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Edward Sperry Account Books

Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org

633 THL

Inventory created by Archives Staff 12/1997. Last revised 02/2021

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers.

USE RESTRICTIONS: Restrictions may apply concerning the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult a member of the archives staff for information concerning these restrictions. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright.

EXTENT: 5 volumes; 1 folder loose papers

DATE: 1838-1913

Scope and Content: The Edward Sperry Account Books collection is comprised of four account books from 1838 to 1913 (not consecutive) and a ledger book from 1850 to 1856, all kept by Edward Sperry. The books have names of patrons and details of their accounts with Edward Sperry’s Middletown, VA business. There is little information about Edward Sperry.

Cite As: Edward Sperry Account Books, 633 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA.

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.

Organization:

Box 1

Account books (for the following years):
May 1838 - June 1839
1895-1898
1904-1913

Loose papers found in account books

Box 2

Account book - October 1892-1893

Ledger book - March 1850-1856