A Guide to the William James Ledger, 1796-1803
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 27814
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
William James. Ledger, 1796-1803. Accession 27814, Business records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Purchased 27 June 1972.
Biographical/Historical Information
William James (1771-1849) and Rebecca Walker James were from Fredericksburg, Virginia, where James was a tailor. About 1810 James was ordained as a Baptist minister and served as first pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Scope and Content Information
Ledger records the accounts for making and mending of clothes, as well as for purchases of clothes, buttons and sewing items. Accounts appear for George French, Goodlove Heiskill, James Lewis, Mann Page, Francis Taliaferro, Richard Taliaferro, Anthony Thornton, among others.