Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Ellis & Allan Company records, 1795-1889
Corporate name
Main title
- Ellis & Allan Company records, 1795-1889.
Links
Links
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998014
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998014.3
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Description
- 80,000 items.
- 633 containers.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998014
Local shelving no.
- 0628O
- Microfilm 16,799-1N-1P (conts. 633-634)
- Microfilm 19,274-1N-1P (cont. 438)
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged in twelve series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1783-1865; Series 2: Journals, 1799-1889; Series 3: Ledgers, 1797-1885; Series 4: Letterbooks, 1799-1856; Series 5: Daybooks, 1802-1862; Series 6: Cashbooks, 1805-1874; Series 7: Cash, Letter, and Invoice Book, 1804-1805; Series 8: Invoice Books, 1812-1851; Series 9: Bill Books, 1813-1852; Series 10: Receipt Books, 1844-1852; Series 11: Checkbooks, 1813-1853; and Series 12: Miscellany, 1789-1845.
Summary
- Business and personal correspondence, journals, ledgers, daybooks, cashbooks, tobacco books, and other records of the firm known variously as Ellis & Allan Company, Thomas & Charles Ellis, Ellis & Sons, and Thomas and Charles Ellis & Company of Richmond, Va., general merchants and tobacco traders. Includes records of the counterpart firm in London, Allan & Ellis, as well as those of several subsidiary companies organized in Lynchburg and in Amherst County, Va., for the buying and selling of tobacco. Also includes letters from Charles Ellis, Jr., a student at the University of Virginia in the 1830s, describing his activities there; letters from his brother, Thomas H. Ellis, student at the United States Military Academy; and records (1830-1850) of the James River & Kanawha Company, chartered to build a canal from Richmond westward along the James River. Other correspondents include William Bolling, Archibald Cary, John Hartwell Cocke, Powhatan Ellis, Armistead Gordon, J. B. Harrison, Carter Page, John Randolph, Thomas M. Randolph, and St. George Tucker. Among names found in the ledgers are those of Peter Francisco, James Monroe, Spencer Roane, and William Wickham.
LC Subjects
- Bolling, William, 1789-1849--Correspondence.
- Cary, Archibald, 1721-1787--Correspondence.
- Cocke, John Hartwell, 1780-1866--Correspondence.
- Ellis, Charles, 1817-1900--Correspondence.
- Ellis, Powhatan, 1790-1863--Correspondence.
- Ellis, Thomas H. (Thomas Harding), 1814-1898--Correspondence.
- Francisco, Peter, 1760-1831.
- Gordon, Armistead--Correspondence.
- Harrison, J. B. (Jesse Burton), 1805-1841--Correspondence.
- Monroe, James, 1758-1831.
- Page, Carter--Correspondence.
- Randolph, John, 1773-1833--Correspondence.
- Randolph, Thomas M. (Thomas Mann), 1768-1828--Correspondence.
- Roane, Spencer, 1762-1822.
- Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827--Correspondence.
- Wickham, William.
- Allan & Ellis (London, England)
- Ellis & Sons.
- Thomas and Charles Ellis & Company.
- James River and Kanawha Company (Richmond, Va.)
- United States Military Academy--Students--19th century.
- University of Virginia--Students--19th century.
- Business records--Virginia.
- Canals--Virginia--James River.
- Merchants--Virginia--Richmond.
- Tobacco industry--England--London.
- Tobacco industry--Virginia--Amherst County.
- Tobacco industry--Virginia--Lynchburg.
- Tobacco industry--Virginia--Richmond.
Notes
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Purchase, estate of Charles Ellis of Richmond, 1901.
Additional formats
- Microfilm edition of containers 633-634, James N. Ellis's West Point papers, available, 16,799.
- Microfilm edition of container 438, Edgar Allan Poe, available, 19,274.
- Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1976-1986.
LCCN
- mm 79019711
Other standard no.
- MSS19711
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Item Availability
CALL NUMBER
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
- Microfilm 19,274-1P
- Edgar Allan Poe : Cont. 438
- Copy 1
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
- Microfilm 16,799-1P
- Ellis text books
- Copy 1
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- c.1 Reel 1 In transit to Prints and Photographs Division 02-21-2017
CALL NUMBER
- Mss. 19,274
- Master negative
- Set 1
- Master negatives do not circulate.
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- ~To buy a copy call Photoduplication Service 202-707-5640
Status
- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
- Mss. 16,799
- Master negative
- Set 1
- Master negatives do not circulate.
Request in
- ~To buy a copy call Photoduplication Service 202-707-5640
Status
- Not Charged
