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 [Debit] | $ c[en]t | $ ct | Cr[edit] | ||
1836 Oct 24th. | 4 2.75, 6 3.33, 7 1.05, 8 25c[ents] | " 7.40 | Oct. 31st | $ cts | |
Nov. 17th | 11 18.13, 12 3.55, 15 13c 18 31c | " 22.12 | 6 4.12, 20 9.94, 33 6.30, 47 5.00, | 25.36 | |
Dec. | 18 4.75, <19> 25c 20 10.13, 21 25c 84c | " 16.22 | 28.80 | ||
" 31st. | 24 2.03, 55c 27 13c 30 13c 32 38c | " 3.22 | Settled by cash to bal[ance] | 54.16 | |
1837 Jan. 31st. | 6 4.12, 20 9.94, 34 52c 35 24c 38 19c 46 29c | " 1.18 | |||
April 4. | 47 1.03, 49 1.94, 57 41 61c 55 44c | " 4.62 | M[a]y 29, 1837. | ||
= Amt | 54.16 |
Each entry in the ledger begins with a subscripted number. This number may simply be a marker for each transaction and may also correlate with a no-longer-extant daybook.