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Collection is open to all researchers.

Preferred Citation:

Henry Bedinger Receipt and Account Book, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

purchase.

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Scope and Contents

Receipt book for accounts paid by Henry Bedinger of Berkeley County, Virginia, 1789-1801.  Also contains accounts of a private school with teachers and pupils, 1848-1849  (5 pages at end of book), farm memoranda and accounts of an unknown person with farm laborers (including a list of negroes hired for manual labor) and household servants, 1856-1873.  182 pages.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Account books
• Berkeley County (W.Va.)--History--18th century
• Berkeley County (W.Va.)--History--19th century
• Farms--West Virginia--Berkeley County
• Labor--Virginia
• Merchants--West Virginia--Berkeley County
• Receipts (financial records)
• Rent--Virginia
• Schools--West Virginia--Berkeley  County