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Ledger kept by the Dutton and Gayle Store in the area of Ware Neck in Gloucester County, Virginia. Items sold by the store include coffee, canned meat and groceries as well as tobacco, and clothing. Accounts were kept of the price of goods as well as payments by patrons and recorded in the front half of the ledger. Patron names include Abernathy, Banks, Benson, Bentley, Bernett, Braxton, Brown, Byrd, Carter, Cook, Cooke, Clark, Curtis, Dawe, Dutton, Evans, Forest, Francis, Gardner, Gayle, Gloucester Charity School, Haynes, Hudgins, Jackson, Jones, Lee, Mahern, Mathias, Morton, Norton, Parker, Pearl, Robinson, Saunders, Smith, Stewart, Taliaferro, Thomas, Thornton, Vaughan, Walker, Ward, Ware, Washington, White, Whiting, Williams, Willis, Wish, and Wood. |
