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Ledger of Wye Mills

1 overize box (1.5 linear feet)

(1853)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier 2015.012a
Creator(s) Unknown
Acquisition

The Ledger of Wye Mills was donated to the Nabb Research Center by Charles Colbourne, January 2015. 
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by Leslie M. McRoberts, January 2015.
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Abstract

Wye Mills Ledger, January-November 1853. The Wye Mills Ledger details the transactions of the grist mill with customers. The mill ran a general store as well as processed grains for sale. Also included in the ledger are agricultural articles, and a written list of English kings, ending with Queen Victoria I.

Administrative History

As the oldest working mill in Maryland (c. 1682), the flour-producing "grist" mill has participated in three centuries of war, nation-building, industrial invention and agricultural heritage.  During the American Revolution, the Wye Grist Mill and hundreds of others like it on the Eastern Shore, shipped barrels of flour via The Chesapeake Bay to the Continental Army, commanded by General George Washington.  Historians dubbed the Eastern Shore "The Breadbasket of the American Revolution." Prominent past owners of the Mill include Richard Bennett III, Edward Lloyd III and IV (owners of Wye House) and Col. William Hemsley, Commander of the Queen Anne's County Militia and provisioner to the Continental Army, 1779 - 1783.  Oliver Evans, "Father of the modern factory" and the first great American inventor, used the Wye Grist Mill in the 1790's to formulated automation ideas that revolutionized American factories.

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Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Agriculture
    • Ledger
    • Accounting Records
  • Location Terms
    • Talbot County (Md.)

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