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H. C. and Company ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0606

Scope and Contents

The collection contains one ledger that shows the day-to-day finances of the store, including who bought what items and the price paid.

Dates

  • 1868-1870

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

None

Biographical / Historical

H. C. and Company was probably a general store for a small community. General stores were rural or small town stores that carried a general, broad selection of merchandise, sometimes in a small space, where people from the town and surrounding rural areas would come to purchase all their general goods.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 file)

Language of Materials

English

Overview

Ledger that shows the day-to-day finances of the store, including who bought what items and the price paid

Provenance

Eugene Colson??

General

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Processed by

A. Gilbert, 2009; updated by Martha Bace, 2013

Creator

Title
Guide to the H.C. and Company ledger
Status
Completed
Date
February 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

Contact:
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa AL 35487-0266
205.348.0513