Hardeman & Barret General Merchandise Store Account Book, Melrose, Texas
Collection
Identifier: B-0038
Dates
- Creation: 1870-1873
Language of Materials
The collection is in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
Biographical or Historical Information
In 1847, Blackstone Hardeman, Jr. opened a general merchandise store in Melrose, Texas. Just prior to the Civil War in 1861 Lyne T. Barret became Hardeman's junior business partner. The Hardeman and Barret General Merchandise Store was well-stocked with a variety of goods including groceries, materials by the yard, hats, shoes, linens, tableware, kitchenware, and other hardware goods. Stock for the store came from New Orleans from whence it was brought overland by wagons.
Extent
0.50 Cubic Feet
Arrangement
this collection consists of one account book housed in a clamshell box.
Subject
- Hardeman & Barret General Merchandise Store (Melrose, TX) (Corporate Entity)
- Title
- Guide to the Hardeman & Barret General Merchandise Store Account Book, Melrose, Texas
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the East Texas Research Center Repository
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