Graham & Goodhue Daybooks
Scope and Contents
Daybooks of a Bangor, Maine business, probably a general store. Volume 1, dating from 1833-1834, records sales of goods such as calico, silk, nails, molasses, books, etc. The volume was also used in the 1850s to record expenses entailed for keeping sheep and other work in Greenfield, N.H. Volume 2 continues the sales records of Graham & Goodhue from 1835 to 1836. This volume was also used by an unidentified person or business to record income from rents and various legal services, 1848-1883. Many entries reflect the cost of trips by stage or train, some involving travel to Mason, N.H., apparently in connection with business activities and the preparation of a Mason history and memoir in 1858.
Dates
- 1833-1883
Creator
- Graham & Goodhue (Firm) (Organization)
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Use Restrictions
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Extent
2 Volumes (41 cm)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Daybooks of a Bangor, Maine business, probably a general store. Volume 1, dating from 1833-1834, records sales of goods such as calico, silk, nails, molasses, books, etc. The volume was also used in the 1850s to record expenses entailed for keeping sheep and other work in Greenfield, N.H. Volume 2 continues the sales records of Graham & Goodhue from 1835 to 1836. This volume was also used by an unidentified person or business to record income from rents and various legal services, 1848-1883. Many entries reflect the cost of trips by stage or train, some involving travel to Mason, N.H., apparently in connection with business activities and the preparation of a Mason history and memoir in 1858.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from The Manuscript Company of Springfield, Springfield, VA.
General
No finding aid - see Special Collections librarian for assistance.
- Bangor (Me.) -- Commerce Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bangor (Me.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Daybooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Dry-goods -- Prices Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- General stores -- Maine -- Bangor Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Greenfield (N.H.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Groceries -- Prices Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mason (N.H.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Practice of law Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sheep Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Graham & Goodhue Daybooks
- Status
- No Additional Box Or Folder List For This Small Collection
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
