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Acquisition Note: Source: Unknown.
Preferred Citation: Copeland Parker Ledger, MSS 0000-326, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Scope and Contents: One 1787-1816 ledger from Smithfield, Virginia documenting an account of sundries for various individuals, though prominent names include Josiah Parker and John Parker. The second page indicates the volume is "A Ledger for the Manufacturing Mills, August 21, 1787." Toward the back of the ledger, there are several entries titled "District of Norfolk, Virginia, Port of Smithfield, Account of foreign spirits imported, marked and gauged according to Law under the Inspection of Copeland Parker, Inspector for this port..."