Hardware stores; Accounting; Business people; Cookery
James A. Throop ran a hardware business and the Mount Pleasant Free Press, as well as being secretary of the Loyal Union League of Henry County, Iowa in 1864. In the back of his business ledger are recipes written by his wife Bessie Throop in 1897.
Accounting; Dry goods stores; Equipment; Grocery stores; Commerce; Building materials; Food; Writing materials; Bookselling; Wages; Paying bills; Harvesting; Students; Education; Teachers; Soldiers; Military life; Military camps; Military...
Includes ledger kept by Emanuel Mericle from 1863 to 1865 and five letters written by Martin Mericle to his brothers while he served with the 114th Ohio Infantry Regiment in the Civil War.