Chidester-Baldwin Papers (Bowling Green, Ohio)
Collection Organization
The strength of the Chidester-Baldwin Papers rests primarily with the view it gives of the economic life of Bowling Green, Ohio and vicinity during the boom of the oil and gas era and the early decades of the 20th century.
Within the section of material associated with Frank A. Baldwin there is a letterpress book related to his law practice and long run of receipts and vouchers dating from 1878 through 1911 covering both personal/household expenses and those that were business-related. The receipts record everything from daily grocery lists, livery services, telephone costs, materials and labor used in building or renovating property, to fees paid on account for legal services of Baldwin & Harrington.
Although he was a practicing attorney and later a judge, Frank A. Baldwin was also involved in oil-related businesses, so sprinkled through the collection are dealings with the Bowling Green Glycerine Company, the Buckeye Pipeline Company and West Side Oil Company.
Papers in the collection that reflect aspects of his real estate holdings involve property in Bowling Green that included a house at 315 E. Court Street that he shared with his widowed sister Nellie Pennington before his marriage to Agnetta Chidester and was later home to another sister, Lulu Baldwin, a house at the corner of Main Street and Clay (expenses for construction found largely in the receipts/vouchers of 1900), property of the Canistota Glass Company that later became the site of the Heinz Plant in Bowling Green, as well as an apartment building, Vendome Apartments at 2100 Madison Ave., in Toledo, Ohio, where Nellie Pennington lived for a number of years. Material related to the Vendome can be found in separate folders but also integrated into the general receipts/vouchers by date. Also of incidental interest are the letterheads from many Northwest Ohio businesses included in the receipts and other communications.
The Chidester & Company holdings in the collection also range for a number of years and provide a minute look at the material available in the store through the series of daily receipt slips running from 1901 though 1906, giving the names and buying habits of individual customers, prices typical for the period, and how a small-town dry-goods business operated through the seasons.
Letterpress Book, 1876-1893
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1878
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1879
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1880
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1881
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1882
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1883
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1884
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1885
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1886
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1887
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1888
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1889
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1890
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1891
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1892
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1893
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1894
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1895
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1896
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1897
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1898
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1899
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1900
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1900
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1901
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1902
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1903
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1904
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1905
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1906
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1907
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1908
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1909
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1910
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1911
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1912
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1913
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1914
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1915
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1916
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1916-1918
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1919-1920
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Letters Patent & Deed from W. R. Cochrane Railroad crossing improvement, 1896
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Bowling Green Glycerine Company, 1900-1901
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Buckeye Pipe Line, 1910, 1912
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Buckeye Pipe Line - Oil Tickets, 1903-1912
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First National Bank - Receivership Notes, 1913-1918
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Greece Mining Company Venture, 1898-1899
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Leonard Stove & Range Company - Insurance Policies, 1906-1907
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Vendome Apartments - Receipts/Vouchers, 1906-1907
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Vendome Apartments - Receipts/Vouchers, 1908-1909
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Vendome Apartments - Receipts/Vouchers, 1914
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West Side Oil - Account Book, 1900-1906
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West Side Oil - Contract, 1908
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West Side Oil - Oil Well Annuities, 1900-1911
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West Side Oil - Receipts/Vouchers, 1899
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West Side Oil - Receipts/Vouchers, 1900
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West Side Oil - Receipts/Vouchers, 1901
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West Side Oil - Receipts/Vouchers, 1902
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West Side Oil - Receipts/Vouchers, 1903
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West Side Oil - Receipts/Vouchers, 1904
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West Side Oil - Receipts/Vouchers, 1905
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West Side Oil - Receipts/Vouchers, 1906
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West Side Oil - Receipts/Vouchers, 1907
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West Side Oil - Receipts/Vouchers, 1908-1912
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West Side Oil - Treasurer's Statement, 1900-1912
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Bank Account Book, 1886-1893
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Bank Account Book, 1893-1902
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Bank Account Book, 1902-1906
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Bank Account Book, 1900-1907
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Stock Certificate - Maumee River Yacht Club, 1914
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West Side Oil - Account Statements, 1900-1902
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Canistota Glass Co. Land, 1894-1905
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Fowler House - Inlots 123 & 124, 1887-1897
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Union Hill Farm, 1898-1902
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Grand Rapids Farm, 1896-1901
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Poe Road Farm, 1887-1903
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Civil Case - Rosendale vs. Rosendale, 1907-1908
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Civil Case - Sanders vs. Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway Company, 1915-1916
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Civil Case - Standish Admr vs. C, H & D Ry Co., 1915-1916
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Estate - Edward Arnold, 1889
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Estate - Sanford Baldwin, 1895-1905
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Estate - Tobias Bossler, 1884-1903
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Estate - Joel Foote/Bliss Stock, 1895-1901
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Estate - John Hood Farm, Middleton Twp., 1906-1908
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Estate - George Knauss Estate, 1908-1910
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Estate - Morgan McKinley vs. W. S. Raydure, 1916-1918
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Estate - Morgan McKinley vs. W. S. Raydure, 1916-1918
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Estate - Morgan McKinley vs. W. S. Raydure, 1916-1918
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Estate - Morgan McKinley vs. W. S. Raydure, 1916-1918
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Estate - Morgan McKinley vs. W. S. Raydure, 1916-1918
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Estate - Morgan McKinley vs. W. S. Raydure, 1916-1918
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Estate - Mary M. Ross, 1884-1894
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Estate - Mary A. Rudolph, 1907-1908
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Estate - John E. Standish, 1915-1916
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Estate - Samuel Sternaman, 1907-1909
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Account Book, ca. 1899-1900
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Account Book, Feb 12, 1899
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Account Book, Dec 21, 1899-Mar 5 1900
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Account Book, March 5-May 2, 1900
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Account Book, May 3-June 14, 1900
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Account Book, June 15-Aug 18, 1900
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Account Book, Aug 20-Oct 22, 1900
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Account Book, Feb 1901
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Account Book, 1903-1904
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Account Book, 1904
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Cash Book, n.d.
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Check Registers, 1900
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Check Registers/Check Stubs, 1900-1901
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Check Register, 1901-1903
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Daily Receipts, Jan 1901
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Daily Receipts, Feb 1901
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Daily Receipts, March 1901
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Daily Receipts, Apr 1901
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Daily Receipts, May 1901
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Daily Receipts, June 1901
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Daily Receipts, Oct 1901
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Daily Receipts, Nov 1901
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Daily Receipts, Dec 1901
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Daily Receipts, Jan 1902
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Daily Receipts, Feb 1902
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Daily Receipts, March 1902
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Daily Receipts, Apr 1902
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Daily Receipts, May 1902
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Daily Receipts, June 1902
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Daily Receipts, July 1902
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Daily Receipts, Aug 1902
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Daily Receipts, Sept 1902
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Daily Receipts, Oct 1902
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Daily Receipts, Nov 1902
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Daily Receipts, Dec 1902
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Daily Receipts, Jan 1903
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Daily Receipts, Feb 1903
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Daily Receipts, March 1903
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Daily Receipts, Apr 1903
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Daily Receipts, May 1903
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Daily Receipts, June 1903
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Daily Receipts, July 1903
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Daily Receipts, Aug 1903
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Daily Receipts, Sept 1903
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Daily Receipts, Oct 1903
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Daily Receipts, Nov 1903
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Daily Receipts, Dec 1903
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Daily Receipts, Jan 1904
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Daily Reports, Feb 1904
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Daily Reports, March 1904
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Daily Reports, Apr 1904
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Daily Reports, May 1904
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Daily Receipts, June 1904
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Daily Receipts, July 1904
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Daily Receipts, Aug 1904
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Daily Receipts, Oct 1904
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Daily Receipts, Nov 1904
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Daily Reports, Dec 1904
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Daily Reports, Jan 1905
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Daily Receipts, Feb 1905
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Daily Reports, March 1905
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Daily Receipts, Apr 1905
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Daily Receipts, May 1905
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Daily Reports, June 1905
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Daily Reports, July 1905
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Daily Reports, Aug 1905
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Daily Receipts, Oct 1905
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Daily Receipts, Nov 1905
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Daily Receipts, Dec 1905
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Daily Reports, Jan 1906
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Daily Reports, March 1906
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Daily Reports, Apr 1906
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Daily Receipts, May 1906
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Daily Receipts, June 1906
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Daily Receipts, July 1906
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Daily Reports, Aug 1906
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Daily Receipts, Sept 1906
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1899-1900
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1901
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1901
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1902
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1903
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Invoices Paid, 1903
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1904
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1904
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Receipts/Vouchers, 1905-1907
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Joseph & Pope Account Record, March-July 1899
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Joseph & Pope Account Record, July-Oct 1899
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Joseph & Pope Cash Book, Aug-Dec 1899
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Joseph & Pope Invoices Paid, 1901
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Joseph & Pope Invoices Paid, July 1901
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Joseph & Pope Invoices Paid, Aug 1901
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Joseph & Pope Invoices Paid, Sept 1901
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Chidester & Co. Account Book, 1900
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Chidester & Co. Bank Account Books, 1902-1906
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Cash Book, 1902
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Check Stubs, 1899-1900
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Check Stubs, Feb 1903-Sept 1904
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Canceled checks, 1902
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Canceled checks, 1904
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Canceled checks, 1906
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McCall Co. Invoices, 1901
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McCall Co. Invoices, 1902
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McCall Co. Invoices, 1903
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McCall Co. Invoices, 1906
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Exchange Hotel Register, Weston, Ohio, 1881-1884
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Minutes - Tawas [Fishing] Club, 1883-1886
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Plat - Baldwin's Addition to Weston, Ohio, 1889
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Plat - Baldwin's Addition to Bowling Green, Ohio, 1894
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Cash Book, 1899-1901
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Cash Book, 1899-1903
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Cash Book, 1904-1905
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Cash Book, 1906
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Account Ledger, 1900-1905
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Account Ledger, 1904-1905
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