Clayton-Brown-Leftwich Papers, 1802-1826.

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Clayton-Brown-Leftwich Papers, 1802-1826.

Clayton-Brown-Leftwich Papers, 1802-1826.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46719298

While the collection contains a few personal letters, it consists primarily of business items (letters, bills, receipts, and mercantile accounts) of three firms in Lynchburg, Virginia. By Dec. 1819, the first firm, Brown, Leftwich, and Co., seems to have become Leftwich and Clayton. By 1821 there was a Brown and Clayton firm, but the Leftwich-Clayton partnership was still in existence. Names mentioned include: Chiswell Dabney; D.G. Murrell; Asbury Crenshaw; Lewis Pendleton; Francis Wilkes; Oglesby Scruggs; Anthony G. Tinsley; Bennett M. Murphy; John Campbell; Thomas Leftwich; James Leftwich; William Leftwich; Col. Augustine Leftwich, a tobacco magnate; John Clayton; and Samuel Clayton. Also, the following Richmond merchandising partnerships are mentioned: Rogers & Merewether; Harris & Jones; John Fox, Thomas Richardson & Co.; and William and G.H. Mitchell & Co. Subjects mentioned include Virginia social life and customs; slave sales and purchases in Virginia; and commodity (particularly tobacco) prices and sales in Richmond, N.Y., Great Britain, and the Netherlands. Items of interest include a memorandum book (1816-1818) that contains financial accounts for the firm of "Messrs. Bown Leftwich and Company," and a printed statement (23 Jan. 1819) by Liverpool merchants Hayes & Story that lists statistical information for British imports and current prices for American produce, as well as other information.

278 items.

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