Business Ledger of New York City Wholesale Firm
- New York , 1815
New York, 1815. Very Good. New York: 1815-1833. Small oblong octavo (10x17cm.); full contemporary flame calf, retaining original steel clasp; [75]ll. filled to completion. Joints cracked, original spine leather perished and replaced with later paper spine to match; Good to Very Good, contents clean and legible throughout. Binding retaining original stationer's ticket of Thomas A. Ronalds, Bookseller & Stationer, 188 Pearl-Street, New-York. Ticket surrounded by faint pencil ownership marking "Rigman [?] of Anderson Cough Drops."
Complete record of transactions logged by a New York City wholesaler between 1815 and 1833 providing 376 individual entries, generally entered by the customer, providing the researcher with a rainbow of American penmanship samples. Most entries provide the date, the company or individual, and the dollar amount of the transaction. The same names and businesses occur throughout the volume, including merchants Van Winkle & Van Antwerp (36 entries) whose dissolution in the 1820s is reflected by the disappearance of their business name half-way through the volume. Another similar situation concerns local company Stephens & Lippincott (54 entries) who disappear from the record midway through as well. Very few goods are listed by name, though we caught sight of a bale of cloth returned and a hogshead of whiskey purchased. Presumably Anderson's cough drops, a popular treatment for colds and consumption in the 1820s and '30s, were also a commodity.
This business ledger provides quite a readable example in attractive contemporary binding. .
Complete record of transactions logged by a New York City wholesaler between 1815 and 1833 providing 376 individual entries, generally entered by the customer, providing the researcher with a rainbow of American penmanship samples. Most entries provide the date, the company or individual, and the dollar amount of the transaction. The same names and businesses occur throughout the volume, including merchants Van Winkle & Van Antwerp (36 entries) whose dissolution in the 1820s is reflected by the disappearance of their business name half-way through the volume. Another similar situation concerns local company Stephens & Lippincott (54 entries) who disappear from the record midway through as well. Very few goods are listed by name, though we caught sight of a bale of cloth returned and a hogshead of whiskey purchased. Presumably Anderson's cough drops, a popular treatment for colds and consumption in the 1820s and '30s, were also a commodity.
This business ledger provides quite a readable example in attractive contemporary binding. .