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Ledgers (account books)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:

J.T. Oglesby Account Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-127
Abstract

This account ledger from Lucretia, Virginia, documents individual, shipping, and railroad accounts.

Dates: 1885 - 1890

James R. Perdue Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-060
Abstract

This collection includes the papers of James R. Perdue and his family. Items include a program for the Battle of the Crater reunion, a Sunday School concert flyer, seven obituaries for Perdue, a letter from J. R. Perdue, Jr., and two ledgers. Perdue (1837-1915) was a banker from Manchester, Virginia, and served as a Confederate soldier in the Otey Battery, Virginia Artillery during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1868 - 1919

Pittsylvania County Voter Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-041
Abstract

The Pittsylvania County Voter Ledger contains the names of individuals registered to vote in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, from 1896-1924. Separated into a folder are lists of women registering to vote in the 1920s for the first time after the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Dates: 1896 - 1924

Pulaski, Virginia, Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-017
Abstract

This collection contains a store ledger, possibly a general store, from Pulaski, Virginia, with accounts of purchases, customers, and goods, such as coffee, soda, fish, salt, etc.

Dates: 1887

Radford Brick Company Cash Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-025
Abstract

The collection contains a cash ledger of the Radford Brick Company, which operated a manufacturing plant at Tiptop (Tazewell County), Virginia around the turn of the twentieth century.

Dates: 1889 - 1921

Reed Island Iron Company Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-081
Abstract

The collection includes customer account, invoice, and workman's hours ledgers from the Reed Island Iron Company. Records date from 1880-1896, during most of the known active period of the company (c.1880-c.1906).

Dates: 1880 - 1896

Robeson Family Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-090
Abstract

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 and documents payments to various companies. 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.

Dates: 1894 - 1908

Saratoga County, New York, Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-108
Abstract

Accounting ledger maintained by an unidentified business in Saratoga County, New York, recording summarized balances brought forward from the company's daybooks.

Dates: 1806 - 1812

Shoemaker Ledgers (North Carolina),

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-056
Abstract

The collection includes three ledger books from a shoemaker in North Carolina. Dating from 1851 to at least 1860, they contain customer lists, orders, and records of payments.

Dates: 1851 - 1860

Shropshire, England, Farm and Household Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-066
Abstract

This collection contains a household and farming ledger owned by a Shropshire, England family, dating 1832-1867. Two articles and a letter report the discovery of coal in Shropshire. The ledger also contains financial records, notes on wine making and farming, instructions for care of cattle and pest control, and various receipes and remedies.

Dates: 1832 - 1867