Grocery trade
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of Bills and Receipts
Collection — Box 1-3
Identifier: 2019-015
Abstract
This is an artificial collection comprised of bills and receipts collected by the Rochester Public Library's Local History Division over several decades. The materials in the collection date between 1808 and 1971, and represent hundreds of Rochester businesses.
Dates:
Circa 1808 - 1961
Found in:
Local History & Genealogy Division
Eli M. Upton Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2014-010
Scope and Contents
Letters, receipts, and personal papers. Most of the material relates to Upton's wholesale business. The material in this collection dates from 1886 and 1888.
Dates:
1886, 1888
Found in:
Local History & Genealogy Division
Grenell Family Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-015
Content Description
This collection consists of two ledger books recording transactions at a grocery business presumably employing a member of the Grenell family in Rochester in 1858-1860. The two ledgers provide a detailed register of sales starting on May 20, 1858 and ending July 25, 1860. The scale of the transactions suggests the business engaged in both wholesale and retail trade. The collection also includes an account book and a letter, which confirm the creators of this collection as Francis...
Dates:
May 20, 1858-1882
Found in:
Local History & Genealogy Division