Financial records

ArchivalResource

Financial records

1872-1968

Includes records relating mainly to financial operations, such as account books, credit and debit files, cash books, journals and ledgers, etc.

49 containers

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 8181730

Harvard University Archives.

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