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Preferred Citation

J.W. Brown and Company Ledgers, WLU Coll. 0674, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

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Content Description

Four account books for the J.W. Brown's blacksmith and horseshoing shop known as "J.W. Brown & Company Blacksmithing" of Lexington, Virginia. The account books date from 1902 - 1914. According to a Lexington Gazette advertisement in 1911, the blacksmith shop was located "behind Sheridan's Stable at J. M. Senseney's old stand." The ledgers include accounts for numerous individuals as well as for the City of Lexington, the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington's Electric Light Company, and other businesses.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Account books
• Blacksmithing -- Accounting
• Blacksmiths
• Brown, John W. (John William), 1836 - 1939
• Electric Light Company
• Horseshoers
• J.W. Brown and Company Blacksmithing (1900 - 1914)
• Sheridan's Livery Stable
• Sheridan, John, 1847 - 1929
• Virginia -- Lexington