Van Breed Hart Tompkins County accounts, 1830-1880.
Collection Number: 1974
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Van Breed Hart Tompkins County accounts, 1830-1880.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
1974
Abstract:
Blacksmith's accounts of Cortland Wheeler, Dryden, New York; Peruville, New York cheese
factory lading accounts; general store accounts of E.B. Hill; and distillery accounts,
owner unknown.
Creator:
Hart, Van Breed, 1894-1976
Quanitities:
4 volumes.
Language:
Collection material in English
Blacksmith's accounts of Cortland Wheeler, Dryden, New York; Peruville, New York cheese
factory lading accounts; general store accounts of E.B. Hill; and distillery accounts,
owner unknown.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Van Breed Hart Tompkins County accounts, #1974. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Hill, E. B.
Wheeler, Cortland.
Subjects:
General stores.
Distilleries.
Cheese factories.
Blacksmithing.
Form and Genre Terms:
Accounts.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Cortland Wheeler Blacksmith's Account Book,
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1848-1854 | |
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Scope and Contents
Became property of his wife's nephew, George E. Monroe of Dryden, N.Y. (wife's name:
Annette Edgcomb of West Dryden, N.Y.). Apparently later used as a scrapbook, the first
1/3 of the account book contains mounted newspaper clippings of prominent men and
women.
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| Box 1 |
Peruville Cheese Factory Lading Account Book,
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1869 | |
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Scope and Contents
An account book covering the purchase of milk, conversion into cheese, and the sale
of that cheese. Name E.E. Ellis inside front cover.
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| Box 1 |
The volume contains several apparently isolated records. There is no indication as
to location. The entries are in the following order:
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Scope and Contents
4 pp. - E.B. Hill - goods bought from various companies and prices paid. The list
of goods seems to indicate that E.B. Hill owned a General Store; dated 1848, New York.
3 pp. - Articles of Agreement between Ezra G. Beach and Eli hakes permitting Hakes
to cut and take timber from property belonging to Beach, 1859.
1 page - titled Day Book 1880 indicates establishment of partnership between Wm (?)
Jonas, Thomas Mason and George F. Smith as dealers in furniture.
3 pp. - titled Sales Book 1880 - furniture sales.
2 pp. - titled Cash - shows cash receipts and expenses, June and July
Balance of book is blank except for one page towards the back set up as a time sheet.
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| Box 1 |
Cover reads: Merchants Farmers & Mechanics Acc't. Book 1831
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Scope and Contents
Title on cover and date do not pertain to contents of the volume (but do serve to
identify it); no clearly identifying names or locations given but Tompkins County
Court Session Notices pasted in; name Boynton mentioned.
1830-1862.
Entries cover whiskey sold; stock, produce, grain bought; work done; pasturage charges;
wood bought; other miscellaneous items.
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