Ledger for the James River Cement Works [manuscript], 1854-1879.

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Ledger for the James River Cement Works [manuscript], 1854-1879.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/776906781

The volume contains accounts, 1854-1856, with the James River & Kanawha Canal Compnay; Charles Irving, editor of the Lynchburg Republican; the Farmer's Bank of Lynchburg; Phoenix Foundry; Daily Richmond Whig; Blue Ridge Railroad; James River & Kanawha Canal Co.; North River Navigation Company; James River Quarry; Virginia Central Railroad; Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company; Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad; Orange and Alexandria Railroad; York River Railroad; and the Virginia Military Institute. There are also pages of accounts for "Negroes" [no individual names] including labor, insurance and clothing, 1854, 1855, 1856. There is a separate account on page 38 for "Ned Hudson Free Negro." In 1878 and 1879 the last half of the volume was reused as a general store and family account book.

1 volume.

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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