1. Creator/Author:
  2. Bleakley & Montgomery (Firm) (3)

Ledgers, Bleakley & Montgomery, Elizabethtown, Ky.

Authors:
Bleakley & Montgomery (Firm)
Item ID:
71200908409518; 71200908409519
Publisher:
[1804-1810]
Call Number:
F457.H2 B54
Physical Description:
2 v. ; 33 cm.
Topic:
Account books -- Kentucky -- Elizabethtown.
Lincoln, Thomas, 1778-1851.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Sources -- Miscellanea.
Bleakley & Montgomery (Firm) -- Records and correspondence.
Elizabethtown (Ky.) -- History.
Note:
Includes unattributed index in each vol.; Holograph entries in these ledgers document the purchases of Thomas Lincoln from 1804 until 1808, until his move to the Sinking Springs farmstead, where his son Abraham was born in 1809. Some of the purchases reflect his courtship and marriage to Nancy Hanks.; CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS TO REACH SELECTED VOLUMES.; bk. A. 1804-1806 -- bk. B. 1806-1810.; The two store ledgers list names, purchases, and payments made during the time period from July 2, 1804 to February 14, 1810. Transactions in the first ledger appear by account holder. Transactions in the second ledger appear chronologically by date of purchase.; In Ledger B, p. 1-3 (1 p. = 2 open sides) bear newspaper clippings affixed to pages, obscuring transaction and account information.
OCLC Number:
ocn780708665
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Available for Viewing:
By appointment only
Category:
Manuscripts & Documents