C. S. Jones mercantile ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0248
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a ledger from the C.S. Jones Mercantile of Talladega, Alabama, from 1876 to 1881.
Dates
- 1876-1881
Conditions Governing Access
None
Biographical / Historical
A mercantile store, also known as a general or general merchandise store, is generally a rural or small town store that carries a general line of merchandise. It carries a broad selection of merchandise, sometimes in a small space, where people from the town and surrounding rural areas come to purchase all their general goods.
Extent
0.75 Linear Feet (1 ledger)
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Ledger of this Talladega County, Alabama, general store
Provenance
Purchased from Cather and Brown Books, 1992
General
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Processed by
S. Braden, 2009; updated by Martha Bace, 2012
- Title
- Guide to the C. S. Jones mercantile ledger
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- January 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository