Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

John Robertson Account Books, Manuscript MS 58.2, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Acquisition Information

Gift, 1958.

Alternative Form

Also available on microfilm M-1093.

Biographical/Historical Information

John Robertson served as deputy commissary general of issues during the American Revolution. After the war, he was a schoolmaster in Albemarle County and Lynchburg, Va.

Scope and Content Information

Account book of John Robertson. Included are receipts for supplies received from him at the Magazine in Williamsburg, October-November 1781; indexed accounts of his school in Lynchburg, 1801-1802; house expenses, 1807-1810; and a register of the children of John and Sarah Rogers Robertson.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Robertson, John, b. 1750.
• Robertson, Sarah Rogers.

Subjects:

• Education-- Virginia--Lynchburg.
• Powder magazines-- Virginia--Williamsburg.

Corporate Names:

• Powder Magazine (Williamsburg, Va.)
• United States--Continental Army--Supplies and stores.

Geographical Names:

• United States--History-- Revolution, 1775- 1783.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Account Books-- Virginia--Lynchburg--19th century.
• Account Books--Virginia--Williamsburg--18th century.