Chandlers RiverJonesboro · Maine

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Bodwell Granite Co. store ledger

A store ledger from Jonesboro, kept in a copperplate hand on pages ruled in red and blue.

The worn tan cloth spine of a ledger, stamped in black capitals LEDGER and BODWELL GRANITE CO. JONESBORO ME., with a tear across the middle.
The spine, stamped “LEDGER” and “BODWELL GRANITE CO. JONESBORO ME.”Collection of Chandler River
Ledger page 106, a customer account headed Miss … Smith, written in brown ink in a flowing hand on paper ruled with red and blue lines.
Page 106, the account of Miss … Smith. Goods charged include hose, sugar, shoes, chocolate, jelly, ribbon, gingham and ham.Collection of Chandler River
Ledger page 256, the account of W. J. Mawhinney, with dated entries, columns of figures and several lines of Balance written in red ink.
Page 256, the account of W. J. Mawhinney, 1903 to 1905. Credits read “By Hauling Flour”, “By Freight”, “By Team Hire” and “By Cash”, with each “Balance” carried in red.Collection of Chandler River
Object
Bound account book, tan buckram spine
Place
Jonesboro, Maine, as stamped on the spine
Date
Early 1900s, entries 1903 to 1907
Credit
Collection of Chandler River
Rights
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About this object

A store ledger bound in tan buckram. Its spine is stamped in black capitals, Ledger above and Bodwell Granite Co. Jonesboro Me. below. The cloth is worn, and torn across the middle of the spine.

Inside, each customer has a page of their own, numbered at the top corner. The clerk wrote in a flowing copperplate hand on paper ruled in red and blue: the date, the goods, a column of numbers and the amount on the left; payments on the right; and, where an account was settled and carried forward, the word “Balance” in red ink.

Page 106 is headed for Miss … Smith (her first name is hard to read). Goods charged to her include hose, a vest, sugar, shoes, chocolate, jelly, ribbon, gingham and ham.

Page 256 is the account of W. J. Mawhinney, with entries from 1903 to 1905. His credits include “By Hauling Flour”, “By Freight” and “By Team Hire”, as well as “By Cash”.

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Bodwell Granite Co. store ledger. Collection of Chandler River. https://chandlersriver.com/featured/