Beardstown, Ill. General Store Ledger, Account Book, 1840-49, 1885

Title: Beardstown, Ill. General Store Ledger, Account Book, 1840-49, 1885

Collection identifier: 647

Extent: 0.2 cubic feet

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Scope and Contents: This ledger is composed of invoices of goods and services purchased at a general merchandise store, Beardstown, Ill., indicating if and how each account was settled. Included is an entry in the ledger for Thomas Beard, the founder of Beardstown. The ledger also contains a few pages of sales records from 1885.