obl. 8" x 14" account book, brown cloth boards. Each page preprinted with Wells, Fargo's information at top and 12 account lines below with columns for date, where from, article, weight, value, consignee, expense columns, delivery date and receiver. This book from Carson City, NV, with dates of 9 Dec. 1886 through 28 Feb. 1887. Over 300 pages filled out. Among the packages, cases, letters, boxes, baskets, and bales, one also finds caskets, a chair, cases of oysters, many boxes of fish, venison, a wheelbarrow, flowers, a clock, coops of chickens, fruit, vegetables, eggs, a pair of crutches and a live turtle. Millions of dollars a month moved from mining centers on Wells, Fargo carriers. On 17 Dec. a bag of coins valued at $5000 and one valued at $1000 were shipped from "Virginia" (City?); on 18 Dec. there were silver bars valued at $9772.27; on 22 Dec. bags of coins valued at $13,997.74; on 2 Jan. 2 bags of silver at $2000, 1 bag gold at $4281.35, and currency at $860; and many more. A slice of life in Carson City, and a record of one of the busiest shipping companies in the United States. Provenance: The Thomas Minckler Collection of Western Americana Condition: Worn, as expected for a working logbook, opened thousands of times. For the most part, fine.
obl. 8" x 14" account book, brown cloth boards. Each page preprinted with Wells, Fargo's information at top and 12 account lines below with columns for date, where from, article, weight, value, consignee, expense columns, delivery date and receiver. This book from Carson City, NV, with dates of 9 Dec. 1886 through 28 Feb. 1887. Over 300 pages filled out. Among the packages, cases, letters, boxes, baskets, and bales, one also finds caskets, a chair, cases of oysters, many boxes of fish, venison, a wheelbarrow, flowers, a clock, coops of chickens, fruit, vegetables, eggs, a pair of crutches and a live turtle. Millions of dollars a month moved from mining centers on Wells, Fargo carriers. On 17 Dec. a bag of coins valued at $5000 and one valued at $1000 were shipped from "Virginia" (City?); on 18 Dec. there were silver bars valued at $9772.27; on 22 Dec. bags of coins valued at $13,997.74; on 2 Jan. 2 bags of silver at $2000, 1 bag gold at $4281.35, and currency at $860; and many more. A slice of life in Carson City, and a record of one of the busiest shipping companies in the United States. Provenance: The Thomas Minckler Collection of Western Americana Condition: Worn, as expected for a working logbook, opened thousands of times. For the most part, fine.
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