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Benjamin A. Minter Ledger, 1847-1851, records the individual accounts of customers and additional miscellaneous information. Entries within each account are listed in chronological order. Entries list date of transaction, style of transaction (merchandise purchased or form of payment), amount owed or paid. Payments made by cash, credit, or labor. Merchandise sold include molasses, meal, eggs, and coffee.

Hopkins and Harris Daybook, 1851 Nov.-1852 Oct., records transactions as they occurred on a daily basis. Information found in each entry includes name of customer, items purchased, and the amount owed. Merchandise sold include bales of cotton, shoes, whiskey, molasses, jugs, nails, pocket knives, and cheese. Page numbers associated with each entry correspond with page numbers in ledger. Additional found in daybook includes an inventory of goods sold by Hopkins and Harris in October 1852. Entries list quantity and total cost of each item. Item in poor condition due to damaged spine.

Minter and Tisdale Ledger, 1847-1851, records the accounts of individual customers and additional miscellaneous information. Entries within each account are listed in chronological order. Entries list date of transaction, merchandise purchased, and amount owed and paid. Payments made by cash, credit or labor. Merchandise sold include whiskey, flour, bacon, coffee, corn, and shoes.

Robert W. Ashlin and Company Ledger, 1870-1874, records the accounts of individual customers. Each account lists transactions (purchase of merchandise, payment of debt, etc.,) in chronological order and the amount owed and paid. Ledger does not list the names of items purchased, rather it uses the general term, "merchandise." Ledger also records the company's controlling accounts such as merchandise account, charges account, and cash account. Volume is in poor condition due to water damage.

William B. Hodgson, Jr. Ledger, 1865-1905, records the individual accounts of customers and additional miscellaneous information. Entries within each account are listed in chronological order. Entries list date of transaction, style of transaction (merchandise purchased or form of payment), amount owed or paid. Payments made by cash, credit, or labor. Merchandise sold include food, clothing, livestock, consumer goods, and dry goods.