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Southern Recorder account books

 Collection
Identifier: 1973-0251M-a

Scope and Contents

The advertisement ledgers (1839-1858) contain accounts of advertisers with this newspaper, including date, topic of advertisement, and price. The daybooks (1853-1871) are a record of receipts and disbursements. The direction book (1853) is a record of subscribers, arranged by their geographic location. Includes a list of post offices in each county; index of towns to which subscriptions were mailed; and other entries used by the office in delivering or mailing the newspaper throughout Georgia and parts of Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and other states. Finally, the subscription ledger (1833-1850) is a listing of subscribers to the paper. Records date of order, name, place of residence, date of cancellation, date and amount of payment, and sometimes reason for cancellation.

Dates

  • 1833-1871

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted

Biographical / Historical

Newspaper in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia. The headings "O-jr" and "O-sr" in some volumes refer to Robert M. Orme, Jr. and Robert M. Orme, Sr., of the newspaper.

Extent

6 Volumes

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

Originally part of the Mabel C. Sallee Collection

Title
Southern Recorder account books
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Georgia Archives Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States