Restrictions to Access

Series 1 of the collection has been closed because of its badly deteriorated condition. It is available on microfilm.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Frederick's Hall Plantation ledgers and other volumes #1422, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

All or part of this collection available on microfilm.

Additional microfilm: All or part of this collection is also available on microfilm from University Publications of America as part of the Records of ante-bellum southern plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series J.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Mrs. William C. Quinn of New York, N.Y., in January 1948, and from J. Nat Hamrick of Rutherford, N.C., in November 1952.

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

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• Account books.
• Chisolm, John, d. 1766.
• Frederick's Hall Plantation.
• Gordon, A., fl. 1750-1751.
• Hanover County (Va.)--Commerce.
• Harford, Edward, fl. 1757-1775.
• Louisa County (Va.)--Commerce--18th century.
• Lumber trade--Virginia--History--19th century.
• Merchants--Virginia--History--18th century.
• Merchants--Virginia--History--19th century.
• Mines and mineral resources--Virginia--History--18th century.
• Montgomery, William, fl. 1751.
• Plantations--Virginia.
• Polkas--History--19th century.
• Shipment of goods--Virginia--History--18th century.
• Shoe industry--Virginia--History--19th century.
• Slavery--Virginia.
• Snelson, John, fl. 1757-1775.
• Tobacco industry--Virginia.
• Virginia--Commerce.
• York County (Va.)--Commerce.

The collection includes account books from Hanover and York counties, Va., 1727-1775, and from Frederick's Hall Plantation in Louisa County, Va., 1849-1862. The relationship, if any, between the former and the latter is unclear. There is also a letter copybook, 1757-1775, of Major John Snelson, probably a descendant of Elizabeth Snelson (fl. 1727-1728). Snelson wrote chiefly to Edward Harford, Jr., of England about tobacco shipments and imported merchandise. The relationship between this volume and the others is also unclear. Colonial-era merchants represented in ledgers include Colonel John Chisolm (d. 1766), A. Gordon (fl. 1750-1751), and William Montgomery (fl. 1751), all of Hanover County. Activities documented in these ledgers include tobacco sales and mining and mineral export, the daily work of merchants, and importing operations. Activities documented in the antebellum ledgers from Frederick's Hall include lumber production, manufacture and sale of shoes, tobacco production and trade, and merchandizing. There is also some information on wages for slaves and free laborers. Sheet music for an 1854 polka is also included. Note: This collection was originally divided into parts A and B. The collection has been rearranged chronologically.

• SV-1422/1, 5-12, 18-21, 23-25