Information Sheet

 

 

R         Ziegler and Company.

185                  Account book, 1843-1853.

                                    One volume.

 

MICROFILM

 

 

 

This is an account book of a freight transfer and storage firm in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.  Lewis Ziegler was probably the proprietor.  The account book includes two separate records: “Lead Book for the use of Ziegler & Co.,” 1843-1849; and “Iron Received from Iron Moun­tain,” 1850-1853.

 

Lewis Ziegler was born in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, in 1818.  Although biographi­cal de­tails are sparse, his family is thought to have come from Alsace-Lorraine.  Goodspeed’s History of Southeast Missouri notes that he “made his start in life by hauling ore from Iron Mountain to Ste. Genevieve,” before purchasing a large farm and pursuing agriculture for the remainder of his life.

 

The two-part account book is a record of freight business at Ste. Genevieve, 1843-1853.  Ziegler and Company acted as storage and transfer agents, handling freight shipments through its landing on the Mississippi River.  The entries in each part of the volume are simi­lar, and in­clude the date of each receipt and the person or firm to whom it was credited.  Shipments made from Ste. Genevieve via steamboat and barge are noted, with the name of the vessel.  Part 1, al­though cap­tioned “Lead Book,” contains an almost equal number of transac­tions involving lum­ber, wheat or flour, and gunpowder.  Some of the accounts are noted, “On Storage.”  Part 2 con­tains only ac­counts of ore delivered from Iron Mountain, 1850-1853.  The names of the haulers and the pay­ments made to them are included.

 

Part 1 has been indexed to page 25.  Part 2 has not been indexed.

 

 

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