D. R. Gass & Co. Account Book
This ledger contains two series of records documenting businesses in Greene County, Tennessee. The first set of records is written directly on the book's pages and documents lumber and assorted other merchandise that an unidentified business (possibly Russell & Gass) sold to various customers between 1832 and 1858. The second set of records consists of receipts pasted over the first set of records documenting purchases that D. R. Gass & Co. made from such Knoxville businesses as Boyd & Caswell, W. B. Lockett & Co., McClung, Powell, & Co., and Sanford, Chamberlain, & Albers between 1884 and 1885. An alphabetical index to the customers referenced in the first set of records may be found at the beginning of the ledger.
Dates
- 1832-1885 (Bulk 1852-1858, 1884-1885)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 small flat box)
Abstract
This ledger contains two series of records documenting businesses in Greene County, Tennessee. The first set of records is written directly on the book's pages and documents lumber and assorted other merchandise that an unidentified business (possibly Russell & Gass) sold to various customers between 1832 and 1858. The second set of records consists of receipts pasted over the first set of records documenting purchases that D. R. Gass & Co. made from such Knoxville businesses as Boyd & Caswell, W. B. Lockett & Co., McClung, Powell, & Co., and Sanford, Chamberlain, & Albers between 1884 and 1885. An alphabetical index to the customers referenced in the first set of records may be found at the beginning of the ledger.
Biographical/Historical Note
David Rufus Gass was born to Evan and Permelia (Scruggs) Gass in Tennessee on April 18, 1830. He married Mary Jane Russell (1840-1911) on January 28, 1857 and the couple had four children: Thomas E., William H., Sarah Florence (Gass) Willis, and Ida Jane (Gass) Wallace. During the 1880s, he operated D. R. Gass & Co. in Mosheim (Greene County), Tennessee. D. R. Gass died on January 11, 1908.
Arrangement
This collection consists of a single volume in a single box.
Acquisition Note
Ina Fields Wayland donated this ledger to Special Collections in March of 1951.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository