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Store and hotel ledger book
Descriptive Summary | |
| Title: Store and hotel ledger book | |
| Creator: Harper, John A. H. | |
| Inclusive Dates: 1837-1856 | |
| Language(s): English | |
| Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet 1 half box | |
| Collection Number: ms3004 | |
| Repository: Hargrett Library | |
Collection Description
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.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Store and hotel ledger book, ms3004, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
Finding Aid Publication
Finding aid prepared on: 2018.