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ESSEX COUNTY
44. Essex County Physician's Journal, 1783-1787. 1 vol. Not indexed.
A detailed record of visits made, medicines prescribed, etc. Includes accounts of
many notable families of that region.
45. Mitchell-Garnett Ledgers, 1794-1904. 20 vols. Partially indexed.
Account books of James Mercer Garnett, Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett and Robert
Mercer Taliaferro Hunter of "Elmwood", "Fonthill", and "Hunter's Hill".
Their plantation, school, legal, personal, merchandise, slave, grain, mill, distillery,
shop, and spindle accounts.
a. Ledger, 1821-1863. 3 vols. 2 indexed: 1821-24 and 1847-63.
School, plantation, and legal accounts.
b. Day Book, 1794-1847. 2 vols. Not indexed.
House expenses (Fredericksburg) and legal accounts.
c. Journal, 1813-1904. 15 vols. 1 indexed: 1830-54.
Spindle, mill, "Elmwood", "Fonthill", and "Hunter's Hill", gin, shop, distillery,
farm, slave, and grain accounts. Vol. 1878-79 is a record of Occupacia
Mills run by John Ray for Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter.
46. Puritan Jones Journal, 1804-1809. 1 vol. Not indexed.
For a general merchandise business [at an extinct village named Glade Spring?].
47. Essex County Court House Ledgers, 1813-1903. 13 vols. Partially indexed.
General merchandise and farm records of I. Saunders & Co., Moore, Robinson &
Co., J. B. Robinson, and J. K. Robinson.
a. Ledger, 1813-1835. 1 vol. Indexed.
Smith's work, weaving, etc. Last portion contains accounts of J. B. Robinson
for 1864-65.
b. Day Book, 1851-1863. 6 vols. Not indexed.
Business accounts as listed above. Vol. 1857 contains in addition an inventory
of general merchandise (Centre Cross) Oct. 1, 1857, for T. M. A. Moore and
J. B. Robinson; inventory of estate of J. W. Robinson, deceased, 1862; plantation
labor account for 1867, J. B. Robinson, agent for Miss A. B. Baylor;
inventory of goods (Centre Cross) April 15, 1857, taken for T. M. A. Moore,
John B. Robinson, and Muscoe Garnett, Jr. Vol. 1858-63 has an inventory of
John W. Robinson, Dec. 23, 1862.
c. Journal, 1855-1865. 5 vols. Vol. 1866-67 indexed.
For accounts as stated above. Vol. 1857-58 has a Moore, Robinson & Co. inventory
of April 28, 1858, and other additional accounts. Vol. 1858 is a farm
journal mixed with miscellaneous notes in an atlas. Vol. 1862-64 contains diary
entries for 1843-44 and 1864.
d. Letter Book, 1903. 1 vol. Not indexed.
J. K. Robinson, general merchandise.
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