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Randolph estate: Farm account book(1783–1829)

  • MS 1976.5
  • Microfilm: M-1317.1
  • 1 vol. ([172] pp.)

Manuscript book containing accounts for the estate of William Randolph with Beverley Randolph, 1783–1788; accounts of David McCallum and Bob Cowley with the estate of William Randolph, 1786–1789; the estate of Peter Randolph with Beverley Randolph, 1790; accounts of John Randolph, D.M. Randolph, Thomas B. Randolph, Miss Ann Cary Randolph, William F. Randolph, Isham Randolph, William Skipwith, Arch[ibald] C. Randolph, Thomas Randolph, Dr. Joseph Matteaw, and Mrs. B. Randolph, 1797–1818; and summaries of corn, wheat, oats, tobacco, and hay grown at Chatsworth, Esterto, Mill Mount, Chitower, Skin Quarter, and Earnscliff, 1783–1829.

Beverley Randolph (1753–1797) was the son of Peter (1717–1767) and Lucy Bolling (b. 1719) Randolph of Chatsworth. William Randolph of Chitower (1769–1848) was the son of Thomas M. and Ann Cary Randolph. Other names appearing in the collection are Ben Randolph, B. Harrison, Carter Page, and David Ross.

Volume has own rough index.

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