Footnotes
Rigdon, Smith & Co., Ledger, 23 Sept. 1836–2 Aug. 1837, title page; “Mormonism in Ohio,” Aurora (New Lisbon, OH), 21 [19] Jan. 1837, [3].
Aurora. New Lisbon, OH. 1835–1837.
For a better indication of what the store may have sold, see Bill of Goods from Rigdon, Smith & Co. 20 May 1837; and Bill of Goods from Rigdon, Smith & Co. between 19 and 24 May 1837.
This subscripted number may simply be a marker for each transaction or it may be associated with a particular store good. It may also correlate with a no-longer-extant daybook.
Rigdon, Smith & Co., Ledger, 23 Sept. 1836–2 Aug. 1837, title page. The Geauga County, Ohio, tax records for 1837 list the company’s merchant capital as $2,500, suggesting that the company was doing well before the financial panic of 1837 and resulting economic decline. (Geauga County, OH, Duplicate Tax Records, 1816–1850, Tax Record for 1837, p. 57, microfilm 20,261, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.)
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
See Historical Introduction to Notes Receivable from Rigdon, Smith & Co., 22 May 1837.
See JS Letterbook 2.
Dr. | $ cts | Cr. | |||
1836 Nov 11th. | 9 19c 12 50c 2.00, 17 19c 21 38c 10c 22 2.62 | " 5.98 | 9 63c 17 31c 20 62c 37 31c | 1.87 | |
Dec 28th. | 23 70c 28 38c 34 6c 1.26, 35 3.13, | " 5.53 | 37 31c 38 31c 43 31c 47 4.00. | 4.93 | |
1837 Feby 14th. | 37 17c 38 39c 41 60c 42 88c 46 22c | " 2.26 | 55 10.67 10.99 | 10.99 | |
April 4. | 47 1.75. 51 85c 55 75c | " 3.35 | Amt. | 17.79 | |
Amt | 17.12 | ||||
found due to him— which was pd same day | 0.67 |