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WR 40: John R. Purnell & Co. Ledger

2 document box (0.50 cubic feet)

 (1897 – 1901)

Worcester County Library: Genealogy and Local History Collection, Snow Hill Branch, Snow Hill, MD

Identifier:

WR 40

Creator(s):

Unknown.

Acquisition:

Unknown.

Language(s): English
Use: Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Worcester County Library which extends beyond “fair use”.
Preferred Citation:

“Item, collection name, [Box #, Folder #,] Worcester County Library, Snow Hill Branch, Snow Hill, Maryland.”

Attribution:

Finding aid written by Alec Staley, October 2019.

Related Materials: None.
Separated Materials:

Two oversized ledgers have been separated.


Abstract

The John R. Purnell & Co. Ledger collection contains four ledgers. On Day Book No. 6, the name of the company is clearly labeled. This business also appears to be located in Berlin, Maryland. One of the ledgers is an order book for meals, bran, middling’s/fodder, and wood for the years of 1897-1899. Day Book No. 4 contains daily records for meal and flour sold for the year 1900. Day Book No. 6 and the Day Book have mostly middling/fodder sales for the year of 1901.


Arrangement Statement

Folders are listed by their location in each box; any given subject may be dispersed throughout the entirety of the collection. 


Subject Terms

Location Terms

Berlin (Md.)


Inventory List

Box 1

1. Order Book, 1897-1899

 

Box 2

1. Day Book No. 4, 1900

 

Oversized

1. Day Book No. 6, 1901

2. Day Book, 1901


Attached Documents

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