Atlanta (Calif.) General Store Ledger, 1891-1894

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Atlanta General Store Ledger
Dates:
1891-1894
Abstract:
This ledger contains records of daily customers and their purchases from October 1891 to September 1894.
Language:
Records written in
Preferred citation:

Preferred citation: [Item name], Atlanta General Store Ledger, Ms54, San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum, Lodi, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The Atlanta General Store ledger lists customers and transactions in the business between October 1891 and September 1894.

Biographical / historical:

The community of Atlanta, California, sits on French Camp Road, in Denton Township, San Joaquin County. Inspiration for the naming of Atlanta, founded shortly after the Civil War, supposedly came from the popular song "Marching Through Georgia," which commemorated U.S. general William Tecumseh Sherman's march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. Atlanta, California, served as a station for stages in the 1860s and 1870s, and by 1879 had a blacksmith, wagon shop, seven houses, and one store, the latter of which no longer exists.

Physical location:
Erickson Vault
Physical description:
1 volume

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Atlanta (Calif.)

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Collection processed by Leigh Johnsen
Date Prepared:
2016
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid prepared by Leigh Johnsen. 2016.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research by appointment.

Terms of access:

The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary property.

Preferred citation:

Preferred citation: [Item name], Atlanta General Store Ledger, Ms54, San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum, Lodi, California.

Location of this collection:
11793 North Micke Grove Road
Lodi, CA 95241, US
Contact:
(209) 331-2055