Barcode number 1178215: Etna Furnace Daybook,1824-1826

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Etna Furnace Daybook, 1824-1826, records the daily business transactions of the furnace documenting both expenses and customer orders. Each entry includes the date, type of transaction, and monies credited or debited. Entries for iron purchases include the customer's name along with the amount of iron purchased and monies owed. Expenses for the furnace include freight and shipping fees and the purchase of food, shoes, clothing, and tools. Enslaved laborers are mentioned throughout the daybook with notations concerning the hiring of enslaved persons and paying enslaved persons for overwork. Also recorded are purchases that enslaved workers made at the furnace's store.

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