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Robert Bristow plantation ledger, 1660-1707 (bulk 1677-1707)

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Description: An account book and ledger from British merchant Robert Bristow's plantation, house, and stores in Lancaster and Gloucester Counties in Virginia. The ledger was used by Bristow to document inventories of home goods, Bristow's personal library, debts, copies of land patents and other legal documents, and lists of indentured and enslaved laborers; also included in the ledger are lists of his shares in Royal African Company ships. The volume is written in several hands, including Bristow's. The binding is not original but was rebound in full panelled calf from the bindery of restoration bookbinder Bernard Middleton; the volume is signed with Middleton's cypher and has his book label and a brief typed description pasted on the inside front cover.
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Date: 1660-1707
Call number: mssHM 84402
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Ledger book

Manuscripts

A store ledger used as a daybook; the volume records specific purchases by Native customers at Gauthier's store, including lists of items purchased, price, and quantity. The beginning of the volume contains an index of accounts, the great majority with Menominee tribal names. The volume is bound in original quarter calf over drab marbled boards, the spine is partially detached and the binding is very warn and fragile but the interior pages are intact and legible.

mssGauthier

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Medical Ledger

Manuscripts

This ledger is an account book of patients and the fees paid for medical treatment. The author is unknown and the accounts seem to belong to several doctors; perhaps in Massachusetts. There is some mention of the treatment performed or reason for visit such as: childbirth, vaccinations, setting fractures, etc. Several pages have been cut-out of the volume. The spine is loose.

mssHM 74829

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Ledger book

Manuscripts

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.

mssGauthier

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Ledgers and Negative Lists

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Four hand-written ledgers and ten typed negative lists (some in duplicate) recording Peabody's negatives. Ledger 1 (fragment) details negatives arranged by lecture: "In the Footsteps of Cortes" (with 54 entries); "A Tour of the White Mountains" (with 74 entries); "Around Historical Boston" (with 72 entries); "Seashore of New England" (with 72 entries); "Grand Canyon of Arizona" (with 73 entries). Ledger 2 details negatives 1101-3303. Ledger 3 details negatives 1101-3260 (pages 1-59), with gaps; negatives 86-282 (pages 60-66), with gaps; negatives 1101-2893 (pages 75-95), with significant gaps; negatives 1703-3291 (pages 96-103), with significant gaps. Ledger 4 details negatives 1373-4883. Ledger 1 lists negative number, size, title/subject, style (colored or plain), and copyright date. Ledger 2 lists negative number, title/subject, size/type, and copyright date. Ledger 3 list negative number, title/subject, and size/type, and ledger 4 lists negative number and title/subject. The negative lists detail 5 x 7 inch negatives (for Zion National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Mesa Verde National Park, Crater Lake National Park, eastern approach to Yellowstone Park from Cody, Wyoming, Grand Teton National Park, and Yosemite National Park), 8 x 10 inch negatives (for the Canadian Alps), and 4 x 5 inch negatives (for the Canadian Alps), and thus duplicate some of the information in the ledgers.

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Ledger book

Manuscripts

A store ledger used as a daybook; the volume contains a small number of daybook entries, with the majority of the ledger being blank. The volume is bound in full reverse calf with tooled boards, the spine with four raised bands and black morocco labels; the spine and covers are scuffed with some edge wear and the pages are intact and legible.

mssGauthier

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Ledger, Bidwell's Bar, California

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This volume was originally a ledger used to record purchased goods in Bidwell Bar from 1860-1862. It seems to have fallen into the possession of Mary Totman Rogers, after which it became a scrapbook. As a scrapbook, the volume contains numerous newspaper clippings regarding the history and activities of Oroville, California, including the obituary of Mary, as well as printed prayers and poems. Also with three envelopes containing loose items found in the volume.

mssHM 79058

Robert Bristow plantation ledger, 1660-1707 (bulk 1677-1707)

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