Isaac Meason's Personal Ledger

ca. 1818-1819

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Title
Isaac Meason's Personal Ledger
Creator
Meason, Isaac, Jr., 1779-1836
Date
ca. 1818-1819
Identifier
31735070942788
Description
Record book documents Isaac Meason, Jr.'s personal expenses from 1818-1819. The left page of each entry lists each person with an account of their debt and the right page lists their credit or what each person gave to Meason in exchange. Most transactions are listed as "merchandise" or "sundries." Some items are listed in full, and they range from objects such as shoes, pen knives, bacon, sugar, and iron on the debit side. Meason exchanged items for things such as salt, reams of paper, cash, and labor. Many of his businesses are mentioned such as the grist mill, saltworks, and iron furnaces. Includes index.
Type
text
Genre
manuscripts (documents)
Subject
Industrialists--Accounting
Iron industry and trade--Accounting
Mills and mill-work--Accounting
Salt industry and trade--Accounting
Meason, Isaac, Jr., 1779-1836
Geographic Subjects
Bullskin (Pa. : Township)
Fayette County (Pa.)
Allegheny County (Pa.)
Finding Aid
Isaac Meason Ledger and Mount Vernon Furnace Records, 1798-1825
Container
Box 2, volume 2
Language
eng
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Collection
Isaac Meason Ledger and Mount Vernon Furnace Records
Rights Information
No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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