Hello,
On 1 October 1830 Abraham M. Phelps opened his store in Newburgh,
Warrick Co., Indiana. This is documented on page 98 of the "Four
Histories of Warrick County, Indiana"; Evansville, Ind.: Unigraphic,
1976 . For several years I have had copies of a ledger for this store
covering the time frame of 3 June 1841 to late April 1842. The pages of
this ledger are badly damaged, edges are tattered and pages are water
stained. I am placing this ledger online to assist folks in their
research of this area of southern Indiana. It appears that each man had
an account number, as there is the same number listed by each purchase
for a man and his family. Note when wives, children or others made
purchases for the person, they are listed "by lady"; or "by son or by
brother" when the other person picked up items at the store. Folks from
surrounding areas made purchases at the store in Newburgh. These images
are often of poor quality. I scanned the photocopies of the ledger.
I am hoping these images will help someone with their research.
Regards,
Virginia