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Preferred Citation:

Cite as Benjamin Pennybacker Daybook, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Biographical Information:

In 1810 and 1820, Benjamin Pennybacker lived at Pine Forge in Shenandoah County, Virginia. His father, Derick Pennybacker, founded the Redwell (later Isabella) Furnace in the 1780's. His Uncle is George M. Pennybacker. Benjamin was primarily an ironworker, not a merchant.

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Scope and Contents

Kept by a merchant [of Rockingham County, Va. ?]. Mentions laborers at work, Shenandoah River Company stock and the hire of slaves.

Related Material

2006.05 Joseph Arthur Papers

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Agricultural laborers--Virginia
• Canals--United States
• Contract labor--Virginia
• Daybooks
• Merchants--Virginia--History--19th century
• Merchants--Virginia--Rockingham County
• Rockingham County (Va.)--History--19th century
• Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
• Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century