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Clarence West, Grocer, Receipts

0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)
Assorted bills and receipts of Clarence West, who operated a grocery store on Yates Street in Grafton, West Virginia, in the early twentieth century. Bills and receipts from various wholesalers chiefly date from 1914, 1915, and 1918, and list dry goods items such as salt strips, lard, whole nutmegs, biscuits, tobacco, bacon, cheese, rice, sugar, coffee, milk, pins, and sewing machine oil.
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Clarence West, Grocer, Receipts 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)

West, Clarence
Assorted bills and receipts of Clarence West, who operated a grocery store on Yates Street in Grafton, West Virginia, in the early twentieth century. Bills and receipts from various wholesalers chiefly date from 1914, 1915, and 1918, and list dry goods items such as salt strips, lard, whole nutmegs, biscuits, tobacco, bacon, cheese, rice, sugar, coffee, milk, pins, and sewing machine oil.
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Donley L. Stiles, Reminiscences of Monongalia County

0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in.
The boyhood memoirs of an elderly Monongalia County resident, entitled, "Our Daily Bread" relating rural life in the early years of the twentieth century. There is mention of home remedies, farming, country stores, school, church, holidays, transportation and folkways. He describes in detail seeing the first automobile in the western part of the county. Also contains some genealogical notes on William White and family, White is the surveyor who named that portion of the county, Battelle District.
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Donley L. Stiles, Reminiscences of Monongalia County 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in.

Stiles, Donley L.
The boyhood memoirs of an elderly Monongalia County resident, entitled, "Our Daily Bread" relating rural life in the early years of the twentieth century. There is mention of home remedies, farming, country stores, school, church, holidays, transportation and folkways. He describes in detail seeing the first automobile in the western part of the county. Also contains some genealogical notes on William White and family, White is the surveyor who named that portion of the county, Battelle District.
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Gilmer County, General Store Records

1.25 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 3 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each)
Invoices, postal records, and receipts from a general store at Coxs Mills, Lucern.
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Gilmer County, General Store Records 1.25 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 3 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each)

Cox Mills General Store. Gilmer County
Invoices, postal records, and receipts from a general store at Coxs Mills, Lucern.
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Hampshire County Archives

67.48 Linear Feet Summary: 67 ft. 5 3/4 in. (133 document cases, 5 in. each); (20 ledgers, 3 ft. 9 in.); (57 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)
Court case and other miscellaneous papers from various county offices, 1736-1749; record books, 1820-1948; and account books of banks, churches, general stores, insurance firms, physicians, estate settlements, and gristmills. There is a partial index of plaintiffs, defendants, and subjects in the case papers, and a checklist of the bound volumes.
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Hampshire County Archives 67.48 Linear Feet Summary: 67 ft. 5 3/4 in. (133 document cases, 5 in. each); (20 ledgers, 3 ft. 9 in.); (57 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Hampshire County Court
Court case and other miscellaneous papers from various county offices, 1736-1749; record books, 1820-1948; and account books of banks, churches, general stores, insurance firms, physicians, estate settlements, and gristmills. There is a partial index of plaintiffs, defendants, and subjects in the case papers, and a checklist of the bound volumes.
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Holt-Keyes Families Papers

1.75 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 8 1/4 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.)
Business and personal correspondence of several members of the Holt and Keyes families of Barbour County, West Virginia, including Ben M., Charles, Samuel T.H., and Stephen Holt, and W.G. and Bertha Holt Keyes. The collection includes records of firms operated by these families, mainly the Keyes Lumber Company, the Holt Ice Company, and Holt's Mill; genealogical material on the Holt family; records relating to foundries, coal, coke, building supplies, general merchandise, farm and construction work, mine post sales, and the Elk Creek Oil and Gas Company.
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Holt-Keyes Families Papers 1.75 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 8 1/4 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.)

Holt-Keyes Families
Business and personal correspondence of several members of the Holt and Keyes families of Barbour County, West Virginia, including Ben M., Charles, Samuel T.H., and Stephen Holt, and W.G. and Bertha Holt Keyes. The collection includes records of firms operated by these families, mainly the Keyes Lumber Company, the Holt Ice Company, and Holt's Mill; genealogical material on the Holt family; records relating to foundries, coal, coke, building supplies, general merchandise, farm and construction work, mine post sales, and the Elk Creek Oil and Gas Company.
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Jacob Guseman (1786-1878) Records

1.2 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 2 in. ( 7 unboxed ledgers)
Ledgers and daybooks of Jacob Guseman, a Preston County entrepreneur who operated a general merchandise store, a fulling mill, sawmill, gristmill, and other manufactories at Muddy Creek.
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Jacob Guseman (1786-1878) Records 1.2 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 2 in. ( 7 unboxed ledgers)

Guseman, Jacob (1786-1878)
Ledgers and daybooks of Jacob Guseman, a Preston County entrepreneur who operated a general merchandise store, a fulling mill, sawmill, gristmill, and other manufactories at Muddy Creek.
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J.E. Poling Mercantile Company Records

7.3 Linear Feet Summary: 7 ft. 4 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (45 ledgers, 6 ft. 11 in.)
Account books, ledgers, cash books, receipt books and the business papers of a large general store in Hendricks.
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J.E. Poling Mercantile Company Records 7.3 Linear Feet Summary: 7 ft. 4 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (45 ledgers, 6 ft. 11 in.)

Poling, J. E. , Mercantile Company
Account books, ledgers, cash books, receipt books and the business papers of a large general store in Hendricks.
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Knob Fork General Store Records

0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (3 unboxed ledgers)
A daybook of goods ordered, 1901-1904; and a ledger containing various accounts, 1897-1919, of A. Jolliffe and Son.
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Knob Fork General Store Records 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (3 unboxed ledgers)

Jolliffe, A. and Son General Store
A daybook of goods ordered, 1901-1904; and a ledger containing various accounts, 1897-1919, of A. Jolliffe and Son.
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M.J. Garrison and Company Records

1.25 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 3 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each)

Additional business records of the firm operating under the names of M.J. Garrison and Bro., in Wadestown, W.Va., including cash books, bank books and ledgers. Business activities include the operation of a general store; livestock purchase and sale; wool purchase and sale, principally in the capacity of purchasing agent for James Auld and Son; school and county orders cashed for teaching, and building of the Range Bridge. Quarterly post office financial reports; Wadestown Telephone Co., sale of stock and operation charges; lumber purchase and sale; oil land lease, drilling operations, sale of oil, line rights of way, names of oil companies operating in the area, and remarks regarding the well numbers and locations; and estimated flow. Entries for gas wells coming in, depth drilled, and names of drillers. Some entries indicate that Mr. Garrison served in a financial administrative capacity for various community enterprises, including the collection and disbursing of funds for the building of the Oak Forest M.E. Church, and for several estates. Other members of the Garrison family mentioned include, J.L., Maude, and Kate. The names of many area residents appear in these volumes.

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M.J. Garrison and Company Records 1.25 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 3 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each)

Garrison, M. J. and Company

Additional business records of the firm operating under the names of M.J. Garrison and Bro., in Wadestown, W.Va., including cash books, bank books and ledgers. Business activities include the operation of a general store; livestock purchase and sale; wool purchase and sale, principally in the capacity of purchasing agent for James Auld and Son; school and county orders cashed for teaching, and building of the Range Bridge. Quarterly post office financial reports; Wadestown Telephone Co., sale of stock and operation charges; lumber purchase and sale; oil land lease, drilling operations, sale of oil, line rights of way, names of oil companies operating in the area, and remarks regarding the well numbers and locations; and estimated flow. Entries for gas wells coming in, depth drilled, and names of drillers. Some entries indicate that Mr. Garrison served in a financial administrative capacity for various community enterprises, including the collection and disbursing of funds for the building of the Oak Forest M.E. Church, and for several estates. Other members of the Garrison family mentioned include, J.L., Maude, and Kate. The names of many area residents appear in these volumes.

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M.J. Garrison and Company Records

0.04 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)

A ledger and two cash books for a general store, M.J. Garrison and Company, in Wadestown, W.Va.; also tax receipts, telephone bills, letters, miscellaneous accounts and memoranda of Kate E. Garrison.

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M.J. Garrison and Company Records 0.04 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)

Garrison, M. J. and Company

A ledger and two cash books for a general store, M.J. Garrison and Company, in Wadestown, W.Va.; also tax receipts, telephone bills, letters, miscellaneous accounts and memoranda of Kate E. Garrison.

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