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Colorado ledger books and documents

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Description: Two record books and assorted documents related to Colorado history. Included are a cash book kept by the Hussey Mining Company from 1879-1880, an unidentified grocer's account book, a certificate of commission for M.B. Bearce as Major General of Militia for the Territory of Colorado (1872) signed by governor Edward M. McCook, and an unidentified letter to the editor written on Colorado Agricultural Society letterhead. Also included are some miscellaneous newspaper clippings from the 1870s.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Call number: mssHM 74735-74738
Provenance: Gift of the heirs of the Katharine F. Burnham estate through Lyndley Bynum, March 23, 1939.
Associated people: McCook, Edward M. (1833-1909.)
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Orderly book of Colonel Drury's regiment of Massachusetts militia, 1781, Oct. 1 - Nov. 27, West Point (N. Y.)

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A fragment of orderly book of Luke Drury's regiment of Massachusetts militia. Included are brigade, regimental, and garrison orders, and a weekly return for Oct. 11, 1781.

mssHM 740

Orderly book of Marion's Brigade of South Carolina militia, 1781, Feb. 16 - 1782, Dec. 15

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Orderly book of Marion's brigade covering the period from Feb. 16, 1781 through Dec. 15, 1782. The last entry is Marion's address to his troops congratulating them on the "evacuation of Charles Town" and announcing the dissolution of the militia

mssHM 622

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Ledger book

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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

Orderly book of John Lacey's Brigade of Pennsylvania Militia, 1778, Jan. 22 -- 1780, Sept. 1

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Orderly books of John Lacey's command of his brigade of Pennsylvania militia in 1778 and 1780. The first orderly book, complete from the date his took command of the brigade until his day of his resignation, includes the period of the battle of Crooked Billet. It is followed by the orderly book of Lacey's second command and covers the period from Aug. 14 to Sept. 1

mssHM 614

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Account book and time book for the Rockdale Mining Company

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The volume contains an account book and time book for the Rockdale Mining Company in Blackhawk, Colorado. The time book, which covers 1864 and 1865, contains the names of employees, hours worked, days worked, and wages earned for several mines including the Leavenworth Gulch, the Calhoun Lode, and the Harsh Lode. The rest of the volume contains financial account information from 1875 to 1881

mssHM 66488

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Ledger book

Manuscripts

The collection consists of the correspondence and papers of Andrew Brown. The collection is made up primarily of business records and contains over 100 volumes of day books, invoices and account books. Also included are bills and receipts related to Brown's general store in Kernville, California, his jobs as postmaster and an agent for Wells, Fargo Express Company, and his other business interests. Of note in the collection are two account books from 1873 to 1886 for business transactions with Chinese individuals in Kernville. Some of the volumes are damaged and fragile so use may be restricted.

mssBrown

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Orderly book of Colonel Drury's regiment of Massachusetts militia, 1781, Oct. 1 - Nov. 27, West Point (N. Y.)

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