A Guide to the P. L. Williams and Company Ledger, 1906-1908 P. L. Williams and Company Ledger, 1906-1908 1127582

A Guide to the P. L. Williams and Company Ledger, 1906-1908

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Barcode Number 1127582

Library of Virginia

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Funding: Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Processed by: Greg Crawford

Repository

Library of Virginia

Accession number

1127582

Title

P. L. Williams and Company Ledger, 1906-1908

Physical Characteristics

1 volume

Collector

Giles County

Physical Location

The Library of Virginia, Local Government Records Collection, Giles County

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

P. L. Williams and Company, 1906-1908. Local Government Records Collection, Giles County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Giles County.

Historical Information

P. L. Williams and Company was a department store located in the town of Pearisburg in Giles County, Virginia, during the early twentieth century.

The P. L. Williams and Company Ledger consist of a ledger, 1906-1908. It records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions in chronological order. Information found in each entry includes date of transaction, style of transaction (merchandise purchased, form of payment, etc.), quantity of item purchased, price of each item, and amount owed or paid. Merchandise sold includes dry goods, notions, clothing, shoes, groceries, hardware, and tobacco. Payments made by cash, check, credit, and barter (berries, chickens, butter, bacon, and cherries). Ledger is 600 pages.