Minor (George F.) Blacksmith's Account Book, 1894-1895

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Summary

Title:
Minor (George F.) Blacksmith's Account Book,
Dates:
1894-1895
Creators:
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Minor (George F.) Blacksmith's Account Book, Ms35, San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum.

Background

Scope and content:

This account book (1894-1895) bears no reference to George Minor, but his authorship seems fairly certain, since three-fourths of the customers listed herein are Collegeville area farmers. Collegeville customers included: William Brown; Fred T. Eaton; Frederick Fetti; L.S. Foss; George S. Hall; J.W. Kerrick; A. Lawson; Timothy Minahen; Moses Prater; and, D.M. Walrod. Other patrons of note included: Cyrus Moreing (Stockton) and Buck & Earl. 198 pp. ledger, no index

Biographical / historical:

George F. Minor operated a blacksmith shop in Collegeville, a farming hamlet three miles east of Stockton, Calif., between 1880 and 1900. Much of Minor's work activity seems to have involved the repair of grain harvesting machinery and buggies.

Physical description:
0.5 linear ft.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Don Walker; machine-readable finding aid created by Don Walker
Date Prepared:
© 2000
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect. Date of source: November 1998.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research by appointment only.

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:

[Identification of item], Minor (George F.) Blacksmith's Account Book, Ms35, San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum.

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