A Guide to the Howe and Mason Daybook, 1868-1869
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
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Preferred Citation
Howe and Mason Daybook, 1868-1869. 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
Howe and Mason was a general store operating in Dublin, Va., during the mid-nineteenth century. Managing partners of the firm included John D. Howe and William B. Mason.
Scope and Content
Howe and Mason Daybook, 1868-1869, records the cash sales of the general store on a daily basis as they occurred. Information found in each entry includes customer name, name and quantity of item purchased, and amounts paid. Customers bought a variety of items including groceries, coffee, dry-goods, clothing, shoes, hardware, tobacco, and glassware.
This daybook was referenced in a deposition given by William B. Mason on 16 May 1890 as part of an unidentified court case involving Howe and Mason versus Dudley Dunbar.
Index Terms
- Howe and Mason (Pulaski County, Va.).
- Consumer goods--Virginia--Pulaski County.
- Dry-goods--Virginia--Pulaski County.
- General stores--Virginia--Pulaski County.
- Merchants--Virginia--Pulaski County.
- Lynchburg (Va.)--History--19th century.
- Pulaski County (Va.)--History--19th century.
- Business records--Virginia--Pulaski County.
- Daybooks--Virginia--Pulaski County.
- Local government records--Virginia--Lynchburg.
- Howe, John D.
- Mason, William B.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Lynchburg (Va.)--History--19th century.
- Pulaski County (Va.)--History--19th century.