by individual and regiment. Second half of ledger indexed alphabetically by regiment.