Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Quin and William L. Morton Daybook, 1863-1867. Local government records collection, Petersburg (City) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from the city of Petersburg under the accession number 43614.

Historical Information

Quin and William L. Morton was a commission merchant business in Petersburg, Virginia, that sold bulk merchandise to individuals and businesses during the Civil War era.

Scope and Content

Quin and William L. Morton Daybook, 1863-1867, records the company's cash transactions and merchandise transactions. Information found in daybook includes date of transaction, name of customer or controlling account, form of transaction, merchandise involved in transaction, quantity of items purchased, price of items sold, cash paid, cash received, and amount credited if not paif with cash. The daybook also records amount of taxes paid such as city, state, Confederate, war, and soldiers' taxes. Items sold include bacon, flour, sheep, eggs, cotton, tobacco, and soap.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Petersburg (Va.) Circuit Court
• Quin and William L. Morton (Petersburg, Va.)

Subjects:

• Commission merchants -- Virginia -- Petersburg.
• Cotton trade -- Virginia -- Petersburg.
• Tobacco -- Virginia -- Petersburg.

Geographical Names:

• Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Business records -- Virginia -- Petersburg.
• Daybooks -- Virginia -- Petersburg.
• Local government records -- Virginia -- Petersburg.

Added Entry - Personal Name:

• Morton, Quin.
• Morton, Willaim.