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Retail trade

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 155 Collections and/or Records:

Account book of a store in Colorado

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 221
Scope and Contents

Handwritten record of financial transactions of a store probably somewhere in central Colorado. Some of the entries deal with persons living in Clear Creek County, Colorado.

Dates: 1845-1867
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Account book of a store in Salt Lake City, Utah

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341593]
Identifier: MSS 495
Scope and Contents

Handwritten account book of a store in Salt Lake City, Utah, which sold general merchandise. The book lists transactions and the person purchasing items.

Dates: 1862
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Account book of Georgetown, Colorado

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342765]
Identifier: MSS 225
Scope and Contents

Handwritten entries in an account book. The accounts document financial transactions of a store in or near a town called Georgetown. This Georgetown is probably located in Colorado.

Dates: 1864-1865
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Account of sales of Mrs. Howe

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319680]
Identifier: MSS SC 2125
Scope and Contents

Handwritten list of items purchased by a Mrs. Howe. She probably lived somewhere in the United States.

Dates: 1826
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John Jacob Astor letter

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292330]
Identifier: Vault MSS 579
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter. Astor states he has received payment for a shipment of beaver pelts and wool.

Dates: 1820
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Auerbach Corporation contract

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319755]
Identifier: MSS SC 2155
Scope and Contents

Handwritten contract to build a store in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1889
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Frederick and Samuel Auerbach contract

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321934]
Identifier: MSS SC 2348
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and signed contract dated 17 Dec. 1894. Frederick and Samuel Auerbach agree to purchase property in Salt Lake City, Utah for business purposes.

Dates: 1894
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Oscar James Averell letters

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232562956]
Identifier: MSS 9051
Scope and Contents

Two handwritten letters from Averell while he was serving as a clerk of the Utah Territorial Supreme Court. The letters are orders for six cases of wine from William W. Allen, a merchant in Steuben County, New York, to be sent to Colonel Michael Shaughnessy, U.S. Marshal in Salt Lake City, Utah. Letters were written from Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, and are dated September 7 and 8, 1881.

Dates: 1881 September 7-8
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Almon W. Babbitt receipts

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319888]
Identifier: MSS SC 2169
Scope and Contents

Handwritten receipt of a freight bill for an amount of $818.23. Also included is a handwritten receipt relating to the Babbitt estate signed by Hosea Stout which deals with the delegation of Babbitt's possessions.

Dates: 1859
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Wallace F. Bennett papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 20
Scope and Contents Collection contains correspondence, speeches, bills, legislative resolutions, press releases, and financial records that document Wallace F. Bennett's activities during his time as a senator between 1948 and 1974 in Utah and Washington D.C. The central topic of these materials (which were mostly created during Bennett's later terms in the US Senate) is the Cold War, including how to promote peaceful coexistence between the Soviet Union and America. They also reveal the immense changes that...
Dates: 1948-1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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