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Account books

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 251 Collections and/or Records:

Hampshire County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0051
Overview

County court and public records consisting primarily of case papers, financial records, and private records of local businesses. There are also some records of Hampshire County’s department of the West Virginia Relief Administration, estate settlements, and elections.

Dates: 1736-1949
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Hardy County, Account Ledger for Havenar Store in Moorefield

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3722
Overview

Account ledger for store in Moorefield, Hardy County. Provenance is thought to be through the Gregory and Havenar families, possibly from the Havenar store. Transactions are entered chronologically, and include date, name of customer, goods purchased, and value in dollars and cents.

Dates: 1881-1882
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Hardy County Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1745
Overview A travel journal, ca. 1857; a diary, 1941; survey records, 1894-1896; account books, 1788-1811 - 1891-1894; county and parish tax levies, 1800; a book of geographic terms and facts kept by Susan I. Branson in 1836; and a Branson family record book. People mentioned include Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. Places mentioned include: Cincinnati, Ohio; and, in West Virginia, Romney, Evansville, Clarksburg, Parkersburg, Coolville, Athens, Branch Mountain, Moorefield, Front Run Valley, Camp Branch Run,...
Dates: 1788-1941
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harrison Hagans (1796-1867) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0012
Overview Papers of the Hagans family of Preston County, West Virginia, including Harrison, Elisha, George M., Henry C., John Marshall, Zer Hagans, and others. There are letters, invoices, account books, advertisements, and other business records pertaining to family business enterprises including several general merchandise stores and outlets in western Pennsylvania and Maryland, and at Brandonville, Kingwood, Greenville, and Palatine, West Virginia. There are several postal records from Harrison...
Dates: 1810-1895
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Hart and Woolworth Lumber Mill, Account Book

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2322
Overview Journal of accounts, 1810-1820, for the Hart and Woolworth Lumber Mill, located in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The mill was originally owned by Stephen Hart and Reuben Woolworth, but Walter Martin bought Woolworth's share in March 1811. Pages of the account book are organized according to account owner. Entries list all work, amount charged, and account balance. Work typically include the sawing of boards, planks, lath boards, and clapboards (ash, oak, hemlock, birch, butternut), related...
Dates: 1810-1820
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harvey W. Harmer (1865-1961) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1686
Scope and Contents Correspondence, speeches, essays, clippings, and account books of a Clarksburg lawyer, Republican state senator, and Harrison County local historian. Subjects include the history of Clarksburg and Shinnston; the Progressive Movement, women's suffrage, and prohibition in West Virginia; West Virginia Wesleyan College; West Virginia Historical Society; Methodism in Harrison County and the state; Methodist missions in Korea, China, India, the Philippines, and the United States; gristmills and...
Dates: 1842-1961
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Hays Family of Gilmer County, West Virginia Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2734
Scope and Contents Papers of the Hays family of Gilmer County, West Virginia, centering on Peregrine Hays and his son Samuel Hays. The collection includes Civil War related material; correspondence; financial, business, and legal records; and other material. The Civil War material includes a receipt for the sale of enslaved Africans, military orders, and records of financial transactions made in Confederate currency. The correspondence within the collection includes personal letters between members of the Hays...
Dates: 1837-1963; Majority of material found in 1863-1902
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Hendricks, West Virginia, Business Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0659
Overview

Correspondence, business papers, and account books of companies in the town of Hendricks, West Virginia. Included are records of J.E. Poling and Company; Hendricks Lumber Company; Piedmont Grocery Company; C.W. Harvey & Company; J.C. Orrick and Son Company; and the Baer Grocery Company of Cumberland, Maryland.

Dates: 1897-1944
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Henry Dans Ward Diary

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0441
Overview

A journal kept by Henry Dans Ward while rector of the St. John's and St. Luke's Episcopal churches in Charleston and Malden and as proprietor of a school in New York. From 1843 through 1857 there are notes on churches and social, economic, and political affairs in the Kanawha Valley. Accounts for school and household expenses in New York cover the years, 1858-1862.

Dates: 1843-1862
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1028
Scope and Contents Correspondence and other papers of politician and industrialist Henry Gassaway Davis (November 16, 1823 - March 11, 1916), a Democrat who served in the West Virginia Legislature, 1866-1871, and the U.S. Senate, 1871-1883. Davis was also the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 1904. A reel of microfilm includes two private account books (1867-1915) and a letter book (1898-1916), which mentions several state and national Democratic leaders including Stephen B. Elkins and John T. McGraw....
Dates: 1867-1916
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center