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 | Cr. | $ cts | ||
1836 Oct. 10th. | 3 2.85, 10c 4 2.50, 6c 5 38c 7 1.00, | 6.89 | 3 15c 4 31c 5 3.75, 6 1.88, 7 35c | 6.44 | |
Nov. 2nd. | 7 3.50, 63c 10c 8 63c 75c 9 25c | 5.86 | 7 38c 8 84c 10 31c 62 <2c> 11 2.50, | 4.65 | |
" 17th. | 11 10.75 14 38c 20 38c 21 14c 23 25c | 11.90 | 11 94c 32c 13 45 18 62c 21 62c 26 63c | 3.58 | |
Dec. 26th. | 22 50c 27 44c 33 51c 36 11c 45 44c | 2.00 | 29 2.00, 56 6.60 58 1.09.— | 9.69 | |
Apl. 4. | 47 1.30. 49 76c 50 75c 51 88c 56 83<c> | 4.52 | Amt | 24.36 | |
Amt. | 31.17 | by Note | 6.81 | ||
Amt | 31.17 |
Vinson Knight handwriting ends; Sylvester Smith begins.