Thompson & Company daybook
Creation: 1812-1815Abstract
Thompson & Company was a general mercantile business located at Riga Corners, now the village of Churchville, town of Riga, Monroe County, New York. The daybook documents a typical rural merchant at a time when the Rochester area was just being opened to white settlement.
Dates
- Creation: 1812-1815
Creator
- Thompson & Company (Riga Corners, N.Y.) (Organization)
Extent
1 volume(s)
Historical Note
Thompson & Company was a general mercantile business located at Riga Corners, now the village of Churchville, town of Riga, Monroe County, New York.
Scope and Content
The daybook documents a typical rural merchant at a time when the Rochester area was just being opened to white settlement. Entries record the sale of typical commodities such as brown sugar, whiskey, rum, clothing, tobacco, ribbon, nails, hardware, brandy, knives, paper, horse shoes, and leather goods.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Litigators may not view the collection without approval.
Language of Materials
English
Additional Description
Provenance
On Deposit.
Subjects
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Thompson & Company daybook
- Date:
- 2019
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
