Store and hotel ledger book, 1837-1856

Summary

Creator:

Harper, John A. H.

Date:

1837-1856

Extent:

0.25 Linear Feet 1 half box

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Store and hotel ledger book, ms3004, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of an ledger book that is also used as a scrapbook. The first several pages contain newspaper clippings and advertisements. The remaining pages account for items purchased and names of purchasers at a store in Elberton, Georgia, in 1837; names and hometowns of people who stayed at the Oxford Hotel from 1849-1851, and provisions brought for the hotel from 1851-1854; and operational expenditures of the Hunter House in Covington, Georgia, from 1853-1856. The ledger possibly belonged to John A. H. Harper.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Hotels -- Georgia.
General stores -- Georgia.
Guest books -- Georgia.
Ledgers (account books)
Visitors' books.

Preferred citation:

Store and hotel ledger book, ms3004, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.