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General stores

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

A. and R. Cain Tannery and General Store records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0254
Abstract

Daybooks and an accounts ledger kept by the owners of a tannery and general store on Tanyard Street, Northport, Alabama

Dates: 1869-1880

Theron Cannon records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0270
Abstract

The records of a general store in Berry, Fayette County, Alabama, including correspondence, mortgages, invoices, orders, etc.

Dates: 1914-1952

L. H. Crumpler records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0380
Abstract

A collection of records of Crumpler's general store in Sylacauga, Alabama, and of his activities as justice of the peace.

Dates: 1892-1909

Early Alabama documents

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0464
Abstract

Documents from the mid nineteenth century, including store and tax receipts, court orders, letters, property appraisals, etc., from Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi, mainly pertaining to West Alabama

Dates: 1844-1887

Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama, account book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0495
Abstract

A ledger detailing accounts of a dry goods store in Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama between 1922 and 1924.

Dates: 1922-1924

George Rapelje Receipts for Dry Goods

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-5073
Scope and Contents This collection contains two receipts from George Rapelje's store on Dauphin Street in Mobile, Alabama. Written in the 1850s, the receipts show purchases from Rapelje, who specialized in "Fancy and Staple Dry Goods" and "Negro Goods of Every Description." The upper right corner of both receipts list several items for sale in the store, including "silks and satins, hosiery, gloves, prints, jaconets, printed lawns, muslins, etc." Both receipts contain the names of Rapelje's customers as well...
Dates: 1850 - 1859

Alex Gunn ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0603
Abstract

Account and invoice ledgers of Alex Gunn's Thomasville, Clarke County, Alabama store from 1909 to 1914.

Dates: 1909-1914

Joseph Zeb Hearst and Company Daybook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0792
Abstract

A ledger contains daily entries for purchases from this Carlowville and Richmond, Dallas County, Alabama general store owned by Joseph Zeb Hearst.

Dates: 1859 - 1862

Henry T. Reeve Letter to George Griswold

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-5003
Scope and Contents This collection contains a letter from H.T. Reeve to his brother-in-law, George Griswold. It was written in 1817, when Reeve was living with his brother Samuel, who had recently established a store in Richmond, Virginia. In addition to discussing the sales and profits of Samuel's new business, the letter includes figures that suggest the economic potential of both Richmond and the store. Additional topics highlight Richmond's "high rents" and other family matters, including the separate...
Dates: 1817-04-24

J. G. Lewis Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0856
Abstract

Ledger containing accounts relating to the settlement of Lewis' estate, including accounts of customers at his Forkland, Alabama store. Previously misidentified as Thornhill Commissary ledger.

Dates: 1891 - 1898

J. T. Broadnax and Company Accounts Journal

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0735
Abstract

A journal recording individual accounts, although it does not detail specific purchases.

Dates: 1867 - 1868

Emmett N. McCall papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0943
Abstract

Financial records and ledgers of McCall's Dixonville Racket Store, a general store in the Brewton, Escambia County, Alabama, area. Also includes correspondence, Mormon church records, mortgage deeds, and cotton acreage allotments.

Dates: 1874-1944

Phil E. Hill General Store Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0671
Abstract

An account ledger for a general store in Fairfield, Alabama, possibly owned by Phil E. Hill

Dates: 1873 - 1874

T. B. Rush account book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1215
Abstract

Account book for a general store, probably located in Lowndes County, Alabama.

Dates: circa 1834

T. B. Rush general store daybook

 Collection
Identifier: W-0107
Abstract

Contains almost daily entries written between April 1835 and July 1836, recording daily sales at a general store in Mount Willing, Alabama.

Dates: 1835 - 1836

The White House Store Invoice, 1937

 File — Box 4267.003: [Barcode: 1005680106], Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

This file contains an invoice listing materials ordered for The White House, a store in New Albany, Indiana, including organdy, socks, soap, and umbrellas. Under the name of The White House Store, at the top of the invoice, is printed: S.W. Newburger and Co. Incorporated.

Dates: 1937