Account Book of Rufus Repass. 1834-1879.

Scope and content:

This account book measures 12" x 7 1/2" x 1/2" with a leather spine, index and written in ink. Dates continue through the 1860s and pencil entries over the index show the book was being used in 1876, and as late as 1879. Most pages are double entries for debit and credit sides of the accounts. Approximately 50 names occur in the accounts. The accounts show that Henry Umbarger was the blacksmith, John Palmer did some butchering, others cradle oats, split rails, made fences, made shoes, made shingles, thrashed crops, and that whiskey, brandy, vinegar, medicine, potatoes, salt, veal, sugar, and beef were items used in trade for service.

Physical description:

137 p., 237 numbered in book.

Access and use