Footnotes
Rigdon, Smith & Co., Ledger, 23 Sept. 1836–2 Aug. 1837, title page; “Mormonism in Ohio,” Aurora (New Lisbon, OH), 21 [19] Jan. 1837, [3].
Aurora. New Lisbon, OH. 1835–1837.
For a better indication of what the store may have sold, see Bill of Goods from Rigdon, Smith & Co. 20 May 1837; and Bill of Goods from Rigdon, Smith & Co. between 19 and 24 May 1837.
This subscripted number may simply be a marker for each transaction or it may be associated with a particular store good. It may also correlate with a no-longer-extant daybook.
Rigdon, Smith & Co., Ledger, 23 Sept. 1836–2 Aug. 1837, title page. The Geauga County, Ohio, tax records for 1837 list the company’s merchant capital as $2,500, suggesting that the company was doing well before the financial panic of 1837 and resulting economic decline. (Geauga County, OH, Duplicate Tax Records, 1816–1850, Tax Record for 1837, p. 57, microfilm 20,261, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.)
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
See Historical Introduction to Notes Receivable from Rigdon, Smith & Co., 22 May 1837.
See JS Letterbook 2.
Dr. | $ cts | Sept 23rd. | Cr. | $ cts | |
1836 Sept. 23rd. | 1 82c 1.15, 19c 1.00, 1.00, 2 7.80, 82c | 12.78 | 4 6.00, 5 20.00, 3.50, 6 1.50, | 31.00 | |
Oct. 10th. | 3 66c 25c 30c 4 26c 38c 1.75, 5 88c | 4.48 | 10 9.75, 16 12.00, 17 1.75, 18 6.00, | 29.50 | |
" 25th. | 5 13c 20c 5.53, 6 44c 7 75c 84c 8 13c | 8.02 | 18 50c 19 7.00, 21 1.50, 23 7.50, 25 38c | 16.88 | |
Nov 7th. | 8 38c 1.56, 74c 9 4.00, 10c 35c 10 13.10, | 20.23 | 30 16.25, 35 1.00, 36 2.00, 37 7.00, | 26.25 | |
Nov. 17th. | 11 1.04, 6.72, 12 38c 63c 13 1.13, 38c | 10.28 | |||
" 24th. | 13 1.47, 10.00, 1.19, 14 50c 33c 2.09, 1,00 | 16.58 | 103.63 | ||
Dec. 1st. | 15 2.00, 1.26, 7.90, 16 74c 25c 17 3.69, 2.26, | 18.10 | 103.43 | ||
" | 18 3.75, 74c 21 2.50, 39 1.20, 40 1.96, | 10.15 | 103.43 | found due him— | 0.20 |
Mch 3rd. | 41 2.06, 43 75c |
TEXT: The letter “A” was written in the left margin before this book was used as a ledger.