Dillon, Ellett & Company Ledgers,
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains three financial ledgers maintained Dillon, Ellett & Company, a lime manufacturer at Indian Rock (Botetourt County), Virginia. The collection includes a daybook, a journal, and a ledger detailing the financial transactions of the company and its apparent successor, E. Dillon & Company. The volumes seem to track expenses as well as income, and at least one of the volumes may relate to a store associated with the company, rather than the lime plant. Included in the ledger is an 1886 letter from R. H. Staton of Lynchburg to Edward Dillon.
Dates
- Creation: 1871 - 1899
Creator
- Dillon, Ellett & Company (Organization)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Dillon, Ellett & Company Ledgers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Historical Note
Dillon, Ellett & Company seems to have had its beginnings in 1868, when Edward Dillon, with partners Ellett and Turpin, leased limestone quarries on the James River at Indian Rock (Botetourt County), Virginia. Dillon seems to have taken sole ownership in the company in the late 1870s; an 1880 Virginia business guide lists the company name as E. Dillon & Company. By 1890, the company was producing 65,000 barrels of lime per year (sold under the Indian Rock Lime brand name) for use in building, tanning, and farming. After the death of Edward Dillon in 1897, his sons Edward Jr. and Lucius seem to have assumed management of the company, operating under the name E. Dillon's Sons (or E. Dillon & Sons). A 1906 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway industrial guide called the company the oldest lime plant in Virginia. Today (2013), E. Dillon & Company continues operations at its quarry and manufacturing plants in Russellville, Virginia.
Full Extent
0.8 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Three financial ledgers (daybook, journal, and ledger) of Dillon, Ellett & Company (and its successor, E. Dillon & Company), a lime manufacturer in Botetourt County, Virginia.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by ledger type.
Acquisition Information
The Dillon, Ellett & Company Ledgers wre purchased by Special Collections in 1986.
Physical Characteristics
0.8 cu. ft. 2 boxes
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Dillon, Ellett & Company Ledgers commenced and was completed in June, 2013.
- Title
- A Guide to the Dillon, Ellett & Company Ledgers, 1871-1899
- Subtitle
- A collection in Special Collections.
- Author
- John M. Jackson
- Date
- ©2013 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu