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Abstract | The collection contains two nineteenth-century ledger volumes with accounts for stores in Louisiana and Mississippi that were owned by the Cohn Brothers, a business founded by Jewish merchants who emigrated from Alsace, France. One ledger dated 1876 to 1884 documents business transactions for stores in Bayou Sara, La. and St. Francisville, La. The second ledger dated 1878 to 1879 documents business transactions for stores in Mississippi, including Clifton, Miss. Transactions noted in the volumes include freight charges and purchases of dry goods, sugar, coffee, liquor, beer, fabric, thread, buttons, shoes, tobacco, lumber, bricks, photographs, stamps, and other items. Accounting entries provide sales details for hundreds of customers including formerly enslaved African Americans. |
Creator | Cohn Brothers (Lorman, Miss.) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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The Cohn Brothers business was founded by Jewish merchants who emigrated from Alsace, France to the American South in the nineteenth century.
Back to TopThe collection contains two nineteenth-century ledger volumes with accounts for stores in Louisiana and Mississippi that were owned by the Cohn Brothers, Jewish merchants who emigrated from Alsace, France. One ledger dated 1876 to 1884 documents business transactions for stores in Bayou Sara, La. and St. Francisville, La. The second ledger dated 1878 to 1879 documents business transactions for stores in Mississippi, including Clifton, Miss. Transactions noted in the volumes include freight charges and purchases of dry goods, sugar, coffee, liquor, beer, fabric, thread, buttons, shoes, tobacco, lumber, bricks, photographs, stamps, and other items. Accounting entries provide sales details for hundreds of customers including formerly enslaved African Americans.
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Account book for stores in St. Francisville, La., and Bayou Sara, La., 1876-1884 |
Account book for store in Mississippi, 1878-1879 |