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Title

Cohn Bros., Clifton, Miss. account book

Authors

• Cohn Bros

Other related names

• Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939-, donor
• Kaplan, Deanne, donor

Call number

MS 56, Codex 024.1
(420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9977557053603681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1108589941
• https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3ww7756q

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Origin

Date

1878-1879

Summary

A leather volume comprising the daily credit and debit accounts of Cohn Bros. in Clifton, Mississippi spanning over one year from April 1, 1878 to December 31, 1879. The account book documents the transactions of Cohn Bros. Included are entries of purchases of various dry goods and sundries. Customer names are often listed along with their purchases. Some items sold and purchased included bacon, burlap, candles, coffee, cotton, flour, fabric, freight, pork, postage stamps, seeds, sugar, thread, tobacco, and whiskey. Written on first page: Cohn Bros. Clifton, Miss. April 1st, 1878. Stamps on first page read: Cohn Bros. Clifton near Rodney, Miss. Page numbers are pre-printed 2-320. Pages 70-100 and pages 250-320 are blank.

Extent

1 volume

Provenance

• Purchased for the Penn Libraries 2016 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan (Collectify accession no. 2010.02.07.00002).
   

Subjects topical

• Cohn Bros
• Cohn, Heiman,--1851-1903
• Cohn, Lehman,--1855-1914
• Cohn, Joseph,--1854-
• Jews--Mississippi--History--19th century--Sources
• Jewish merchants--Mississippi--19th cenury
• General stores--Mississippi--19th century
• Account books--Mississippi--19th century--Specimens
• Account books
• General stores
• Jews
• History
• Mississippi

Genres

• Codices (bound manuscripts)
• Account books
• Account books
• Manuscripts, American--19th century
• Specimens
• Sources

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• 3 — April 1878
• 7 — May 1878
• 9 — June 1878
• 11 — July 1878
• 13 — August 1878
• 17 — September 1878
• 21 — October 1878
• 25 — November 1878
• 29 — December 1878
• 37 — January 1879
• 43 — February 1879
• 47 — March 1879
• 51 — April 1879
• 55 — May 1879
• 57 — June 1879
• 61 — July 1879
• 65 — August 1879
• 69 — September 1879
• 100 — October 1879
• 149 — November 1879
• 200 — December 1879