B. M. Sheldon account book, 1852-1853

Summary

Creator:

Sheldon, B. M.

Abstract:

B. M. Sheldon kept this cash book while working as a clerk for Eber Brock Ward's steamboat company in Detroit, Michigan, from 1852-1853. The accounts concern steamboats, banking, and miscellaneous bills.

Extent:

1 volume

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Meg Hixon, November 2013

Background

Scope and Content:

B. M. Sheldon kept this cash book (169 pages) while working as a clerk for Eber Brock Ward's steamboat company in Detroit, Michigan, in the early 1850s. The first section of the volume (160 pages) is a cash book, containing accounts dated November 19, 1852-August 16, 1853. Each transaction is listed separately, with running totals calculated daily. Many entries refer to specific steamboats. Sheldon recorded payments related to grocery bills and transactions of company treasurer Oren C. Thompson. The final 9 pages of the volume are accounts dated from July and August 1853, many of which were made in Thompson's absence.

Biographical / Historical:

From 1852-1853, B. M. Sheldon was a clerk for Eber B. Ward's steamboat company in Detroit, Michigan.

Acquisition Information:

Donated by Benjamin J. Platt in memory of James Clements Wheat, Renville Wheat, Barbara Wheat Platt, and Ann Wheat Hodgkins, 1997. M-3400 .

Processing information:

Cataloging funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). This collection has been processed according to minimal processing procedures and may be revised, expanded, or updated in the future.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Related

Additional Descriptive Data:

Bibliography

Shove's Business Advertiser, and Detroit Directory for 1852-53, Containing a Correct Census of the City for 1852, Together with an Historical Sketch of the City and Its Trade, with a Variety of Other Useful Information for Citizens and Strangers. Detroit: Free Press Book and Job Office Print., 1852.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Steamboats.

Formats:

Account books.

Names:

Thompson, Oren C.

Places:

Detroit (Mich.)--Commerce.