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Bailie and Gallaher, Book and Job Printers Ledger, 1836-1840, records the accounts of individual customers. Information found in each account includes name of customer, date of transaction, form of transaction, amount and type of items printed, amount owed, form of payment, and amount paid. Forms of payment include cash and credit. Entries include payments for handbills, circulars, funeral tickets, and invitations.

Brown and Whitehead, Attorney Ledger, 1849-1857, records individual accounts of clients. Entries record date of transaction, amount owed and amount paid. Entries do not record legal service rendered. They use the generic term "to fee." Volume includes an index.

Robert M. Brown, Attorney Account Books, 1838-1880, records accounts related to legal services. Entries record names of clients, dates of transactions, form of transactions, legal services rendered, amount owed, form of payments, and amount paid. Legal services include defense counsel in law suits, administrator of decedent estates, guardian of minors, and recording legal documents. Transactions include sale of slaves. Both volumes include indices.

Unidentified Farm Account Book, 1848-1879 (bulk 1868-1879), records individual accounts of farm laborers. Enries include name of farm laborer, dates of transactions, goods purchased, quantity of goods purchased, amount owed, method of payment, and amount paid. Goods purchased include corn, flour, clothing, and salt. Method of payment was predominantly by labor on the farm. Members of Morris family are prominent in account book.

Unidentified Liquor Mechant Ledger D, 1814-1815, records the accounts of individual customers. Information found in each account includes name of customer, date of transaction, form of transaction, amount and type of liquor sold, amount owed, form of payment, and amount paid. Forms of payment include cash, credit, and barter of items such as corn, oats, and flour.