The Robeson Family Ledger contains various expenses and earnings of the family in Farmville, Virginia, from 1894-1908. The ledger includes records of several tenants and renters, including George Allen, Annie Robinson, and W. E. Anderson. It also documents many payments to various companies, including the Farmville Building and Trust Company, the Equitable Life Assurance Society the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. Payments were also made to a fraternal order called the Progressive Endowment Guild of America. Of interest is a mention of one servant, a woman named Lizzie Ligon, who was discharged in 1894. There is also a loose receipt from the Farmville Steam Laundry in 1908.