The Virginia Almanack for the Year of our Lord God 1760(1760)
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Printed by William Hunter.
Benjamin Waller Diary.
Benjamin Waller (1716–1786) was a burgess in the Virginia House of Burgesses, and Benjamin Carter Waller (1757–1820), was a Williamsburg lawyer. Entries include a list of livestock; accounts for corn, straw, and beef; payments for schooling of children; leases; and deeds. Also includes a description of the division of slaves between the children of Robert Hall at Prince George (1760). Also scattered notes on the birth of slave children, the death of William Waller, shoes and stockings dispensed to slaves (1809), and the burning of treasury notes (1757). Accounts (1760) of Benjamin Waller are interspersed with accounts (1809–1820) of Benjamin Carter Waller.