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Maxwell Hunley Rare Books records, 1930-1992


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    Maxwell Hunley Rare Books records

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    This collection consists of a ledger recording sales, purchases and expenses for the period 1941-1948; ephemera including a copy of Maxwell O. Hunley's lease for 9533 Santa Monica Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California dated June 29, 1962; and catalogs of stock from Maxwell Hunley Rare Books.

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    Book catalogs -- Maxwell O. Hunley

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    A Treasury of Paper Prizes. Almanacs. The Country at Large. Two copies. Included: Draft

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    Book catalogs -- Maxwell O. Hunley

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    Mark Twain. A Collection of First Editions. Association copies, biographies and books from his library

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    Ledger book

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    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.

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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.

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    Account book

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    Shugart's account book he kept from 1838 to 1853. Entries list land acquisitions, general financial expenses and income, the opening and operating of a boarding house, which also served as an Underground Railroad station, and the sales of medicine. The ledger also lists expenses for the education of his children, the medical bills and funeral expenses for his daughter Malinda who died at sixteen after a long illness. On page 96 of the volume, Shugart began his 10-page list of names of 137 enslaved men, women, and children who he and his associate Stephen Bogue helped escape to Canada.

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