Volume 0368

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

One ledger bound in marbled paper on board with worn leather spine measuring 31 x 19 cm. The ledger contains approximately 113 pages - 60 totally blank, 46 with penmanship and arithmetic exercises and 7 with general store accounts. The title page of the ledger is written in calligraphy: Andrew J. Odenwelder February 2th 1846 Alltownship Northampton County Pennsysyvania [i.e] United States of America Arithmetics System By Almon Ticknor.

Scope and Contents Page 1: The Single Rule of Three Questions (10 questions about cost of items such as sugar, bushel of rye, wheat, cloverseed, turnips, pounds of cheese, eggs, butter, yards of clothPage 2: The Single Rule of Three (questions 11 to 20 calculations about cost of commodities: hogs, hay, corn, salt, mackerel, wages for workPage 3: The Single Rule of Three (questions 21 to 28 calculations for division of barrels of wine, performance of work Page 4: ...

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

One ledger bound in marbled paper on board with worn leather spine measuring 31 x 19 cm. The ledger contains approximately 113 pages - 60 totally blank, 46 with penmanship and arithmetic exercises and 7 with general store accounts. The title page of the ledger is written in calligraphy: Andrew J. Odenwelder February 2th 1846 Alltownship Northampton County Pennsysyvania [i.e] United States of America Arithmetics System By Almon Ticknor.

Scope and Contents Page 216: Monney [i.e.] Not Received For in 1947 Grain Mill December 23 1847, Mr. Bogg Received of me one hog of 318 pounds at 6 ¼ a pound and 120 pounds of Beef at 5 cents a poundAllentown December 23st 1847 Mr. Peter Heller Received of Me 2 hogs of 423 pound at 6 cents a pound PaidEast Allen December 13st 1847 Mr. Fleayer Received of me one hog at 222 pounds at 6 cents a pound December 28 1848 Mrs. Fleayer Paid in full.Page 217: Blank...