Eighth Annual Report of the Archivist, Library of the University of Virginia, for the Year 1937-38

A miscellaneous group covering general merchandise, tobacco, tavern, blacksmith,
drugs, mill, railway, saddler, and other business accounts. Chiefly for the firms
of Eggleston, Thornton & Co.; William Smith; Smith & Morton; Smith, Morton
& Bouldin; Frederick Slickey; Spencer, Garden & Co.; and Spencer & Co.
(Charlotte C. H.). Also F. J. & L. T. B[arnes] (Wylliesburg); Eggleston, Bouldin
& Co. (Glasgow); Eggleston & Putney, and Eggleston & Watkins (Drakes
Branch); and Eggleston & Co. (Aspenwall). Also B. P. Eggleston, Jaconias
Overbey, I. and J. Overbey, Winslow Robinson, Chappelle & Fuqua, and Samuel
S. Fuqua.

a. Ledger, 1818-1909. 30 vols. 17 indexed: 1818-20, 1826-27, 1831-34, 1832-33, 1834,
1834-35, 1834-39, 1846-48, 1857-59, 1883, 1885-90, 1886, 1888, 1889-91, 1900,
1904, and 1905-06.

Tavern and general merchandise accounts of William Smith. General merchandise
accounts of Frederick Slickey, Chappelle & Fuqua, I. and J. Overbey, Smith
& and Morton, F. J. & L. T. B[arnes], Eggleston & Co., Eggleston, Bouldin &
Co., and Eggleston, Thornton & Co. Vol. 1824-25 includes a saddler's day book
for 1825-26. Vol. 1829-31 is marked "S. and F."

b. Day Book, 1823-1907. 40 vols. 2 indexed: 1828 and 1905-06.

Accounts for general merchandise, smith's work, tavern, drugs, and leaf tobacco.
Samuel S. Fuqua; Chappelle & Fuqua (many vols. marked "Old Store"); Capt.
William Smith; Jaconias Overbey; Smith & Morton; Smith, Morton & Bouldin;
Eggleston, Thornton & Co. (several vols. marked "Drug Department"); B. P.
Eggleston; and Spencer, Garden & Co.

c. Journal, 1821-1909. 38 vols. 10 indexed: 1821, 1825, 1826-27, 1847-49, 1861,
1867-72, 1882-87, 1893, 1905, and 1906-09.

Covers the business of Winslow Robinson, Eggleston & Putney, and Eggleston
& Watkins, in addition to Smith & Morton, Eggleston, Thornton & Co., etc.
Vol. 1836-44 includes clothing, tutoring, etc. Vol. 1856-63 contains a "statement
of the division of the estate of Winslow Robinson, deceased", Dec. 18,
1863.

d. Sale Book, 1852-1901. 3 vols. Not indexed.

Vol. 1852 covers goods sold from the estate of Capt. William A. Smith. Vol.
1877 is for tobacco sales, and vol. 1901 covers merchandise sales (at Pamplin).

e. Letter Book, 1891-1895. 1 vol. Indexed.

Letters of D. Eggleston, Blue Ridge Realty Co.

f. Inventory, 1846-1889. 2 vols. Not indexed.

Vol. 1846-48 is of [J. S. J. Overbey] and vol. 1888-89 of Eggleston, Thornton
& Co.

g. Minute Book, 1905. 1 vol. Not indexed.

Stockholders of the Appomattox & Charlotte Railway Co., B. P. Eggleston, principal
stockholder.

h. Hotel Register, 1846-1850. 1 vol. Not indexed.

Unidentified. [Charlotte C. H.?].

36. William Henry Smith Ledgers, 1846-1890. 36 vols. Partially indexed.

Chiefly general merchandise records of William Henry Smith and Smith & Co.
(Smithville). 3 vols., 1846-47, 1866-69, and 1884-86, are of Charlotte C. H.

a. Ledger, 1868-1884. 6 vols. Indexed, except vol. 1868.

Vol. 1868 contains a general merchandise inventory for 1869.

b. Day Book, 1846-1889. 12 vols. Not indexed.

Vol. 1853-54 covers accounts of T. J. Spencer & Co. (Charlotte C. H.) but has
Smith & Co. invoices for 1885-86 pasted in.

c. Journal, 1853-1890. 13 vols. 7 indexed: 1872-74, 1874-76 (2 vols.), 1878-79,
1879-80, 1880-87, and 1881-83.

Vol. 1853 is a Spencer & Co. journal (Charlotte C. H.) but contains Smith &
Co. invoices for 1876-79 pasted in. Vol. 1865-67 is a saddler's book. Part
of the volume is W. H. Smith's accounts as guardian of "Elliott's children" and
of W[illiam] W[irt] Henry. Vol. 1884-90 is for sumac purchases.

d. Inventory, 1874-1888. 2 vols. Not indexed.

e. Invoice Book, 1875-1885. 3 vols. Not indexed.

Invoices in one, 1875-76, are pasted over the leaves of an older ledger.

37. Jackson Merchandise Ledgers, 1895-1909. 9 vols. Partially indexed.

General merchandise and storage business (Drakes Branch) of Jackson & Co.,
L. J. C. Jackson and L. S. Jackson. After 1906 the concern became Jackson
& Cook.

a. Ledger, 1895-1909. 4 vols. Indexed.

b. Journal, 1896-1906. 3 vols. Vol. 1900 indexed.

c. Inventory, February, 1907. 1 vol. Not indexed.

d. Labor Book, 1906-1907. 1 vol. Indexed.

Laborers' individual accounts.

38. Crews Ledgers, 1899-1907. 3 vols. Vol. 1904-06 indexed.

For a general merchandise business [at Saxe?].

a. Day Book, 1906. 1 vol. Not indexed.

b. Journal, 1899-1907. 2 vols. Vol. 1904-06 indexed.

Vol. 1899-1907 contains a mill record.