Like a docket, this shows the name of the case and the dates on which various papers were filed or hearings held. Activities noted include filing of petition, judged bankrupt, meeting of creditors, claims approved, election of assignee, assignee's filing of a personal bond, proof of claims filed, account of distribution filed, etc. In 1878 the bankruptcy law was repealed. Although cases could be completed under the terms of the old law, no new petitions could be filed after 1 September. Most cases in this minute book were completed by 1881, although a rare notation occurs as late as 1888.
Entries are largely chronological.
These can be located by finding the case in the register or the abstract and then looking up the minutes for the date a particular action is recorded. Archivally processed in 1990 by A.C. Cone. Microfilmed, with the volume destroyed, in 1991.