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Box BW 4

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

[James Nounnan] General Store business ledger

 Collection — Box: BW 4, Folder: 1 [X031589237]
Identifier: MSS 16073
Scope and Contents

[James Nounnan] General Store business ledger in Putnam County, West Virginia, 0.03 cubic feet, 1834-1836. The leder was used to record sales and expenses, credit transactions and all other kinds of business common to a general store. The store sold a lot of whiskey and coffee, indicating this establishment was also a local tavern. The ledger contains over 470 pages of entries with many references to James Nounnan, who appears to be the owner or scrivener.

Dates: 1834-1836