Charles Deleval Receipt Book, 1874 October 31-1878 September 3

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Summary

Creators:
Deleval, Charles
Abstract:
This collection contains a book of receipts for San Diego businessman Charles Deleval, dated from October 31, 1874 to September 3, 1878.
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet (1 box)
Language:
and Collection materials are in English, French, and Spanish.
Preferred citation:

Charles Deleval Receipt Book, MS 278, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Processing information:

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.

Arrangement:

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.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.

Preferred citation:

Charles Deleval Receipt Book, MS 278, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.

Location of this collection:
1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA 92101, US
Contact:
(619) 232-6203
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