A Guide to Virginia Business Documents Virginia Business Documents. 2135

A Guide to Virginia Business Documents

A Collection in the
Special Collections Department
Accession number 2135

University of Virginia Library

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University of Virginia
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USA
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Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Processed by: Special Collections Department Staff

Repository

University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA

Collection Number

2135

Title

Virginia Business Documents 1793-1898

Extent

17 volumes

Creator

Location

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

A Guide to Virginia Business Documents, Accession 2135, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1945 Mar 23

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Scope and Content

This collection, 1793-1898, of 17 bound volumes includes ledgers, journals, and day books from businesses in Petersburg and Richmond owned by Thomas Baxter , John Traylor , and Carey Stevens . Francis Follet , Nathan E. Wildman , Steel and Alexander , the Blandford Mill Company , and John Wilder and Joseph Wilder are a few of the businesses and businessmen represented in these account books of mills, contractors, machinery shops, and general stores.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Buchanan V. Pollek
Carey Stevens
Edmund Ruffin
Francis Follet
John
John Traylor
John Wilder
Joseph Wilder
Nathan E. Wildman
Tappey Lumsden
Thomas Baxter

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Petersburg
Richmond

Container List

Box 1 1)

Day Book, [general store], Petersburg

1813-1815

Box 1 2)

Journal, [ Petersburg ], John Traylor , blacksmith, Carey Stevens ; includes Traylor family genealogy on last two pages and an account with Edmund Ruffin

1813-1826

Box 1 3)

Journal, Richmond , Thomas Baxter

1827-1840

Box 1 4)

Ledger, Blandford Mill Company , Petersburg , Thomas Baxter , Francis Follet , Nathan E. Wildman

1831-1838

Box 1 5)

Chequebook, Petersburg

1845-1854

Box 1 6)

Notes and Bills, [ Petersburg ]

1851-1855

Box 1 7)

Promissory Notebook, [ Petersburg ]

1857, n.d.

Box 2 8)

Journal, Blandford Mill Company , Petersburg , Thomas Baxter

1836-1839

Box 2 9)

Ledger, [ Blandford Mill Company ], Petersburg , Thomas Baxter

1836-1839, 1847-1854

Box 2 10)

Ledger, Petersburg , Thomas Baxter

1854-1855, 1858-1859

Box 3 11)

Journal, [ Tappey Lumsden and Company ], Tappey Lumsden ; includes many sketches for mill and construction machinery and an order from the Confederate States of America for pike blades

1862-1864, 1873-1877, 1880-1890

Box 3 12)

Journal, Petersburg

1866-1871

Box 3 13)

Day Book, Steel and Alexander , [milling, machinery, and construction company], Petersburg ; includes sketches of machinery

1884-1891 Jan

Box 3 14)

Day Book, Steel and Alexander , Petersburg ; includes some sketches of machinery

1891 Feb-1898

Box: Oversize 15)

Ledger, [general store], [ John and Joseph Wilder ], Petersburg ; includes accounts for tobacco, wheat, corn; accounts for the ship Rebecca, schooner Nancy; some accounts for women

1793-1803

Box: Oversize 16)

Ledger, [general store], [ Buchanan V. Pollek ], Petersburg ; includes many plantation accounts, especially for "Plantation at Archers Hill"; accounts for the sloops Dispatch and Lively, for the schooner Martha Ann; names and occupations listed together; many "Negro Account" listings and accounts for women

1806-1820

Box: Oversize 17)

Journal, [ Steel and Alexander ], [ Petersburg ]; includes papers from 1862 re: "Table for Cutting Gear Blanks"

1890-1893