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Ledger book
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Ledger book
Manuscripts
A store ledger used as a daybook; the volume contains a small number of daybook entries, with the majority of the ledger being blank. The volume is bound in full reverse calf with tooled boards, the spine with four raised bands and black morocco labels; the spine and covers are scuffed with some edge wear and the pages are intact and legible.
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Ledger book
Manuscripts
A store ledger used as a general ledger for customer accounts; this volume was kept in association with volume 1 and contains general customer information concerning purchases and amounts owed. The volume is bound in original calf over marbled boards, with scuffed leather covers and worn spine; the interior pages are intact and legible.
mssGauthier
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Ledger book
Manuscripts
A repurposed schoolteacher's grade and attendance record book used as a store ledger; an alphabetically arranged ledger recording the total debts of all individuals with numbers in the general ledger. The back of the volume contains draft business letters copied out on the final pages. Original green printed wraps, the spine and covers are damaged, with bits missing; some staining to covers and interior pages, with a small number of pages missing.
mssGauthier
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Joseph Gauthier store ledgers
Manuscripts
A collection of four bound ledgers, with manuscript entries in various hands; the ledgers are associated with Joseph Gauthier's mercantile business, with the entries dating from 1859 to 1871, with a concentration in the years 1860 to 1861. Together they contain hundreds of records for dozens of customers, the great majority of whom were tribal members and are listed by their Menominee names. Among the range of recorded perishable goods are sugar, molasses, flour, cranberries, pork, tobacco, coffee, and tea; the household merchandise includes fabrics, sewing materials, goods for hunting and fishing, and general items such as smoking pipes, looking glasses, blankets, hats, shoes, copper pans, utensils, bowls, and soap. Besides the purchaser and items purchased, the price and quantity are listed for each purchase. The four volumes are all different styles and bindings, which suggests that Gauthier may have used whatever materials were available for his records.
mssGauthier
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Ledger books of general store in Michigan Bluff, California
Manuscripts
Two ledger volumes from a general store in Michigan Bluff, Placer County, California, dated 1878-1879 and 1881. The second volume contains 11 loose items dated 1881-1894.
mssHM 82598-82599
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Robert Bristow plantation ledger, (bulk 1677-1707)
Manuscripts
An account book and ledger from British merchant Robert Bristow's plantation, house, and stores in Lancaster and Gloucester Counties in Virginia. The ledger was used by Bristow to document inventories of home goods, Bristow's personal library, debts, copies of land patents and other legal documents, and lists of indentured and enslaved laborers; also included in the ledger are lists of his shares in Royal African Company ships. The volume is written in several hands, including Bristow's. The binding is not original but was rebound in full panelled calf from the bindery of restoration bookbinder Bernard Middleton; the volume is signed with Middleton's cypher and has his book label and a brief typed description pasted on the inside front cover.
mssHM 84402