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The Amos Davis account book (1839-1842) consists of a photocopy and transcription of this book, showing the transactions that took place in Amos Davis' store in Commerce (later Nauvoo), Illinois.

Abstract The Nathan Davis papers (1847-1956) consist of an account book, a letterpress book, and a brief essay published in the Western Humanities Review. He was raised as a Quaker, but was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1850. He and his wife, Sarah Woolley Davis, crossed the plains in Isaac Allred's company, which arrived in Salt Lake City in October 1851. He was sent to the East by Brigham Young in the 1860s to purchase...

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The Montana Territorial Penitentiary ledger (1876-1880) shows the board bill accounts for prisoners in the Territorial Penitentiary. Prisoners were boarded for $2.50 per day. Total bill to the U. S. Government was $8619.50.

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The Rockport General Store account book (1902-1909) belonged to Mr. Salisbury and contains invoices, orders, and bills which have been pasted on the pages of the ledger.

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The W.C.B. Orrock gerneral merchandise account book (1898-1928), Richfield, Utah, is a good record of items and prices in a typical general mercantile store.