William Smith general store ledger

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unitid

{"value"=>"19029", "type"=>"local_mss"}

origination

{"value"=>"Smith, William", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"William Smith general store ledger"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1774-1794", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1774/1794"}

{"value"=>"1847-1871", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1847/1871"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.58 linear feet (1 volume)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

physloc

{"value"=>"MssCol 19029", "type"=>"local_call", "supress_display"=>true}

abstract

{"value"=>"William Smith (1745-1794) was an Irish-born merchant in Kakiat (now Ramapo), New York, who later went into business with his brother, Walter Smith. The accounts record transactions relating to rum, tea, textiles, and other sundries, with a gap in entries circa 1778-1780, presumably due to the Revolutionary War."}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Sold by Silas Van Orden (grandson of Frederick Van Orden) to James M. Ransom in 1951.</p>"}

date_inclusive_start

1774

date_inclusive_end

1871

keydate

1774

prefercite

{"value"=>"William Smith general store ledger, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

1.58 linear feet (1 volume)

date_start

1774

date_end

1871

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