Davis and Bower City Meat Market (Charleston, Ill.) Account Book 1875-1878

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
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Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Davis and Bower City Meat Market (Charleston, Ill.) Account Book, Accession #Acc. 2010.174, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Creator:
Davis and Bower City Meat Market (Charleston, Ill.) Davis, Giles (1824-1878)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Davis and Bower City Meat Market (Charleston, Ill.) Account Book, Accession #Acc. 2010.174, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Account book, 1875-1878, for the Davis and Bower City Meat Market in Charleston, Illinois. Giles Davis (1828-1878), who was one of the owners seems to have made most of the entries.

Biographical / historical:

Giles Davis was born in Union County, Indiana, 7 Nov. 1824. Son of a farmers Elisha and Elizabeth (Shafer) Davis, both of Ohio. Married Louisa Jinks of franklin County, Ind. He came to Coles County, Ill. in 1871 and started keeping a meat market in Charleston. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of Honor and a member of the Farmers Club of Charleston Township.

Acquisition information:
This collection was purchased in March 2010.
Processing information:

Accessioned and minimally described in March 2010 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist.

Physical location:
Special Collections Research Center
Physical description:
.2 Cubic Feet