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Also listed are purchases of food including flour, butter, potatoes, apples, peaches, chicken, beef, mackerel, and brandy; purchases of non-food items including wood, seeds, matches, candles, books, and journals; expenses for his wife and children; payments for services performed at the house; and contributions to the Colonization Society, missionary organizations, the local Methodist church, and Reverend Henry Colelazer.
Also listed are purchases of food including flour, butter, potatoes, apples, peaches, chicken, beef, mackerel, and brandy; purchases of non-food items including wood, seeds, matches, candles, books, and journals; expenses for his wife and children; payments for services performed at the house; and contributions to the Colonization Society, missionary organizations, the local Methodist church, and Reverend Henry Colelazer.
Also listed are purchases of food including flour, butter, potatoes, apples, peaches, chicken, beef, mackerel, and brandy; purchases of non-food items including wood, seeds, matches, candles, books, and journals; expenses for his wife and children; payments for services performed at the house; and contributions to the Colonization Society, missionary organizations, the local Methodist church, and Reverend Henry Colelazer.

The collection consists of one expense account book kept by a shopkeeper in or near Port Deposit, Cecil County, Maryland. Chronological entries from March 1850 to February 1863 record the date, description, and amount for each personal and business expenditure of the shopkeeper, who appears to have sold medicine and paint. Business related entries include freight bills, license fees, corporation taxes, payments for services performed at the shop, expenses in Baltimore and Philadelphia, regular purchases from wholesale druggists such as Canby & Hatch and Wilson & Merritt, and frequent checks drawn on Cecil Bank. Other firms frequently mentioned include Hugh Bolton & Co., Geo. D. Wetherill & Co., and Clark & Jones. Also listed are purchases of food including flour, butter, potatoes, apples, peaches, chicken, beef, mackerel, and brandy; purchases of non-food items including wood, seeds, matches, candles, books, and journals; expenses for his wife and children; payments for services performed at the house; and contributions to the Colonization Society, missionary organizations, the local Methodist church, and Reverend Henry Colelazer. In addition to the itemized entries, the account book contains two tabular sections that together record the daily total for nearly every week from March 18, 1850, to August 10, 1863. Overall, 122 filled and 5 partially used manuscript pages reflect the life of an educated and civic-minded rural shopkeeper in Maryland during the mid-1800s.

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Shook, Pamela, 2020 October 17 Digital-materials RL10066-SET-SHOOKP, Digital-materials digital-materials

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Seeds: T.W. Woods and Sons Box 29

Seeds: T.W. Woods and Sons

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Seeds, Plants, Fertilizers, 1940-1954

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Seeds of Prosperity for Farmers, Seed Dealers, Seed Producers and the Nation. India. Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Community Development and Co-operation. Madras, India: 197-? Box IN-9

Seeds of Prosperity for Farmers, Seed Dealers, Seed Producers and the Nation.

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Seeds of Hate: Anti-KKK League, 1985 Box 21, Video-cassette RL.11937-VHS-0036

Seeds of Hate: Anti-KKK League, 1985

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"Seeds of Destiny", 1946

Presented by the War Department, in support of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), the film shows documentary footage of destruction and starvation in war-ravaged areas of the world in the aftermath of the War, and efforts made at recovery.

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Seeds of Dependence. Delhi Science Forum. Delhi, Delhi Science Forum, India: 1989. Box IN-9

Seeds of Dependence. Delhi Science Forum. Delhi, Delhi Science Forum, India: 1989.
A close look at the new seed import policy.

A close look at the new seed import policy.

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Seeds of Chaos (Renton WA: Wizards of the Coast), 1998 Volume 922

Seeds of Chaos (Renton WA: Wizards of the Coast), 1998

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Seeds of Change Panel Discussion - Von Canon B, 2012 April 21 Box 23, Video-cassette UA10030003-DVCAM-0089

Seeds of Change Panel Discussion - Von Canon B, 2012 April 21

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