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A.D. Leech's Business Cash Book, 1866 - 1871

 Item — Box: 3167, Ledger: 003

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Volume one contains records of sales/purchases of agricultural supplies, wages, and charges for “hauling.” Individual customers are listed by name, business name, “negro,” “stranger,” or just “horseman.” Other branches of the business included “Mill” and “Leech Bros” or “A.D. Leech,” “Labor,” “Work,” and “Essentials.”

Volume two consists of accounts which record the same type of transactions, with the addition of the occasional entries for “bounties” and “speculation.” Covers the time period 1868-1869.

Volume three, named “Journal B,” records sales of merchandise, such as molasses, butter, yard goods, children’s hose needles, coffee and sugar, Irish linen, ribbon, silk, and many other items. Also records cotton bales, bounties, and hides for the Tan Yard. Covers the time period 1868 May to 1871 May.

Dates

  • Creation: 1866 - 1871

Extent

1 Ledgers

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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