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Michie Grocery Store Accounts Payable Ledger

 Unprocessed Material — Flat_Box: MSS16818_001
Identifier: ViU-2023-0136

Content Description

This collection contains a ledger book for Michie Grocery Company, Inc. of Charlottesville, Virginia. Michie Grocery was a wholesale grocer and "jobbers of foreign and domestic fruits." The ledger contains entries from June 21 to October 18, 1908. It includes receipts, statements, order memos, and handwritten calculations of expenses; many feature lithographed distributor and merchant titles on the stationary. Many of these distributors were headquartered in Richmond, Lynchburg, Charlottesville, and other Virginia cities. The ledger measures 11"X14" X3.5".

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

Gift of Friends of Esmont, 10 May 2023.

Language of Description

English

Script of Description

Latin

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • Creation: 1908

Extent

0.44 Cubic Feet (1 over size flat box (small))

Language of Materials

English

Inventory

One ledger.