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Henry Prickett Ledgers

0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)
Three ledgers of Henry Prickett (1803-1894) of Marion County, WV, great-grandson of Captain Jacob Prickett Sr. (1722-1798) of Prickett's Fort fame. 1) 1825-44, 250+ pages, recording technical information such as tables of measure for currency, land, cloth, weights, etc.; also records transactions of his tanning business. 2) 1845-70s, ca. 300 pages, recording business transactions and personal and community events (including births, weather, visits by relatives, poetry, etc.). 3) 1880-1886, ca. 160 pages, recording business transactions and personal activities (including cutting grass, stacking hay, purchase of goods such as nails, molasses, wheat, eggs, etc.). There is also one ledger of Finches Run Sunday School (1850-74 "scattered"; includes maxims, essays, financial records, and three hymns in manuscript), and one of minutes of the Centerville Literary Society (1879, 40 pp.), both of Marion County, WV.
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Henry Prickett Ledgers 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Prickett, Henry
Three ledgers of Henry Prickett (1803-1894) of Marion County, WV, great-grandson of Captain Jacob Prickett Sr. (1722-1798) of Prickett's Fort fame. 1) 1825-44, 250+ pages, recording technical information such as tables of measure for currency, land, cloth, weights, etc.; also records transactions of his tanning business. 2) 1845-70s, ca. 300 pages, recording business transactions and personal and community events (including births, weather, visits by relatives, poetry, etc.). 3) 1880-1886, ca. 160 pages, recording business transactions and personal activities (including cutting grass, stacking hay, purchase of goods such as nails, molasses, wheat, eggs, etc.). There is also one ledger of Finches Run Sunday School (1850-74 "scattered"; includes maxims, essays, financial records, and three hymns in manuscript), and one of minutes of the Centerville Literary Society (1879, 40 pp.), both of Marion County, WV.

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