Grafton County, New Hampshire, General Store Daybook

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Grafton County, New Hampshire, General Store Daybook, Ms1988-107, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box
Abstract:
This collection includes a daybook maintained by an unidentified mid 19th-century general mercantile store, likely conducting business in Grafton County, New Hampshire. Entries record sales of foodstuffs, tobacco, and hardware items.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Grafton County, New Hampshire, General Store Daybook, Ms1988-107, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a single daybook maintained by the proprietor of an unidentified mid 19th-century general mercantile store, likely conducting business in Grafton County, New Hampshire. While most of the sales are to individual customers, a number are to "Mn. [Maine?] Lumber Company" and several camps (probably logging camps). The entries note sales of foodstuffs, tobacco, and hardware items. Inserted in the daybook is a letter addressed to Ralph C. Stephenson of Kittery, Maine, from G. Wm. Pickering of Bangor, regarding stock shares. The letter seems to have no direct connection to the daybook. (Identification of the daybook's origin was determined through searches of the 1850 and 1860 censuses against names of customers appearing in the daybook.)

Acquisition information:
The Grafton County, New Hampshire, General Store Daybook was purchased by Special Collections in 1988.
Processing information:

The processing and description of the Grafton County, New Hampshire, General Store Daybook commenced and was completed in October 2017.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Account books