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Meat industry and trade--United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Butcher Account Books, Jefferson County, W. Va.

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ab35-MsV Ab39
Scope and Contents

Five Account books, 1866-1871, of an unidentified butcher, kept probably in Jefferson County, West Virginiaa.

Dates: 1866-1871

Butcher Memorandum Book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ab40
Scope and Contents

Memorandum book, ca. 1850-1899, of an unidentified [butcher?] containing a few accounts.

Dates: 1850-1899

Davis and Bower City Meat Market (Charleston, Ill.) Account Book, 1875-1878

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2010.174
Scope and Contents

Account book, 1875-1878, for the Davis and Bower City Meat Market in Charleston, Illinois. Giles Davis (1828-1878), who was one of the owners seems to have made most of the entries.

Recorded in the indexed volume are names of customers, types of purchase and how those were paid for (cash or barter). Also included are several loose receipts, including one from the Farmers' Club and Charleston Township, of which Davis was a member.

Dates: 1875-1978

Dinges' Meat Shop Day Book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ab33
Scope and Contents

Day book, 1826-1827, of Dinges' Meat Shop, Shenandoah County, Va.

Dates: 1826-1827

Ledger for Sale of Bacon, Lard, and Tobacco

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00095
Scope and Contents

Large 19 x 13.5 inch leather bound ledger that records the sale of mostly bacon and lard, but also includes whiskey, brandy, tobacco, and other items.  Sale account locations include Smithfield, New Kent County, Richmond, Caroline County, Goochland, and Southampton.  There is also account of dealings with merchants in Baltimore, Maryland and Boston, Massachusetts.  Creator of the ledger is not discernable.

Dates: 1825- 1828

Meat Merchant's Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame M1
Scope and Contents

Account book, 1858-1872, of an unidentified meat merchant which includes manuscript music, household accounts (concerning washing, ironing, clothes, and flour), household inventories, and includes the notation "all bacon taken by the Yankees." (March 13 [1865]).

Dates: 1858-1872

George Weedon and Charles Washington Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ab34
Scope and Contents

Ledger, 1772-1773, of [butchers?] George Weedon and Charles Washington of Fredericksburg, Va.

Dates: 1772-1773