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R         Barnitz, Franklin Hoke, 1836-1910.

164                  Papers, 1860-1894.

                                    Five folders and two volumes.

 

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This collection consists of correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Franklin H. Barnitz of Lake Spring, Dent County, Missouri.  He was a native of Pennsylvania and freighter who op­er­ated from the railhead of the Southwest Branch of the Pacific Railroad in Phelps County before mov­ing to Lake Spring.  The collection includes letters from his family in York, Pennsylvania, and from friends and business associates in Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri.

 

Folders 1-5:  Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1860-1894.

 

                Folder 1: Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1860-1867.

                Folder 2: Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1868.

                Folder 3: Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1869.

                Folder 4: Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1870-1894.

                Folder 5: Fragments and undated material.

 

Volumes 1-2:  Account ledgers, 1871-1874.

 

                Volume 1: Ledger, June 1871--April 1873 (118 pages, indexed).

 

                                Part 1: Ca. 30 June 1871--15 November 1871 (38 pages).  The first few pages

                                 of this section bear the heading “Mill No 1 store acct,” probably at Lake

                                 Spring, Missouri.  The entries list daily transactions of a general mercantile

                                 business.

                                Part 2: Ca. 28 March 1872--5 September 1872 (54 pages).  This section

                                 contains daybook entries similar to those in Part 1.  They are followed by an

                                 undated list of goods sold at auction.

                                Part 3: Ca. 23 November 1872--18 April 1873 (26 pages).  The first entry is

                                 headed “Barnitz & Hamill.”  The transactions concern tobacco buying and

                                 processing in Dent and Texas counties.  Among the entries are those for

                                 “Bakers acct,” “Kenady Tobacco,” and “Men that Tobacco has been

                                 purchased of in Texas County.”  Miscellaneous entries of uncertain date

                                 conclude the volume.

 

                Volume 2: Ledger, February--December 1874 (552 pages, indexed).

 

 

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