Papers, 1841-1878.

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Jones, Jeremiah T. Papers, 1841-1878.

Papers, 1841-1878.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20748385

Largely financial records, including five volumes and five items. A large account book, 1841-1853, contains special accounts for Jones, David Watkins, Howell D. Watkins, and Richard Davis, apparently owners or officers of the firm of David Watkins & Co.; a few accounts, 1849, for the Gowrie Mines in Chesterfield County; and entries for hired and slave labor, goods purchased or sold, coal, blacksmith work, expenses, and the shipment of coal by railroad in the 1840s. Smaller volumes contain figures and specifications for mine shafts and machinery, coal and slate deposits, accounts for food and clothing, blacksmithing, and coal shipments. One volume is a shoe and clothing account book, 1854-1857, and another, 1877-1878, which records the sale of food and clothing, may be the record of a company store. Loose items include a list of workers, 1853, and the plan of a mine.

10 items.

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