Ball family business records, 1821-1881.

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Ball family business records, 1821-1881.

Accounts, correspondence, deeds, and other material relating to a general store and merchandizing business in Sherbrooke, Stanstead, and Coaticook, Quebec and Elgin, Illinois controlled largely by the Ball family. Includes a considerable amount of material concerning agricultural improvements and the development of a country estate; the business accounts and correspondence of Leonard C. Ball of Sherbrooke, and of Albert P. Ball of Stanstead; Leonard C. Ball's accounts and correspondence with the British American Land Company on land purchases and his agreement to furnish its settlers with necessaries; an agreement, accounts, and letters relating to the partnership of Williams C. Kimball and Leonard C. Ball in a general store in Elgin, Illinois.

8.5 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7904545

Cornell University Library

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Ball family.

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Kimball, William C.

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Ball, Leonard C.

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British American Land Company

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Ball, Albert P.

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