TY  - GEN
AU  - Dixon,Edward
TI  - Edward Dixon papers,
KW  - Boucher, Jonathan,
KW  - Boutwell, John.
KW  - Catlett, John.
KW  - Fitzhugh, William,
KW  - Gilchrist, Robert,
KW  - Jameson, James.
KW  - Lee, Richard Henry,
KW  - Micou, John.
KW  - Pendleton, Edmund,
KW  - Randolph, Thomas M.
KW  - Taliaferro, William.
KW  - Taylor, James,
KW  - Tennant, John,
KW  - Turner, Thomas,
KW  - Younger, John.
KW  - Friendship (Ship)
KW  - Glassford and Company
KW  - Blacksmithing
KW  - Virginia
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Merchants
KW  - Port Royal
KW  - Caroline County
KW  - Plantations
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Tobacco industry
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Commerce
KW  - History
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research; Also available on microfilm; no. 17,618; Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division; Washington, D.C.; Library of Congress Photoduplication Service; 1978
N2  - Ledgers, daybooks, journal, waste books, blacksmith accounts, volume containing receipts and two letters, and a mathematics exercise book relating chiefly to Dixon's business and financial transactions in Port Royal, Caroline County, Va.  Subjects include tobacco trade and plantations in Virginia and trade with Great Britain.  Ledgers document Dixon's work as an agent for trading companies in England and Scotland and include accounts of John Younger and Glassford and Company.  Ships referenced in the ledgers include the Friendship.  Some ledgers also contain accounts relating to Dixon's personal financial affairs and include both lists and birth registers of slaves owned by Dixon and his sons; Individuals represented include Jonathan Boucher, John Boutwell, John Catlett, William Fitzhugh, Robert Gilchrist, James Jameson, Richard Henry Lee, John Micou, Edmund Pendleton, Thomas M. Randolph, William Taliaferro, James Taylor, John Tennant, and Dixon's father-in-law, Thomas Turner
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009251
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009251.3
ER  -