Writing an Essay
Alonzo Bump & Friend Story
Writing a Biographical Essay
Writing about Albert S. Green
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Writing about Albert S. Green
Gathering Data

Date Entry Amount
1-1-1859 A.S. Green $27.80
Ledger pg. 138 For Rent to July 1 - $25, 79.3 yds cloth @ 3.75 cts $2.80 A.S. Paid $
     
2-26-1859 A.S. Green $1.00
Ledger pg. 162 For 25 yds Cloth @ 4 cts A.S. Paid $
     
5-28-1859 A.S. Green $1.25
Ledger pg. 212 15 yds Cloth @ 5 cts $.75,
5 Batting 10 cts $.50
A.S. Paid $

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

Saratoga Manufacturing Company
Transcribed Ledger Entries

Date Entry Amount
6-29-1859 A.S. Green $6.51
Ledger pg. 228 1/2 Cord Hard May 30 $2.25, 1/2 Pine $1.50, 19 yds $.76, 2 bush Corn $2.00 A.S. Paid $
bush=bushel
     
11-26-1859 A.S. Green $6.42
Ledger pg. 336 For 2440 (likely #) Coal 1.?(? fractional cts amount) $6.10, Straw .13, Straw .19 A.S. Paid $
     
12-8-1859 A.S. Green $10.59
Ledger pg. 347 By Cash A.S. Paid $

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