Guide to the C. S. Jones Mercantile ledger MSS.0248
Jones, C.S.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
January 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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C. S. Jones Mercantile ledger
- Unit ID:
MSS.0248
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.3 Linear feet (1 ledger)
- Dates:
1876-1881
- Abstract:
Ledger of this Talladega County, Alabama, general store
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Purchased from Cather and Brown Books, 1992
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
C. S. Jones Mercantile, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains a ledger from the C.S. Jones Mercantile of Talladega, Alabama, from 1876 to 1881.
Biographical/Historical note
A mercantile store, also known as a general or general merchandise store, is generally a rural or small town store that carries a general line of merchandise. It carries a broad selection of merchandise, sometimes in a small space, where people from the town and surrounding rural areas come to purchase all their general goods.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
S. Braden, 2009; updated by Martha Bace, 2012
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
None
Source(s)
C. S. Jones Mercantile. (local)
Alabama Business and Industry (Local)
Talladega County (Ala.) (lcsh)
Ledger Box 3590