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Title
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Series: Ledgers
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Uri Balcom Ledgers
: The Uri Balcom Ledgers deal with Balcom's business activities in New York state before he moved to Wisconsin. The ledgers contain a record of the accounts of individuals with whom Balcom had business dealings. Entries in these accounts suggest that Balcom operated a general store as well as a lumber business in New York, as he was to do later in Wisconsin.
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Box
39
Volume
85-86
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1839, November 5-1853, December 31
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Box
40
Volume
87
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1854, January 2-1857, August 21
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Oconto Ledgers
The first Oconto Ledger, running from Nov. 25, 1861 to Dec. 31, 1862, covers the exact dates compassed by the first Oconto Journal. Since the latter was tentatively identified as belonging to the firm of Eldred and Balcom, it seems justifiable to so identify the former.
The five remaining Oconto Ledgers clearly belong to Holt and Balcom, and the Holt Lumber Company, for the period Jan. 1, 1881 to Aug. 21, 1893. These Ledgers must be considered as companions to the Journals, inasmuch as individual accounts listed in the Ledgers are made up from data contained in the Journals. The subject matter of the two types of books is the same; only the arrangement differs.
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Volume
88-93
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1861-1893
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Volume
94
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Index to 1893-1895 Ledger
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Volume
95-97
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Chicago Ledgers, 1865-1891
: The three volumes of Chicago Ledgers, ranging from October 1, 1865 to April 30, 1891, are counterparts of the two Journals covering the same period. These Ledgers are most useful in determining the company's business contacts, discovering the size of individual accounts, and in tracing the company's transactions with any particular company or individual over a period of time.
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Volume
98-100
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Local Sales Ledgers, 1911-1942
: Bookkeeping of the Company seems to have become more complicated and detailed after 1893. This probably accounts for the separation of local accounts from other accounts in the vicinity of Oconto.
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Volume
101-110
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Transfer Ledgers, 1893-1913
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Volume
111-114
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Miscellaneous Ledgers, 1901-1941
: There are four miscellaneous volumes identified as: Current Ledger (Oconto), 1901-1911; Ledger (Oconto) H-N, 1911-1932; Ledger (Oconto), 1911-1938; and General Ledger (Oconto), 1912-1941.
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