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Preferred Citation

Davis and Bower City Meat Market (Charleston, Ill.) Account Book, Special Collections Research Center, Williams & Mary Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase. 3/17/2010.

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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Account books
• Illinois--History--19th century
• Meat industry and trade--United States