Erastus Beck mercantile ledger
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2799
Scope and Contents
The Erastus Beck mercantile ledger was presented to Beck by the Agencia del Timbre de la Ascencion to be used for his mercantile business located in the Colonia Diaz, a Latter Day Saint colony in Mexico. The ledger consists of accounting notations regarding merchandise sold along with a listing of about 250 different buyers of more than a thousand horses. Each of these entries list the buyer, the number of horses, the colors, the brands, and the initials of the clerk.
Dates
- 1901
Creator
- Beck, Erastus (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
1 Linear Feet (1 Oversize Box)
Language of Materials
English
Spanish; Castilian
Abstract
The Erastus Beck mercantile ledger (1901) was presented to Beck by the Agencia del Timbre de la Ascencion to be used for his mercantile business located in the Colonia Diaz, a Latter Day Saint colony in Mexico. The ledger consists of accounting notations regarding merchandise sold along with a listing of about 250 different buyers of more than a thousand horses. Each of these entries list the buyer, the number of horses, the colors, the brands, and the initials of the clerk.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased in 2014.
Processing Information
Processed by Betsey Welland in 2014.
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Creator
- Beck, Erastus (Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the Erastus Beck mercantile ledger
- Author
- Finding aid created by Betsey Welland.
- Date
- 2014 (last modified: 2020)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
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Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
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295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu