Illinois
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Francis papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00077
Scope and Contents
Charles Francis and his wife, Elizabeth, migrated from Wethersfield, Connecticut, through New York and Indiana, eventually settling in New Buffalo, St. Joseph County, Michigan. His papers include correspondence from various members of the Francis family in Connecticut, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri and Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The collection also contains a ledger of Charles Francis, in which he recorded his daily work as well as expenses and receipts.Much of the...
Dates:
1827 - 1867
George R. Keller papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00397
Scope and Contents
Papers include an account book (1905-1910) of George R. Keller, a blacksmith in Brimley, Michigan. The ledger records such activities as shoeing horses, repairing buggies and sleighs, and hiring an apprentice for weekly wages of one dollar. Also included are invoices from an Illinois manufacturing company (1931-1936) and oil run reports (1937).
Dates:
1905 - 1937; Majority of material found within 1931 - 1937