Description |
70 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm |
Note |
Handwritten on plain paper leafs sewed together. No cover. |
Summary |
Handwritten 1801 manuscript on the "art of keeping Books of Accounts." It discusses various topics such as the day-book, ledgers, Balancing, memorandum and expense books. More than half of the manuscript consists of examples of each topic with 1801 entries. It is not known whether the manuscript was an instruction book used in a specific country store or whether the entries are for real transactions. |
Local Note |
Library's copy came with a Feb. 14, 1952 donor letter from F.L. Hunt to Gladys Lober stating that the manuscript was the property of Cephas Akinson (1790-1860). Letter has brief biographical information on Hunt and Akinson. |
Provenance |
Library's copy in Riderana is a gift of Louis A. Leslie. |
Subject |
Bookkeeping -- Early works to 1900.
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Bookkeeping. |
Chronological Term |
Early works to 1900 |
Genre/Form |
Account books.
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Account books.
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Subject |
General stores -- Pennsylvania -- York.
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General stores. |
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Pennsylvania -- York. |
Added Author |
Hunt, F. L.
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Lober, Gladys.
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Akinson, Cephas, 1790-1860.
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