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Merchandise Account Book

Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org

1641 THL

SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection contains an account book for a store that sold a variety of items from coffee to grain between 1838 and1839. The name of the store and the proprietor are unknown but most of the customers listed were either from Frederick County, VA or the surrounding area.
(1 box) Last updated 11/10.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: The account book was for a store, probably in Frederick County, VA that sold products to customers in or near Frederick County, VA between 1838 and 1839.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: 1840 Census for Warren, Clark, and Jefferson, and Frederick County, VA and from the collection.

CITE AS: Merchandise Account Book #1641, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

BOX 1

Account Book for a General Store, 1838 - 1839, 1 item, manuscript

List index of people who purchased items at the store, partial,? 4 leaves, typescript (photocopy)