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Account books

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 257 Collections and/or Records:

Snyder Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0490
Overview

Personal and business correspondence of Harmon, Molly, John, and other members of the Snyder family; genealogical information on the Lantz and Snyder families; land grants, surveys and deeds for land in Barbour, Greenbrier, and Randolph counties, West Virginia; and poll and registration books for Randolph County. Included also is Harmon Snyder's daybook and diary, listing accounts for the years 1866-1896 and incidents of the Civil War.

Dates: 1790-1937

Southeastern West Virginia Historical Records, Civil War Letters and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2169
Overview Records relating to the history of southeastern West Virginia. Most of the items in the collection relate to Greenbrier and/or Monroe County. Includes antebellum (1833-1850; 7 items), Civil War (1861-1863; 4 items), and postbellum (1886-1933; 9 items) materials. Antebellum material includes a land suit, an estate report and schedule, other financial documents, and personal letter. Civil War material includes four letters authored by Confederate soldiers. Two of these letters describe the...
Dates: 1825-1933; Majority of material found in 1833-1863

Stagers and Mackey, Teamsters, Account Books

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2996
Overview

Accounts of a partnership of teamsters whose firm was headquartered in Morgantown. Accounts show supplies of food and materials such as lumber and stone hauled to construction sites throughout the region of Monongalia and Ohio counties.

Dates: 1849-76

Stanton C. Crawford, Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2027
Overview Papers regarding the history of Pittsburgh, the Ohio Valley region, and the Crawford family collected by Stanton C. Crawford. Includes correspondence, notes, articles, genealogical material, a typed manuscript, an account book, and two photographs. Crawford's correspondence regards subjects such as literature, genealogy, and other topics. Genealogical material relates to the Crawford and allied families, including the Brown, Hodges, and Wilson families. The manuscript, by Crawford, is...
Dates: 1842-1964

Stealey Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2787
Scope and Contents

Account books and ledger journals of a farm, coal mine, and grist mill owned by James Irvin Samson Stealey in Clarksburg, West Virginia, 1865-1907. The mill, known as the Point Mill, was located at Point Comfort, where the Elk Creek and West Fork River join.

This collection includes two series:

Series 1. James I. S. Stealey Farm and Coal Mine, 1865–1907 (box 1) Series 2. Point Mill Company, 1892–1899 (box 2)

Dates: 1865-1907

Steamboats Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2207
Scope and Contents

The official logbook of a cargo vessel which traveled up and down the Ohio River between Marietta, Ohio and Ravenswood, W.Va. The log covers a three month period, October to December, 1883. The log records the stops that were made on each run, the kinds of items that were being transported, and to whom cargoes were delivered.

Dates: 1883

Steamboats Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1406
Scope and Contents

Letters of a West Virginia River Captain to his daughter, 1877-1885; papers of Captain Edward B. Cooper, 1879-1891, Master of the Steamer Sonoma operating between Ravenswood and Parkersburg; bills of lading and miscellaneous papers, 1891-1930, 1955; log book of the Steamer Victor, 1932, operating out of Ashland, Kentucky for the Ashland Oil Company; and a log book of the Steamer Greenbrier, 1939, operating on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers.

Dates: 1877-1939

Steamboats Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1409
Scope and Contents

Passenger books of the steamer "Sonoma," operating between Ravenswood and Parkersburg.

Dates: 1884

Steamboats Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1417
Scope and Contents

Receipts and bills of lading for merchandise shipped on the Batchelor, C.W. Anderson, Sallie J, Cooper, and the Sonoma. There are also freight bills from the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Co., and the Ohio River Railroad Co.

Dates: 1881-1890

Steamboats Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1548
Scope and Contents

Bills of lading from the Ohio River Transportation Company, Wheeling Wharf Boat Company, Parkersburg Rig & Reel Company, Shippers Packet Company Lines, and G. M. Beaver, steamboat agent and wharf boat proprietor, Sistersville.

Dates: 1929-1931