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Elucidating needs, lifestyles, and community: researching a late eighteenth-century account book from Lexington, Virginia

John Carroll University, rbloom{at}jcu.edu

John Solotko

John Carroll University

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.

Key Words: Account book • accounting history • single-entry accounting • Thomas Jefferson • Lexington • Virginia

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