Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Port Wine General Store Ledger
- Dates:
- 1892-1895
- Creators:
- Stellar Books and Ephemera
- Abstract:
- Port Wine General Store ledger for establishment that served gold miners and companies not only from La Porte (initially called Rabbit Creek) but also the gold rush communities of Howland Flat, Grass Flat, Poker Flat and other ephemeral communities.
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Port Wine General Store Ledger, MC370, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Description from bookseller:
Ledger book bound in brown cloth with black embossed design and leather corners140 of the 400 pages are used. Pages 141-146 missing. Binding remains tight.
Late gold rush era ledger from a small general store in La Porte, California. but during the height of the gold rush it was a bustling center of activity. The Port Wine General Store would have served gold miners and companies not only from La Porte (initially called Rabbit Creek) but also the gold rush communities of Howland Flat, Grass Flat, Poker Flat and other ephemeral communities.
Specific mining companies mentioned include Erie MC, Port Wine MC, Suffolk MC (David Moore), Jack Lloyd & Co, Canada MC, Pioneer MC, B.J. Sammons & Co, Era MC, Lucky Gold Hill MC, Ah Wing MC, and Spencer MC.
The store also sold to prominent figures, such as David W. Corbett - a Canadian from Nova Scotia who moved to La Port in 1896 with his family, purchasing the Folsom house and was superintendent at the Claybank Mine and foreman at Bellevue Mine; David Moore, who arrived in Sierra County in the late 1850s and owned and operated gold mines, with his brother Richard; and Amos 'Amie' Dubuque, who bought a lot of whiskey in 1893, was released early from Folsom Prison 1899 after serving 2 years for assault with a deadly weapon in 1897, and worked in the Bellevue Mine until his death later that year.
[...]include a lot of whiskey and tobacco along with the generic "drink". Typical purchases for the larder include bacon, beans, rice, barley, coffee, and cheese. Hardware sold includes nails, paint, hammer, hatchet and wood. Clothing items include drawers, socks, shirts, a suit, and scarf.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Stellar Books and Ephemera, January 2024.
- Processing information:
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Michelle Trujillo created this finding aid with information supplied by Stellar Books and Ephemera.
- Physical location:
- Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored off site.
- Physical facet:
- Ledger book bound in brown cloth with black embossed design and leather corners, 140 of the 400 pages are used. Pages 141-146 are missing. Binding remains tight.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-05-31 13:57:57 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Port Wine General Store Ledger, MC370, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library100 NW QuadDavis, CA 95616-5292, US
- Contact:
- (530) 752-1621