James Mitchum Graves ledger
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- James Mitchum Graves ledger
- Date
- 1849-1877 (inclusive)
- Creator
- Graves, James Mitchum
- Extent
- 0.3 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Business records -- Kentucky -- Nicholasville.
- Business records -- Kentucky -- Versailles.
- General stores -- Kentucky -- Nicholasville.
- Mills and mill-work.
- Preferred Citation
- 68m56: [Identification of item] James Mitchum Graves ledger, 1849-1877, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- James Mitchum Graves was a miller from Versailles, Kentucky in the mid-nineteenth century.
- Scope and Content
- The James Mitchum Graves ledger (dated 1849-1877; 0.15 cubic feet; 1 item) contains records of two central Kentucky businesses in the mid-nineteenth century. The first part of the ledger contains the records of an unidentified general store in Nicholasville in 1849. The remainder is a record of milling accounts kept by James Mitchum Graves, of Versailles, Ky. from 1873 to 1877.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
James Mitchum Graves ledger, 1849-1877
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Special Collections Research Center - Closed
The Breckinridge Research Room will be closed starting May 11, 2026, and anticipates re-opening Fall semester 2026 in an alternate location for the duration of the King Library renovation.
Reproduction requests will still be available during the closure.
Contact SCRC with questions.
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