Manuscript Group 98, M.F. Dickerson & Company, Dover, New Jersey Records, 1816-1817

 

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Manuscript Group 98, M.F. Dickerson & Company, Dover, New Jersey Records, 1816-1817, 0.25 linear feet / 1 volume

 

Call Number: MG 98

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Summary:

 

Kept by Mahlon F. Dickerson (1794-1823), a
merchant in Dover, Morris County, New Jersey.

 

 

 

Biographical Note:

 

Mahlon Ford Dickerson, the only son of Julia Ford (1772-1794) and Silas Dickerson
(1771-1807), was born on July 21, 1794 in Morris County, New Jersey.  Both of his parents
died by the time he was thirteen, leaving Charles Ford, probably his maternal uncle, his
legal guardian.

 

Mahlon F. Dickerson went into partnership with his paternal uncle and namesake Mahlon
Dickerson (1770-1853), opening a general store called M.F. Dickerson & Co. in
Dover, Morris County, New Jersey.  The store had a close relationship with the nearby
Dickerson Iron Mine, run by Mahlon Dickerson, yet seems to have done poorly.
The
Dickersons dissolved their partnership in 1817, with the younger Dickerson retaining the
company.  Mahlon F. Dickerson was in the midst of financial troubles at the time of his
death on May 22, 1823 in Stanhope, New Jersey.  He died at the age of 28 and never married.

 

Sources:

 

Baker, Wesley L. Dickerson & Dickinson Descendants of Philemon Dickerson of
Southold, Long Island, N.Y., Also Descendants of Captain John Dickinson of Oyster Bay
(Adams Press: Chicago, 1978).

 

 

 

Provenance Note:

 

The source of this volume is unknown.

 

 

 

Scope and Content Note:

 

The records consist of a daybook from M.F. Dickerson & Company dating from
1816-1817.  The volume documents the sale of goods, such as salt, spirits, nails, and
butter, by recording customer name, purchase, and price.  Recurring customers include
Mahlon Dickerson (1770-1853), Lewis D. Camp, Henry R. Miller, John McKinnon, Rebeckah R.
Randolph, and Cummins Oliver.

 

 

 

Related Collections:

 

Manuscript Group 13, Mahlon Dickerson (1770-1853) and Philemon Dickerson
(1788-1862) Papers

 

Manuscript Group 97, Edward Nicoll Dickerson (1824-1889) Papers

 

Manuscript Group 101, Dickerson Mine Records

 

Manuscript Group 249, Canfield-Dickerson Family
(Morris County, NJ) Papers

 

 

Processed by Kim Charlton, April 2000 as part of the “Farm to City”
project funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records
Commission.

 

 

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