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Smithsonian Institution, Accounting Division
- Dates:
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1926-1968
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3.88 cu. ft. (1 12x17 box) (5 16x20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T92003
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of ledgers and correspondence regarding Smithsonian funds and expenses.
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Boston General Store Account Book
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Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Boston General Store.
- Dates:
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1807-1830
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 volume)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0038
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Account book of a Boston storekeeper of food and small general household goods.
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Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1813-59.
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 volume)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0039
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Account book of an unidentified merchant and farmer from New England includes entries for items purchased and sold, and a record of persons employed.
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Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Salmon, Polly (merchant)
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1785-1787
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 volume)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0040
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Manuscript account book documenting payments to other individuals. 21 pp.; remainder blank. Money recorded in English currency.
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Leland, Daniel M. (merchant)
Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1789-1791; 1837.
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1 Item (1 volume)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0029
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Includes account of Daniel M. Leland, Shippensburg, Pa., a general merchant dealing in food and dry goods. Also includes account, 1837, of a merchant from Lexington, ?.
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Wilkinson, Madeleine
Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Treadwell, Sanford L.
Treadwell, George B.
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1861-1865.
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3 Items (1 folder, 3 books)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0026
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Includes accounts of several employees of George B. and Sanford L. Treadwell of Mittineagus, Massachusetts, written on small pieces of paper sewn between covers of calfskin. One volume is for 1861, one for 1862, and the other for 1863-1865.
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Smith, Alexander, fl. 1790s
Dodd, Jean M., Mrs.
Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1792-1797
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1 Volume (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0083
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
In 1792-1797, Alexander Smith, a merchant living in Alexandria, Va., kept a record of dry goods purchased and sold. Most of the 1797 correspondence is copies of his letters to other merchants. Of particular interest is a letter dated 9 November 1796, from Smith to George Washington concerning Smith's loan repayment. Washington's response of 14 Nove...
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Freer Gallery of Art. Superintendent of Construction
- Dates:
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1918-1935
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-029
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by John Bundy, Superintendent, 1921-1939, documenting delivery of and payment for goods and services associated with the construction of the Freer Gallery of Art. Materials include account statements, correspondence, and freight vouchers.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
- Dates:
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1829-1831.
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0189
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Included is an account book, March 1829-March 1831, of an undetermined person or place (Kent?). It records the sale of general merchandise such as fabric, molasses, rum, tea, corn, nails, flour, whiskey, coffee, and spices to various people. It also records goods delivered, perhaps, as payment for work. Most accounts were recorded in pounds, shilli...
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Ayres, F. (wagon-maker)
Sneden, James T. (wagon-maker)
Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1834-1869
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0151
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The ledger contains 82 handwritten pages detailing daily transactions. Many entries suffer from illegibility and poor spelling. Most items concern repair of various parts of wagons and sleighs, often with payment in the form of grain and other farm products.