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Preferred Citation:

John Swartz Account Book, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchase.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally described in May 2010 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist.

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Scope and Contents

Account book, 1831-1837 and 1844 of the brothers, John Swartz, Jr., Christian Swartz and Jacob Swartz of Shenandoah, Virginia. Most of the entries are accounts with customers for making or mending shoes, but it has other entries like wages for 'trashing wheat' and 'hauling wood' interspersed throughout the volume. Only one of the entries is for 1844.

An entry on the inside cover reads "(?) Swartz his account book" and the name John Swartz is mentioned frequently. Names of other Swartz family members mentioned in the volume are Jacob, Christian, Samuel and Sarah.

For an excerpt of names mentioned in the volumes, provided by the sellers, see folder link below.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Account books
• Shenandoah County (Va.)--History--19th century
• Shoemakers--1830-1840
• Shoemakers--Virginia