 | Eighth Annual Report of the Archivist, Library of the University of Virginia, for the Year 1937-38 |  |
ACCOMAC COUNTY
1. Johnson-Drummond Merchandise Ledgers, 1817-1879. 24 vols. Not indexed.
Records of general merchandise stores (Grape-on-Hunting-Creek, near Drummond's
Mill; Centreville [Fairfax County?]; and Wiseville). Firms of Drummond Bros.,
James Dix, John Bagwell, and Segar & Goffigon. Includes accounts for business
in Baltimore, Md., and grain trading and shipping.
a. Ledger, 1825-1872. 8 vols. All indexed except 1842-49 (2 vols.).
General merchandise accounts. Vol. 1838-53 deals with lumber cutting and selling.
Vol. 1830-34 is of Segar & Goffigon. Vol. 1825-28 is of John Y. Bagwell. Vol.
1842-49 is for a Wiseville merchant.
b. Day Book, 1828-1879. 12 vols. Not indexed.
General merchandise accounts (Wiseville, Hunting Creek, and Centreville).
Vol. 1836-37 records Baltimore, Md., purchases, and Washington, D. C., and
Baltimore, Md., grain and potato sales by Drummond Bros. (Wiseville). Also
settlements by Drummond Bros. with the schooners Alabama and Caroline.
c. Journal, 1817-1861. 3 vols. Vol. 1844-52 not indexed.
General merchandise, except vol. 1844-52, which records grain dealings. Vol.
1817-24 kept by James Dix.
d. Cash Book, 1839-1846. 1 vol. Not indexed.
Last half of volume a general merchandise day book (Wiseville) of 1855.
| Eighth Annual Report of the Archivist, Library of the University of Virginia, for the Year 1937-38 | |