Ledger, 1860-1953, bulk 1860-1861.

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Ledger, 1860-1953, bulk 1860-1861.

1860-1953

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29048655

The ledger contains accounts of the firm of Rucker and Boone, Ruckerville, Clark County, Kentucky. Many of the customers represented in the accounts were relatives of the proprietors, Reuben Rucker and Isaac Boone. Settlements of outstanding accounts after the firm's closure were recorded in the ledger from late 1861 to March 1862. A 1953 letter from the ledger's donor, Franklin Marion Gentry, is also present. It provided the history of the firm.

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7268173

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Baker, James Henry, 1835-1912

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Rucker, Reuben, d. 1865.

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Gentry, Franklin Marion, d. 1957.

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Boone, Isaac, Merchant.

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Adams, John Goff.

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Rucker and Boone.

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The firm represented a partnership of Reuben Rucker and Isaac Boone, beginning October 1, 1860. The partnership and firm ended November 27, 1861. Two auctions in November and December 1861 sold the firm's remaining inventory. In 1864 Boone assigned his interest in the outstanding notes to Rucker. At Rucker's death in 1865, an estate inventory and sale were held. Rucker's son-in-law, James Henry Baker, acted as clerk and paid part of the proceeds to another son-in-law, John Goff Adams. ...