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Saratoga Manufacturing Company Journal

October 27, 1860
Ledger Page 526

Entry Narrative:

407 (A. S. Green's Account Number) Albert Green (Name of person with whom transaction took place) $6.81(Total value, to right side of picture)
  For 1/2 Hard $2.50, Straw #.20, 76# Feed $1.23, 36 Yds. (possibly the purchase of cloth as Saratoga Manufacturing Company made textiles.) $2.88 (The goods which A. S. Green bought from Saratoga Manufacturing. "Hard" refers to hard wood.)  

Code:Yellow print is commentary added by website author. $ = Money, # = Pound. The # sysmbol is a change from the ledger notation of ' to minimize confusion with the more common symbol for feet. The ledgers used ' for both pounds and feet.

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