This article deals with the search for the identity of the individual for whom an elaborate late eighteenth-century American account book was prepared. The article is also concerned with how the account book served the needs of this merchant and how the book reflects the socio-economic conditions of the times in which the merchant lived. This book shows his multifaceted activities as a merchant, importer, exporter and banker, highlighting the lack of specie and extensive use of barter at the time.
Elucidating needs, lifestyles, and community: researching a late eighteenth-century account book from Lexington, Virginia
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This article deals with the search for the identity of the individual for whom an elaborate late eighteenth-century American account book was prepared. The article is also concerned with how the account book served the needs of this merchant and how the book reflects the socio-economic conditions of the times in which the merchant lived. This book shows his multifaceted activities as a merchant, importer, exporter and banker, highlighting the lack of specie and extensive use of barter at the time.Preview Only. This article cannot be rented because we do not currently have permission from the publisher.
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Elucidating needs, lifestyles, and community: researching a late eighteenth-century account book from Lexington, Virginia
Bloom,Robert; Solotko,John
Follow Accounting History
, Volume 13 (3): 333
SAGE – Aug 1, 2008
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