Research

Scope and Content Note

J2002-02: Eight volumes pertain to a case involving the Clinton Woolen Manufacturing Company and its agent, Thomas Sharp. Volumes span the years 1821-1829 and include several day books, records of cloth made and sold (many customers were women), and records of workers' time and attendance. Two volumes are day books, 1818-1830, of the firm of Parmelee & Meldrum, who operated a brewery at Lansingburgh, Rensselaer County. The remaining volume in this accession is a ledger of an unidentified general store, 1827-1829.

J2020-19: Volumes include financial journal of a New York City investor in rental properties, 1787-1792; day book of a business in farm produce and livestock, 1811; cash book of a New York City insurance agent, 1825-1826; and cash book of a flour mill in Hudson, Columbia County, 1820, 1828-1831.