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The two store ledgers list names, purchases, and payments made during the time period from July 2, 1804 to February 14, 1810. Transactions in the first ledger appear by account holder. Transactions in the second ledger appear chronologically by date of purchase.
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Includes unattributed index in each vol.
Holograph entries in these ledgers document the purchases of Thomas Lincoln from 1804 until 1808, until his move to the Sinking Springs farmstead, where his son Abraham was born in 1809. Some of the purchases reflect his courtship and marriage to Nancy Hanks.
"Acquired from heirs of J.C. Montgomery by Lincoln National Life Foundation"--Inscription from cover of , p. [2].
Ledger A bound in marbled boards, with brown leather spine ; ledger B bound in marbled boards, with black leather spine and corners.
In Ledger B, p. 1-3 (1 p. = 2 open sides) bear newspaper clippings affixed to pages, obscuring transaction and account information.
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