Account Books Collection, 1979-0001
The collection contains account books and ledgers detailing the financial activities of Connecticut farmers, storekeepers and businesses. The books fall into three categories: farmers, storekeepers and businesses. Individuals or companies include, among others: Benjamin Brown, Marshall J. Collins, John Fitch, Charles Harding, Edmund Howe, E. Lathrop, B. Lathrop, Daniel M. Lester, James Lincoln, Collins and Company, Edward Dakin, Lucius Gurley, William Runkle, William B. Morgan, Duckworth's, Bank of Commerce and Willimantic Linen Company. Unidentified materials include a journal from a store on a wharf and a tanner together in one volume, the journal of a gristmill and the account book of a general store in Mansfield Center, CT.