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 Dec 23rd. | 21 4.41, 26 9.72, 39 11.57, 46 20c 44c | 26.34 | 44 8.00, 4.05, 46 10.00, 47 20.00 | 43.96 | |
1837 April 4 | 47 38c 52c 50 2.00. 13c 13c | 3.16 2.78 | May 17 | 57 15.31, | 0.46 |
" 21, | 52 19c 1.13, 53 1.13, 38c 54 63c | 3.46 | 44.42 | ||
May | 55 13c 75c 75c 56 68c 9c 7.50 | 9.90 | |||
Amt. | 42.48 | ||||
" | 58 1.94 | 1.94 | |||
44.42 |
Vinson Knight handwriting ends; Sylvester Smith begins.