Creator:
Hommel, Charles, fl. 1878-1887.
Inclusive Dates:
1878- 1887
Abstract:
Ledger from Hommel's rock and stone wholesale business in Wibur,
New York. Wilbur is in Ulster County, near Kingston.
Type of Material:
Ledgers (account books)
Subject:
Distributors (Commerce)
Business and Industry
New York State
Building stones -- New York (State)
Mineral industries -- New York (State)
Quarries and quarrying -- New York (State)
Creator:
Hunt, Richard Pell.
Inclusive Dates:
1828- 1832
Abstract:
Ledger kept by Richard Pell Hunt, a wealthy farmer, businessman, and Quaker in Waterloo, Seneca County, New York.
Type of Material:
Financial records.
Ledgers (account books)
Subject:
Waterloo (N.Y.) -- History.
Farmers.
Business and Industry
New York State
Business enterprises -- New York (State) -- 19th century.
Farmers -- New York (State)
Quakers -- New York (State)
Creator:
Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900.
Inclusive Dates:
1797- 1904
Abstract:
Papers of the American railroad magnate and capitalist, whose financial interests included steamship, manufacturing, construction, and land companies. Philanthropist, trustee of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute and supporter of Tuskegee Institute. Collection includes incoming correspondence (1856-1904); letterpress copybooks (1868-1901); legal and financial (including real estate) records (1797-1901); amd personal papers (1862-1901). Notable among the real estate records are documents relating to the furnishing and household expenses of Huntington's San Francisco residence, and records relating to the design, construction, decoration, furnishing, and maintenance of Huntington's palatial home on 57th St. in New York City.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Bills of sale.
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Daybooks.
Deeds.
Ledgers (account books)
Letterpress copybooks.
Maps (documents)
Mortgages.
Photographs.
Receipts (financial records)
Stock certificates.
Subject:
United States -- History -- 1865-1898.
United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Capitalists and financiers.
Entrepreneurs.
Philanthropists.
Railroads
Business and Industry
California, History, 1850-1950.
Capitalists and financiers, United States.
Ciphers.
Entrepreneurship.
Palaces -- United States.
Philanthropists -- United States.
Railroad law -- United States.
Railroads -- California.
Railroads -- History.
Railroads -- Freight -- Rates.
Railroads -- United States.
Railroads and state -- United States.
Upper class -- United States.