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Nathaniel Lyttleton Savage account book
- Title
- Nathaniel Lyttleton Savage account book, 1768-1785.
- Author
- Savage, Nathaniel Lyttleton.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 3575 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- .21 linear foot (1 volume)
- Summary
- In this account book, Virginia planter Nathaniel Lyttleton Savage made entries about business transactions between 1768 and 1785. The entries include information about African Americans (bought, sold, and hired), bonds, certificates, loans, rents, tobacco, corn, horses, and other matters, as well as Savage's statement of damages inflicted by the British forces in 1781 and a memorandum concerning the privateer Northampton.
- Subjects
- Cost and standard of living > Virginia > 18th century
- African Americans > Virginia > History > Sources
- Virginia > History > 1775-1783 > Sources
- Account books > Virginia
- Virginia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Sources
- Agriculture > Southern States
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > British forces
- Slavery > Virginia > History > Sources
- Genre/Form
- Account books – Virginia.
- Call Number
- MssCol 3575
- OCLC
- 727158187
- Author
- Savage, Nathaniel Lyttleton.
- Title
- Nathaniel Lyttleton Savage account book, 1768-1785.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 3575