Title: Manuscript accounts ledger of Benjamin Riggs, a prominent Maine businessman Author: Riggs, Benjamin Place: Georgetown, Maine Publisher: Date: 1814-1818 Description: 32 pp. plus some interspersed blank leaves. 7¾x6¼, original gray hand-stitched wrappers. Written in ink on front cover: Note Book 1814. Benj. Riggs & Son. is written on inside front covers. At a young age, Benjamin Riggs visited Robinhood Cove (in modern day Georgetown, Maine) and was so impressed that he vowed to return and settle there someday. That he did, and established a prosperous general goods store, servicing the needs of the local residents. This must be one of only a few surviving ledger books from his general store, which he expanded in 1820. It records amount paid for various goods as well as money loans. Lot Amendments Condition: Several spots of soiling and edge wear to wrappers; yellow spots to leaves; very good. Item number: 231275
Title: Manuscript accounts ledger of Benjamin Riggs, a prominent Maine businessman Author: Riggs, Benjamin Place: Georgetown, Maine Publisher: Date: 1814-1818 Description: 32 pp. plus some interspersed blank leaves. 7¾x6¼, original gray hand-stitched wrappers. Written in ink on front cover: Note Book 1814. Benj. Riggs & Son. is written on inside front covers. At a young age, Benjamin Riggs visited Robinhood Cove (in modern day Georgetown, Maine) and was so impressed that he vowed to return and settle there someday. That he did, and established a prosperous general goods store, servicing the needs of the local residents. This must be one of only a few surviving ledger books from his general store, which he expanded in 1820. It records amount paid for various goods as well as money loans. Lot Amendments Condition: Several spots of soiling and edge wear to wrappers; yellow spots to leaves; very good. Item number: 231275
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