Ramsay's Ledger Book

Description:

Nearly two feet in height this ledger from the 1700s was used to keep business transactions in order. Belonging to influential merchant and a founder of Alexandria, Virginia, William Ramsay, the book’s pages provided an account of mercantile activity.

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Cultures & Communities, American Enterprise

Exhibition: American Enterprise

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Related Publication: Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.220760.001Accession Number: 220760

Object Name: books, one lot of

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-8d64-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1000615

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