Cash book, 1850s

Series — Volume: 1

Call Number: RH MS E56

Scope and Contents

Cash book and subscription list for the Kansas Free State newspaper, published by Josiah Miller and Robert G. Elliott, 1855. Lawrence, Kansas, 185-.

This account book may have belonged to James A. Dale before Miller acquired it. Dale's accounts are in the first part of the book. Miller's accounts and subscription lists are in the middle and the last few pages of it. Separating Miller's accounts and his subscription list is a manuscript, "Evidences of Christianity," and two shorter pieces.

Dates

Creation: 1850s

Extent

1 volume : 119 pages. Handwritten. Clippings on the secession of Southern states (1861) from the <emph render="italic">Semi Weekly Times</emph> (New York) and other contemporary newspapers pasted into front of book, over the account sheets of James A. Dale, Monroe Co., Bloomington, Indiana. ; 32cm.