Subseries B: Daybooks of William Crutchfield, 1851-1870

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Three daybooks, from between the years 1851-1859, recorded the daily transactions of Crutchfield's store in Rocketts. Information found in entries includes name of customer, date of transaction, items purchased, quantity of items purchased, cost of each item, form of payment, and total amount owed and paid. Entries correspond to similar entries from an account book, a journal, and a ledger which fall in those same years.

Another three daybooks, from between the years 1866-1870, recorded the daily transactions of Crutchfield's store in Cedar Point. Information found in entries includes name of customer, date of transaction, items purchased, quantity of items purchased, cost of each item, form of payment, and total amount owed and paid. Payments made by cash, credit, labor, and barter of items such as corn, eggs, and meal. Entries from the daybooks correspond to entries from the ledgers dated for the same time period.

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