Barcode numbers 1123364: Unidentified Merchant Daybook, 1804-1806

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Daybook, 1804-1806, that records in chronological order the daily transactions of an unidentified merchant. Information recorded in the daybook includes date of transaction, name of customer, items purchased, quantity of items purchased, payment for ferriage of goods, cost of transaction, form of payment, and amount owed and paid. Merchandise sold include oranges, alcoholic drinks (whisky, rum, gin, brandy), dry-goods, powder, shot, candles, shoes, and almanacs. Payments made by cash, credit, and barter of goods sucha as whiskey, brandy, shoes, fodder, and flour. Information found in daybook was transferred to corresponding ledger.

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