General Merchandise Account Book
name: label: Creator
content: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
topic: label: Topic
content: Merchants -- 1820-1840
label: Topic
content: Business records -- 1820-1840
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection purchased from Augusta Warshaw, widow of Isadore Warshaw, in 1971.
creator: label: Creator
content: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
abstract: label: Summary
content: An account book dated March 1829 through March 1831 of an undetermined person or place.It records the sale of general merchandise such as fabric, molasses, rum, tea, corn, nails, flour, whiskey, coffee, and spices to various customers. It also records goods delivered, perhaps as payment for work. The majority of accounts are recorded in pounds, shillings, and pence.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (1 box )
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1829-1831
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Transferred from the Isadore Warshaw Collection, 12/85
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0189
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Account books
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Jane Odom, 1986
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Account books -- 19th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Included is an account book, March 1829-March 1831, of an undetermined person or place (Kent?). It records the sale of general merchandise such as fabric, molasses, rum, tea, corn, nails, flour, whiskey, coffee, and spices to various people. It also records goods delivered, perhaps, as payment for work. Most accounts were recorded in pounds, shillings, and pence.