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Account books

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Shepard Cary papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4232
Scope and Content note The collection includes correspondence, land leases, business and financial records, estate papers, maps, printed matter, and various account books and ledgers. This material relates primarily to Cary’s varied business enterprises, including his lumber operations and sales, employee records, and land leases and management. A portion relates also to his political positions and roles. Correspondence regarding his position as sutler, and his ensuing removal, are included, as are a handful of...
Dates: 1808 - 1889

Simeon and Samuel Moulton account books

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 1201
Scope and Content note

Account books kept by Simeon and Samuel Moulton of Newfield, Maine. Includes rum, molasses, fish, lumber, cotton clothing, tea, tobacco.

Dates: 1824 - 1837

St. John Smith account books

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 125a
Scope and Content note

Six volumes. Memoranda and expense account books containing details of day-to-day business transactions; lists of notes due and notes payable by Smith; descriptions of timber lands, residential, and commercial properties owned; information relating to railroad activities and to brickyard and oil company investments; and some genealogical data on the families of John Moody Smith and John Burleigh, as well as a record of many deaths in Portland.

Dates: 1844 - 1870

Watkins family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 416
Scope and Content note

Includes ledgers, daybooks, photographs and miscellaneous bills, receipts and advertisements.

Dates: ca. 1832-1930

Wentworth-Merrill family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 261
Scope and Content note Correspondence, diaries, account books, survey books, deeds, hymnbooks, school books, and genealogical data relating to the Wentworth and Merrill families of Brownfield and Gray, Maine. Papers relate primarily to Deacon William Wentworth (1776-1865) and his grandson Ansel W. Merrill (1855-1910), but also include material of Betsey Merrill Wentworth (1781-1853), Paul Wentworth (b.1779), Robert Wentworth (1786-1866), Thomas Wentworth (b. 1791), Mary Paine Wentworth (b. 1823), Sophronia...
Dates: 1796 - 1933

William and Hatevil Bell family ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4243
Scope and Content note This collection consists solely of ledgers. These ledgers reflect the treasury and tax records of Trescott as maintained by William Bell, as well as the management, operations, and financial records of Bell family lumber and mercantile enterprises. There are two unlabeled ledgers in the final folder, one of which includes Bell family information but has a much wider scope. The other contains financial records related to Philadelphia between 1822 and 1842. These items arrived...
Dates: 1815 - 1887

Winslow Packing Company account books

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 287
Scope and Content note

Account books providing information on the quantities of fruits and vegetables packed, labor cost, cost of supplies, etc.

Dates: 1886 - 1887