Augusta Store Journal of Accounts
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0197
The journal consists of entries from 1762-1766, arranged chronologically by month and year. Beneath the months the entries include the purchaser, the items purchased and their cost. In front of the purchaser's entry are large numbers and sometimes small numbers: the large numbers may have to do with a cross posting in another account book and the small numbers may be dates of the month. A variety of items were sold including alcoholic beverages, livestock, sewing items, and sundries.
In addition to sales the store managers collected taxes, swapped horses, and traded for animal skins with native American tribes including the Cherokees and Creeks; these trips to Cherokee and Creek territory are entered under "Adventures." There are also entries for voyages to Savannah, GA, and to London and Bristol, England. The store owners or managers are not named.
The Augusta Store was a general store and trading post located in or near Augusta, Georgia.
2 item(s)
English
Dr. William Hayne Mills received the journal from Mrs. James P. Richards, Red Clyffe, Beach Island, SC. Mrs. Richards found it in the attic of the "Redcliffe" estate, established in 1855 by former South Carolina Governor James Henry Hammond.
Dr. William Hayne Mills donated the journal to Clemson College Library in the 1930's and it was accessioned as 69-8. The South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina microfilmed the journal in 1976 and gave a copy of the microfilm to Clemson in 1977.
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