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Barclay Shipping Ledger
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-036
Abstract
The Barclay Shipping Ledger from Norfolk, Virginia, covers shipments going through Virginia from 1847-1878. The ledger includes records of auctioneers of enslaved persons.
Dates:
1847 - 1878
Thomas Dickerson Ledger
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-031
Abstract
This ledger includes notes and business transactions of the plantation owner Thomas Dickerson (also Dickenson and Dickinson), of Nottoway County, Virginia. The plantations grew tobacco, wheat, and corn. Entries include sale of these goods, purchase of others, purchase of medical services for enslaved persons, and cash loans.
Dates:
1805 - 1850