Adams Brothers Store Ledger, 1898-1899
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Adams, Francis
- Adams, Nathaniel
- Extent:
- 1 boxes
- 1.40 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Adams Brothers Store Ledger, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-2006-015
Background
- Scope and content:
While the Adams Brothers Store Ledger covers only a brief period of the existence of this business (1898-1899), it documents the operations of a late 19th and early 20th Century mercantile store in north Florida. It is significant to researchers studying North Florida's economic history during this period.
- Biographical / historical:
The Adams Brothers Store was started by Robert Watkins Adams in White Springs (FL) around 1865. According to David W. Hartman and David Coles' Biographical Roster of Florida's Confederate and Union Soldiers, Adams was an officer in the Confederate army who was wounded and taken captive at the Battle of Gettysburg. After an exchange of Incarcerated persons and a period of hospitalization, he resigned from military service. Following the end of the Civil War, he farmed for a few years and then opened a general merchandise store in White Springs. According to Rowland H. Rerick's Memoirs of Florida, he successfully managed this business until his death on August 15, 1886.
- Acquisition information:
- The Adams Brothers Store Ledger was purchased through Florida State College for Women Class of 1944 Florida History Endowment.
- Processing information:
Processed by Burt Altman in September 2006.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.
- Terms of access:
Copyright holder for this collection: Copyright has not been transferred to the Florida State University Libraries.
All requests to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean of Libraries for Special Collections and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply pemrission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Adams Brothers Store Ledger, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-2006-015
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
