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Preferred Citation

Christopher Tompkins Account Book, Manuscript MS 40.3, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1940.

Alternative Form

Also available on microfilm (M-1118)

Biographical/Historical Information

Merchant of Mathews County, Virginia.

Scope and Content Information

Accounts of the general mercantile business of Christopher Tompkins of Mathews County, Virginia. Names in the accounts include William Bassett, James Brown, James Chewning, William Evans, Josiah Foster, John Green, Robert Hall, Richard Hunley, John Plummer, William H. Pruden, Thomas Sank, and James Saunders.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Bassett, William, fl. 1820.
• Brown, James, fl. 1820.
• Chewning, James, fl. 1820.
• Evans, William, fl. 1820.
• Foster, Josiah, fl. 1820.
• Green, John, fl. 1820.
• Hall, Robert, fl. 1820.
• Hurley, Richard, fl. 1820.
• Plummer, John, fl. 1820.
• Pruden, William H., fl. 1820
• Sank, Thomas, fl. 1820.
• Saunders, James, fl. 1820.
• Tompkins, Christopher.

Subjects:

• Merchants--Virginia--Mathews County--History--19th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Account books-- Virginia--Mathews County--19th century.