Title:
Ledger for Jasper O'Farrell's dry goods store: Sonoma County, Calif., 1855-1877
Creator/Contributor:
O'Farrell, Jasper, 1817-1875, creator
Abstract:
Indexed ledger of ca. 372 pages for Jasper O'Farrell's store probably in Freestone, Sonoma Co. lists names of customers and
often their occupation at the top of each page, with a chronological purchase and account summary following, some with signatures
of the customer recording settling of the account. The following accounts had sizable entries: E.P. Hull (carpenter), E.F.
Thurston, John Keys, Whiteside & Co., Jeremiah Krum (fence builder), James McGinty (farmer), George O'Farrell ("debtor"),
Meagher (gardener), and Francis Buckley. Records show purchase of everyday goods, tools, lumber, oats, and other supplies.
The volume ends with a list of property "attached and in charge of" Geo. O'Farrell.
Date:
1855 (issued)
Subject:
n-us-ca
Dry-goods -- California -- Sonoma
Mercerie -- Californie -- Sonoma
Commerce
Dry-goods
Sonoma County (Calif.) -- Commerce
California -- Sonoma
California -- Sonoma County
Whiteside & Co.
Keys, John -- active 1866
Hull, E. P
Thurston, E. F
Krum, Jeremiah
McGinty, James
O'Farrell, George
Buckley, Francis -- active 1859-1861
McGinty, James
Note:
Jasper O'Farrell of this store is most likely the Jasper O'Farrell who surveyed areas in Northern California, served as a
Sonoma Co. representative to the state legislature, and who lived at Freestone in Sonoma County.
Type:
business records.
Records (Documents)
Records (Documents)
Account books.
Documents administratifs.
Physical Description:
print
1 volume
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 99/52 cLOCAL
Origin:
California
