Dry goods -- Prices -- 19th century

Content Description

Store book of an unnamed Baltimore, Maryland merchant kept between 1804 and 1808, detailing the sale of goods such as various fabrics, threads, buttons, shoes, tobacco, coffee, sugar. May detail the sale of goods such as tobacco and shoes to people of color or enslaved people. Written on the front cover is the title "store book."

Content Description Account book for an unidentified Soudersburg Village, Pennsylvania dry goods and trimming shop from 1839 to 1855. Goods sold include various types of fabric, including muslin, canvas, velvet, and silks, as well as trims, buttons, and other sewing notions. Recipes for treatments for various medical ailments are written on the inside of the back cover. Throughout the account book, numerous customers are noted as being people of color, including John M. Brook, Barry (Berry) Maloney,...

Content Description The Silver family papers consists of two account books from the Red Lion Inn's store dated 1874-1876 and 1887-1891; a cash book dated 1879-1880 which include several trade cards set in to it, advertising various businesses and goods; and "statements of farm account" detailing expenses around a farm, including labor, funeral expenses, and supplies such as nails and glass. These farm accounts may be related to the estate of Samuel W. Stewart, a relative of Jane E. Stewart who married Henry M....