Courtesy of a Golden Grant from the Alexandria Historical Society, we are pleased to announce the publication of indices for seven of the financial records associated with the Hooe related manuscripts found at the New York Public Library and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: Hooe Stone & Company, 1770-1773 (updated) Jenifer & Hooe, 1773-1774 Jenifer & Hooe, 1775-1777 (in progress) John Mills, 1775-1785 (in progress) Hooe & Harrison, 1786-1787 Hooe & Harrison, 1788-17

The ledgers provided a surprising discovery about an enslaved man who was hired out to the Alexandria store and later emancipated.

In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, we thought we’d take a look at all things Irish in the Colchester store ledger, 1760/1761.

Help History Revealed transcribe 18th-century store and personal ledgers from Alexandria, Virginia.