A Guide to the Unidentified General Store Cash Sales Book, 1813-1814
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
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Preferred Citation
Unidentified General Store Cash Sales Book, 1813-1814. Local government records collection, Lynchburg (Va.) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Lynchburg.
Historical Information
A dealer in dry-goods, groceries, and hardware, this unidentified general store operated in the Lynchburg, Va., area during the early nineteenth century.
Scope and Content
Unidentified General Store Cash Sales Book, 1813-1814, records the cash sales of the store as they occurred. Information found in each entry includes the date, item purchased, amount per unit, and total price paid. Occasionally the customer name was listed along with their purchase. Customers bought a variety of items such as cloth, clothing, jewelry, books, whiskey, shoes, stoneware, stationary, coffee, and sugar.
Index Terms
- Consumer goods--Virginia--Lynchburg.
- Dry-goods--Virginia--Lynchburg.
- General stores--Virginia--Lynchburg.
- Merchants--Virginia--Lynchburg.
- Lynchburg (Va.)--History--19th century.
- Business records--Virginia--Lynchburg.
- Daybooks--Virginia--Lynchburg.
- Local government records--Virginia--Lynchburg.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Lynchburg (Va.)--History--19th century.