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Preferred Citation

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased in September 2009

Scope and Contents

Ledger of a blacksmith from Mount Olive, Shenandoah County, Virginia, 1860-1870, recording accounts with customers for such services as shoeing horses, repairing shears and wagons, etc.

The name 'William O. Towns' is written several times in the front and back cover of the volume, suggesting that he may have been the one who kept the ledger.

Names of customers are indexed in the back.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Blacksmiths
• Shenandoah County (Va.)--History--19th century