Account Book
name: label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Cultural History
topic: label: Topic
content: Hardware stores -- 1870-1880
label: Topic
content: General stores -- 1870-1880
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Susan H. Myers (Division of Ceramics and Glass) purchased the book in Hyde Park, New York, circa 1978.  It was transferred later to the Division of Cultural History.
creator: label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Cultural History
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Purchased by Susan H. Myers (Division of Ceramics and Glass) in Hyde Park, N. Y., ca. 1978. Transferred to Division of Cultural History later because of content.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.1 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1872-1874
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred from the Division of Cultural History (now Division of Cultural and Community Life), 1/22/88.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0291
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Account books
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Account books -- 19th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This 433-page ledger is leather-bound (deteriorating); each page is filled with hand-written entries recording sales of merchandise and payment receipts by customer name. This is apparently the daily account journal of a general hardware store (name, location, and recorder's name unknown). Sales amounts are recorded in the right column; receipts (both in cash and in kind) are recorded in left column.