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Preferred Citation

Cite as Shenandoah Iron Works [D. & H. Forrer] Ledgers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Scope and Contents

Ledger (MsV Ad82 ovesize) time book, 1851-1866, and ledger (MsV Ad83), 1865-1866, of the commissary [company store] of D. & H. Forrer, Shenandoah Iron Works, Page County, Virginia. The latter volume lists foodstuffs and goods given out to workers which they often paid for by work. Includes accounts with free Black persons.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Account books
• African Americans--Virginia--History--19th century
• African Americans--Virginia--Page County
• Free Blacks--Virginia--Page County
• Iron industry and trade--Virginia
• Ledgers (Accounting)
• Page County (Va.)--History--19th century
• Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)