Daybook (1798-1848)
Scope and Contents
Daybook recording purchases by customers from an unidentified business in Standish, Maine, probably a general store and sawmill. Early entries document purchases of salt, molasses, coffee, rum, etc., while those from the early 1800s onward show accounts for sawing boards, plowing, and hauling supplies such as salt and meal. The back of the volume was used to list expenditures in 1865 for labor and construction supplies, partially for construction of a dam, as well as containing a list of deaths from 1866 to 1882.
Dates
- 1798-1848
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Use Restrictions
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Extent
1 volume (31 cm)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Daybook recording purchases by customers from an unidentified business in Standish, Maine, probably a general store and sawmill. Early entries document purchases of salt, molasses, coffee, rum, etc., while those from the early 1800s onward show accounts for sawing boards, plowing, and hauling supplies such as salt and meal. The back of the volume was used to list expenditures in 1865 for labor and construction supplies, partially for construction of a dam, as well as containing a list of deaths from 1866 to 1882.
General
No finding aid - see Special Collections librarian for assistance.
- Casual labor -- Maine -- Standish Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Daybooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- General stores -- Maine -- Standish Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sawmills -- Maine -- Standish Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Standish (Me.) -- Commerce Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Standish (Me.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Daybook (1798-1848)
- 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
