This fonds consists of 10 ledger books. The ledger books recorded: date, the office the telegraph passed through check list, address, to what place, signature, from what place, number of words, total cash, other office checks, this office checks, and shows fees. There is a file folder containing the loose telegraph messages from 1920-1929 and 1930-1931.
This ledger contains columns listing bills and credits to businesses that were supplying stock to a a grocery store from 1947 - 1955. In 1948, on page 192, there are entries for the purchase of dulse, an edible seaweed, from local workers called pickers who picked the dulse off the beach rocks at low tides and then dried it and sold it. Pages 207-408 are unused. The last page before the back cover has a few memorable quotations recorded.
This fonds contains one account book, receipts and notes from an interview regarding the company Whale Cove Weir Company on Wood Island. The ledger records expenses incurred in the operating of a fish weir from 1888 to 1889 - the labor costs, nets repair costs, purchase of stakes, and dividing of profits to owners. The individual responsible for the ledger was not recorded
This item is a ledger. Written inside the front cover is : "Chas. H. Sisson & Wife, Providence Rhode Island 108 William St." The ledger was used by different people by the changes in handwriting and subject matter.
This fonds consists of two record books kept by James Brayley. There are journals from the Fisherman's Supply Store on White Head Island, 1889-1894, which record the customers' names, items purchased, and the cost of each item.