A Guide to the Accounts of Moore, Robinson & Co, 1813-1884 Moore, Robinson & Co., Accounts 38-47

A Guide to the Accounts of Moore, Robinson & Co, 1813-1884

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Accession Number 38-47


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
38-47
Title
Accounts of Moore, Robinson & Co 1813-1884
Physical Characteristics
12 volumes.
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Accounts of Moore, Robinson & Co., Accession #38-47, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

Gift, Essex County Court House, 1931.

Scope and Content

All but one of these ledgers seem to have belonged to the Robinson family. Primarily, they contain the accounts of John W. Robinson and his son, John B. Robinson, who operated a farm, "Gwynfield," and a general store at Centre Cross in Essex County, Virginia, as well as the administration of the estate of J. W. Robinson by his sons, J. B. Robinson, and by Harry Clay Robinson, of "River Vew," also located in Essex County. Of particular interest is the family record contained in the Farm Book (item 13). There are scattered references to African Americans throughout the set.

Contents List

Volume [1]
Ledger - general merchandise accounts, indexed 1813-1835

1

Volume [1]
Household expenses 1848, 1862-65
Volume [1]
Inventory and accounts of J. B. Robinson's administration of his father's estate 1864
Volume [1]
Miscellaneous notes and accounts
Volume [2]
Farm book, Gwynfield, Essex Country 1843
Volume [2]
Personal accounts, and accounts of J. B. Robinson as administrator of his father's estate 1862-1864

This volume contains many entries pertaining to slaves, especially: List of slaves who "left for the Yankees" (1862-1863); List of deaths among slaves at Gwynfield (1862-1864); List of slaves working at Gwynfield (1863); Division of slaves at River View (1864) [part of J. W. Robinson's estate?]

Volume [3]
Account journal of J. Saunders & Co., a general merchandise firm in Loretto, Virginia 1851-1854
Volume [4]
Miscellanous accounts of J. W. Robinson 1855
Volume [4]
Miscellaneous accounts of J. B. Robinson and H. C. Robinson, largely records of the administration of the estate of J. W. Robinson 1863-65, 1868, 1870
Volume [5]
Invoice book of Moore, Robinson & Co. 1857 Apr.-1858 May
Volume [5]
Stock inventories, list of open accounts, notes received, and credits 1858
Volume [5]
Draft advertisements for a house for rent 1866
Volume [6]
Daybook of Moore, Robinson & Co. 1857
Volume [6]
Inventories of stock 1857-1858
Volume [6]
Accounts re: estate of J. W. Robinson 1862
Volume [6]
Accounts of J. B. Robinson as administrator of his father's estate 1865, 1867, 1868
Volume [7]
Daybook of Moore, Robinson & Co., including board accounts and miscellaneous notes 1857 Apr.-Dec.
Volume [8]
Account journal of Moore, Robinson & Co. 1857 Apr.-Dec.
Volume [9]
Fifteen memorandum books containing J. B. Robinson's accounts and notes 1857-1884

The first twelve books include notations re: the operation of Gwynfield Farm, as well as accounts of the administration of J. W. Robinson's estate. Also recorded are Freedmen's accounts for laborers at Gwynfield and notes on crops and plantings. The last three books contain diverse notes and records.

Volume [10]
Daybook of Moore, Robinson & Co., including accounts (1859) of sundries, memos re: open accounts, and a list of notes due 1858 Jan.-Oct.
Volume [11]
Account journal of J. B. Robinson 1858-1859

including notes on open accounts (1859); inventory (1862) of personal property in the estate of J. W. Robinson; and accounts (1862-64) as administrator of his father's estate.

Volume [13]
Farm book, including notes on harvests, chicken and stock production, personal accounts, and employee records 1866-1867

Also contains family record of the children of J. W. Robinson and Mary E. B. Dickinson.