Guide to the Stephens and Caskey, Stephensburg, NJ General Store Daybook 1832-1833 MG 195
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 52 Park Place Newark, New Jersey 07102 Contact: NJHS Library (973) 596-8500 x249 library@jerseyhistory.org https://www.jerseyhistory.org © 2006 All rights reserved. The New Jersey Historical Society, Publisher Inventory prepared by Jeff MacMillan, August 2000, as part of the “Farm to City” project funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Finding aid encoded by Julia Telonidis. February 2006. Production of the EAD 2002 version of this finding aid was made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Finding aid written in English. Biographical NoteThe Stephens and Caskey General Store was located in Stephensburg, Morris County, New Jersey. The proprietors of the store were most likely Robert C. Stephens (fl. 1820-1843) and Robert C. Caskey (fl. 1832-1833), both prominent citizens in the area. Robert C. Stephens served three consecutive terms as a Morris County Justice of the Peace (1833, 1838, and 1843). Caskey was a church elder at the Presbyterian Church of Pleasant Grove. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThe collection consists of a daybook detailing transactions of Stephens and Caskey’s general store from October 25, 1832-November 30, 1833. Each entry lists the customer, date, items purchased, price, and method of payment. Customers bought items such as rum, whiskey, salt, pepper, molasses, wheat, stockings, shoes, and nails, paying either by cash, barter, or by working off their debts. The volume is missing its original binding and covers and begins on page 117, suggesting that the book is incomplete or part of a set. An index for the names found within the daybook was published in New Jersey Genesis, October 1954: pg. 8. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsThere are no access restrictions on this collection. Photocopying of materials is limited and no materials may be photocopied without permission from library staff. Use RestrictionsResearchers wishing to publish, reproduce, or reprint materials from this collection must obtain permission. The New Jersey Historical Society complies with the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code), which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions and protects unpublished materials as well as published materials. Return to the Table of Contents Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationThis collection should be cited as: Manuscript Group 195,William Woodruff (fl. 1771-1803), Gravedigger and Merchant Records, The New Jersey Historical Society. Acquisition InformationGift of Roscoe L. Smith, 1954. Return to the Table of Contents BibliographyHart, Ernest. History of Morris County, New Jersey. M. W. Munsell & Co., 1882. “Stephensburg, N.J., 1832-3.” New Jersey Genesis, October 1954: pg. 8. Return to the Table of Contents Container List
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