Ledgers (account books)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Volumes of final entry in accounting in which are entered debits, credits, and all other money transactions under each individual account or heading.
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
Albemarle County ledger book
Item — Ledger 1: [Barcode: X031778617]
Identifier: MSS 16407
Scope and Contents Note
The Albemarle County ledger book (1871-1880; 0.5 cubic feet) is approximately 60 pages of accounts recorded; many names have been lined through, indicating the ledger was repurposed. Page 50 is an account "An approximation of all debts by me Jan. 1, 1879 with a view of comparisons on Jan'y 1880," and includes monies owed "Geo. M. McIntire, Druggist," "Patterson & Cochrane, Dry goods," and "A.C. Brechin Books," etc. Pages 52-61 record cash expended for the year 1879 and contain hundreds...
Dates:
1871 - 1880
Amherst County, Virginia Tax Ledgers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: X032668391]
Identifier: MSS-16467
Content Description
This collection consists of two large manuscript volumes of tax records for Amherst, Virginia from 1819 to 1820, bound in leather. These ledger's identify enslavers and taxes paid for unnamed enslaved laborers among other things. Each volume lists hundreds of taxpayer names on the left side with comments about payments on the right. An alphabetical index in the front of each volume lists the page on which each name appears on the page in the volume, referring to tax transactions. The amount...
Dates:
1819-1820
Attorney's ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS-96-2
Scope and Contents
This attorney's ledger contains information about estates, expenses, money transactions, pensions, and insurance.
Dates:
1884 - 1890
Attorney's ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS-97-8
Benjamin Kissam papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-84-11
Scope and Contents
These manuscript volumes reveal a great deal about Kissam’s practice, and provide a window on the legal world in New York City on the eve of the American Revolution. The ledger was kept from 1755 to 1776, and contains accounts of clients, both individual and corporate, relatives, servants, and other lawyers. Although there is no mention of John Jay, this ledger was in use during the period of Jay’s clerkship with Kissam. His clients ranged across the social spectrum, and he sometimes noted...
Dates:
1755 - 1776
Blanks, Dabbs and Co. ledger
Unprocessed Material — Ledger 1
Identifier: ViU-2019-0104
Blanks, Dabbs and Co. ledger
Collection — Ledger 1
Identifier: MSS 16443
Brown's Cove Toll House account book
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: X032784909]
Identifier: MSS 16870
Content Description
This collection contains an account book of the toll house along Brown's Gap Turnpike. The account book, oblong in format, contains thirty pages, nine of which have pasted news clippings pasted over the manuscript entries. The account book spans from 1810 to 1817 and details road tolls for wagons, lodging expenses for men and animals, meals, and other expenditures. Accounts for the Brown family loom, grist mill, and sawmill also appear, listing charges for grain, planks, etc. Through these...
Dates:
1810-1817
Charlottesville Woolen Mills records
File
Identifier: MSS 16353
Scope and Contents
Charlottesville Woolen Mills, Charlottesville, VA.
Business records, 1868-1956. Incorporated 1868 by H.C. Marchant; operated until 1962.This collection is comprised of ledgers, papers, artifacts, a map, and a panoramic photograph. It is divided into two series: Business Records and Miscellaneous. The first series, Business Records contains ledgers and business related paperwork, such as correspondence and legal documetns. The second series, Miscellaneous, contains the remaining...
Dates:
1868-1956
J. D. Deacon store ledger
Collection — Box BW 18, Folder: 1 [X030899265]
Identifier: MSS 16367
Scope and Contents
J. D. Deacon store ledger, MSS 16367, 1902, 0.03 cubic feet, consists of his ledger from Oakdale, Gloucester County, Virginia.
Dates:
1902
E. H. Moon ledger
Unprocessed Material — Folder 1
Identifier: ViU-2018-0024
Gregory Family Letters--addition
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2019-0232
James Thomas Watt Hairston Civil War prison ledger
Collection — Flat_box 1: [Barcode: X006178827]
Identifier: MSS 16919
Content Description
This collection contains the ledger from Liggon's Prison, the first Confederate prison for Union prisoners of war, kept by the prison's commander, Lieutenant James Thomas Watt Hairston. Although the ledger contains 272 pages of text, the pages are stamped 1–288 due to skipped numbers. The book includes a 257-page roster of 3,159 Union POWs confined from September 1861 to March 1862. Each entry gives the prisoner's name, rank, company, and regiment, and their ultimate disposition,...
Dates:
September 1861 - March 1862
Hancock Mutual Insurance Company record books
Collection
Identifier: MSS-91-7
Scope and Contents
These two ledgers were kept by a Castine, Maine, fire and marine insurance company in the 1850's. The first volume begins with a handwritten copy of the 1852 act of incorporation, followed by records of the trustees' meetings through 1858. The second volume contains abstracts of policies from 1853-1855, and records of open policies for 1855. Each volume also held a number of loose items.
Dates:
1853 - 1858
Charles Irving Harvie expense book
Collection — Box BW 49, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16768
Content Description
This collection contains the ledger of Charles Irving Harvie, a first year at the University of Virginia on the eve of the Civil War. Six pages record payments for matriculation, transportation, personal items, and memberships to groups like the Sons of Liberty. The Sons of Liberty, were one of two confederate military companies formed at the University.
Dates:
1860 - 1861
Dr. Edwin A. Hering real estate ledger
Collection — Box BW 28, Folder: 1 [X032669070}
Identifier: MSS 16505
Content Description
This collection contains the ledger of Edwin A. Herring of Harrisonburg, Virginia, recording his real estate holding and investments in Virginia including Waynesboro, Salem, and Harrisonburg. Approximately 26 pages have been filled out with manuscript, generally a few lines to a half page of text. Dr. Edwin A. Hering recording his real estate holdings and investments in Salem, Waynesboro, and Harrisonburg, Virginia. Nine pages relate to his owning of Blue Rock Farm, which he purchased from...
Dates:
1875 - 1890
Reverend Moses Drury Hoge Presbyterian ledger
Collection — Box BW 18, Folder: 1 [X030899263]
Identifier: MSS 16369
Jane Chapman Slaughter papers--addition 1
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: ViU-2023-0048
J.D. Deacon store ledger
Unprocessed Material — Folder 1
Identifier: ViU-2018-0025
John Brazee cash book
Collection
Identifier: MSS-00-5
Scope and Contents
The cash book of John Brazee contains simple one line entries of fees (on versos) and expenses (on rectos) with occasional pages given over to detailed summaries of property inventory and debt estimates.
Dates:
1841 - 1844