Account books.

Scope and Contents Ledger of an unknown individual in Carlisle, Nicholas County, Kentucky, 1857-1858. The ledger seems to be from a livery stable as there are many entries about boarding horses and rental of horses or buggies. The ledger includes names of customers and suppliers as well as the amount of each transaction and in some cases the name of the horse being boarded. A scrapbook (1879-1881) has been pasted over many pages. This appears to be the scrapbook of a teenaged girl and the only clue to...

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This volume documents the business of the Madison Sales Company, Inc. in the early years of the Great Depression. In 2002 the volume was purchased at an auction and was given to a young woman. There are several notes to the new owner and she used it as a diary for about one year. A notable entry is on September 11, 2002 as she looks back at the previous year's terrorist attacks on the United States.

Scope and Contents This collection contains manuscript material from three Philadelphia merchants (Richard L. Ashurst, Andrew Clow and John Gill) who had dealings with various storekeepers in Kentucky from the late eighteenth century to the mid nineteenth century. The collection consists largely of correspondence that concerns banking, property, account settlements, businesses and trading in Kentucky. Researchers may also find invoices and pages from account books. The collection does not contain complete...