Bookkeeping--History
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Booth and Green family account-keeping exercise book and ledgers
This account-keeping exercise book, general store ledger, and shoemaker’s ledger reflect the economic activities of members of the Booth and Green families as well as other residents of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, between 1807 and 1857.
Jonas Davis account book and diary
This volume is an account book and diary kept by Jonas Davis, a farmer and resident of Temple, New Hampshire, between 1849 and 1859.
Sarah R. Latimer account-keeping exercise book
Sarah R. Latimer, a resident of Wilmington, Delaware, completed this account-keeping exercise circa 1808-1809. The exercise includes a sample daybook and ledgers.
Account book for a Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, general store
This daybook was kept between 1817 and 1818 at an unidentified general store located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, that sold foodstuffs, tobacco products, finished clothing and accessories, textiles, and other miscellaneous items. The book contains a chronological account of customers’ debts and, occasionally, their credit payments.
Nathaniel Richards ledger
This ledger was likely kept by Nathaniel Richards, a metalworker and retailer in Wilmington, Delaware, to record the sale of hardware between 1779 and 1790.
William Wilson receipt book
This receipt book records payments William Wilson of New Castle County, Delaware, made to his creditors between 1785 and 1798.