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James Baxter Chestertown Ledger and Ephemera Collection

1 box, 1 overize box (2 linear feet)

(circa 1920)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier 2012.094
Creator(s) Baxter, James
Acquisition

Donated by Edward Otter, August 2009.
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding Aid written by Lindsay Brown, September 2012.
Related Materials None
Separated Materials

Oversize Box O086.
Abstract

This collection contains a ledger which had multiple receipts pinned in, as well as recorded receipt information written in the actual book. In addition to that, there were many loose receipts, that probably fell out of the ledger throughout time. Some of the receipts include checks to the Church Hill Bank of Maryland, the Chestertown Bank of Maryland, and the Queen Anne's National Bank of Centerville. In addition to those, there are receipts from auto garages, pharmacies, a dairy and poultry store, a lumber yard, a hardware store, a household cookware store, a subscription to Kent News, and a few letters from Downes Music House. All receipts date early 1920s. Included in this collection is a hand drawn advertisement and sign up list for a barbershop quartet competition.

Biographical History

James Baxter of Queen Anne’s County was 32 as of 1920. Baxter had a wife, Emma, 30, and a daughter, Dorothy, 8. He was a white male born in 1888 in Maryland. He was educated and literate, and worked as a farmer.

Arrangement Statement See Nabb Center Staff

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Ledger
    • Receipts
    • Personal Correspondence
    • Graphic Arts
  • Location Terms
    • Chestertown (Md.)

Inventory List

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Box 1

  1. Loose receipts from ledger, 1920's.
  2. Loose receipts from ledger, 1920's.
  3. Ledger, 1920's.

Oversize Box

  1. Hand drawn advertisment.

Artifacts

See Nabb Center Staff

Attachments

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