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MS 278
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Title: Charles Deleval Receipt Book
Identifier/Call Number: MS 278
Contributing Institution:
San Diego History Center Document Collection
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1874 October 31-1878 September 3
Abstract: This collection contains a book of receipts for San Diego businessman Charles Deleval, dated from October 31, 1874 to September
3, 1878.
creator:
Deleval, Charles
This collection is open for research.
The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.
Biographical / Historical Notes
Charles Deleval was a businessman active in real estate, an express service, and a liquor business in San Diego in the late
nineteenth century. By 1874, he was operating his express service out of a building at Fifth Avenue and F Street, which later
became known as the Spencer-Ogden building.
This collection contains a book of receipts for Charles Deleval, dated October 31, 1874 to September 3, 1878. The book is
a Shipman’s Improved Adhesive Letter and Invoice File, in which records were pasted to short leaves. The receipts are primarily
for groceries, building materials, oils, furnishings and bar supplies, and wholesale beers, wines, and liquors. Additionally,
there are several receipts for settlements or expenses resulting from lawsuits, medical and dental bills, and liquor licenses.
Removed from book and placed into four folders keeping original order. Collection is arranged in reverse chronological order,
as receipts were pasted into the book from back to front.
Collection processed by Samantha Mills on March 11, 2013.
Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous
funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.
Charles Deleval Receipt Book, MS 278, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Deleval, Charles
Express service
Liquor industry
Receipts (Acknowledgements)
San Diego (Calif.)