Business papers and accounts.

Title:

Business papers and accounts.

Creator:

George H. Lincoln Furniture Company.

Accession / Call Number:

1988-020 (A)

Object ID:

1988-020 (A)

Date:

1901-1959

Physical Description:

5 oversize volumes

Scope and Content:

In 1902, George Lincoln joined with J. Henry Drake to open the business of George L. Lincoln & Co., home furnishers located at 26 Pleasant Street in Concord, New Hampshire. Lincoln retired about 1922 at which time Ernest S. Chase took over as president. He was succeeded in that office by his son Melvin W. Chase who ran the store with his mother and wife until 1974. Volume 2 includes a variety of accounts including advertising, profit, and loss, insurance, payroll, social security, unemployment insurance, and a "victory tax" in 1943. Volume 2 records customer's accounts from 1947-1953, some of whom were the Eagle Hotel, Christian Science Home and the New Hampshire Highway Hotel. Volumes 5 and 6 contain furniture leases from 1949-1959. The earliest volume, 1901-1902, is a "synoptic journal".

Subjects:

George H. Lincoln Furniture Company. , Furniture. , Retail trade.

Locations:

Concord (N.H.)

Level Description:

Item