East Texas Research Center

Scope and Contents

Unknown Nacogdoches store account book showing customers’ accounts with prices for wine, butter, eggs, soap, shoes, whiskey, cloth, etc.

Scope and Contents This collection primarily consists of land transactions and tax receipts conducted by the Montes family in Nacogdoches. There are also receipts for everyday purchases. One correspondence that may seem out of place is a 1917 letter between Charlie Pena and J. P. Pena that probably made its way into the papers when their sister Mary Pena married Joe. S. Montes. The collection tracks land dealings with the Cordova and Pena families of Nacogdoches which members of the Montes...

Scope and Contents

Business records of the store, including cash journal sheets and receipts of goods purchased for the store.