A Guide to the Francis Jerdone Collection, 1748-1809
A Collection in the
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`s
John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 1929.6
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Francis Jerdone Collection, MS 1929.6, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1933
Biographical Information
Francis Jerdone was a Scottish merchant who had made his fortune as a tobacco factor in Yorktown.
Scope and Content
Contains various kinds of accounts including accounts with individuals (many individuals in Hanover Co., Va.), for goods purchased from Jerdone; with merchants in Great Britain, and with the ships' captains who carried goods between Virginia and England; lists of supplies of staples such as salt and rum; invoices for tobacco shipped to England; and a summary of Jerdone's finances. Goods include sugar, molasses, chocolates, cheese, tea, beer, raisins, hats, hosiery and snuff. Also concerns buying and selling of slaves; and shows tobacco marks of various planters. Accounts include those of Robert Anderson, John Backhouse, John Baylor, John Chiswell, Henry Cooke, John Cooper, Archibald Crawford, Robert Donald, John Goldsmith, Dr. Alexander Jameson, Bennitt Kirby, Edward Lankford, Thomas Nelson, John Norton, Mann Page, the proprietors of the Raleigh Tavern, William Stevenson, John Thomson, John Winn and George Wythe.
Arrangement
Two volumes, individual items arranged chronologically.
Index Terms
- Anderson, Robert.
- Backhouse, John.
- Baylor, John, d. 1772.
- Chiswell, John, d. 1766.
- Cooke, Henry.
- Cooper, John.
- Crawford, Archibald.
- Donald, Robert B.
- Goldsmith, John.
- Jameson, Alexander, Dr.
- Kirby, Bennitt.
- Lankford, Edward.
- Nelson, Thomas, 1738-1789.
- Norton, John, 1719-1777.
- Page, Mann, b. 1718 or 9.
- Stevenson, William.
- Thomson, John.
- Winn, John.
- Wythe, George, 1726-1806.
- Raleigh Tavern (Williamsburg, Va.)
- Beer - Virginia.
- Chocolate - Virginia.
- Hats - Virginia.
- Hosiery - Virginia.
- Molasses.
- Raisins - Virginia.
- Rum.
- Slave trade - Virginia - History - 18th century.
- Slavery - Virginia - History - 18th century.
- Snuff.
- Sugar.
- Tea - Virginia.
- Hanover County (Va.) - History - 18th century.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Hanover County (Va.) - History - 18th century.