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Ledgers. Account books.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Volumes of final entry in accounting in which are entered debits, credits, and all other money transactions under each individual account or heading.

Found in 596 Collections and/or Records:

Ledgers, journals, waste books, fishing receipt and disposal books, freight account books, and miscellaneous financial papers of John Richardson and Company, covering all aspects of the family's business., 1760-1820.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20849-20981
Scope and Contents

The early volumes are general account books, but from 1800 the financial side was divided into three branches. The ledgers, journals, and waste books concerning shipping are distinguished by a letter, those for fish curing by a number, and those for fishing by neither.

Dates: 1760-1820.

Ledgers of Charles Elliot., 1771-1792.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.43098-43101
Scope and Contents

The business ledgers of Charles Elliot contain records of payments for copyright, costs of production, sales, and other details such as the names of purchasers, one of whom was Robert Burns. The volumes cover the full time span of the business and continue for a short period after the death of Elliot.

Dates: 1771-1792.