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90s antique CHATMAN KENDAL & DANIELL boston ma BUSINESS LEDGER ACCOUNT BOOK
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Outstanding original 1890s merchant-house ledger from Chatman, Kendal & Daniell, the well-documented Boston wholesale firm located at the corner of Summer & Chauncy Streets. This exceptionally large company ledger contains detailed financial records for the firm’s clients, banks, agents, insurance, profit & loss, and notes payable.
This is Private Ledger No. 1, bound in full leather with gilt spine labels. The binding is worn, with peeling leather and a non-working oxidized brass clasp, but the interior remains strong and legible throughout.
DETAILS
Company: Chatman, Kendal & Daniell
Locale: Boston, Massachusetts (Summer & Chauncy Streets)
Dates covered: approx. 1887–1897
Pages: 451 total • approx. 380 pages filled with content
Size: measures approx. 9\" × 14\" × 2\" thick
Binding: full leather, worn, peeling, losses; clasp oxidized and stuck
Interior: highly legible hand-entries in ink; red & blue ruling
Subjects inside:
Cash accounts
Stock transactions
Expense & insurance accounts
Interest
Notes Payable (major Boston & NY banks)
Profit & Loss
Individual customer accounts
Internal capital accounts for partners
Occasional biographical notes (example: “Mr. W. died at Buffalo Jan. 5, 1897 of Heart Disease”)
NAMED BANKS & INSTITUTIONS APPEARING
Nat’l Bank of Commerce (NY)
New York Security & Trust Co.
Nat’l City Bank of NY
Nat’l Broadway Bank NY
Numerous Boston insurers & merchants
NAMED PARTNERS & OFFICERS
John W. Chatman
Josiah E. Daniell
Henry W. Kendal
Harry L. Chatman
WHY THIS LEDGER MATTERS
Chatman, Kendal & Daniell were major Boston merchants handling high-volume goods shipments, payments, and credit across New England and New York. Ledgers of this scale are rarely found intact. This book documents the commercial infrastructure of Boston at its peak during the 1880s-1890s textile/dry goods boom.
CONDITION
Leather heavily worn, peeling, chipped
Spine intact but cracked at edges
Brass clasp present but oxidized and non-functional
Interior pages generally very clean and bright with light smudges and age toning
Tight text block
Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
CONDITION: See listing description and photos.
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