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Biographical NoteR.A. Lewis entered store accounts in Notre Dame, Indiana, from January 1 to April 26, 1883. On May 1, he formed a partnership in Cincinnati, Ohio, with J.A. Lyons and T.E. Howard furnishing the capital. The purpose of the J.A. Lyons and Company mercantile firm was to conduct a grocery and domestic shipping business; the entries here document it for the next three months. They shipped goods, often by steamboat, to New Orleans, Galveston, Pittsburgh, New York, and Chicago. The Cincinnati accounts end on May 30; on June 1, business was being conducted in St. Louis, Missouri. The last entry is July 22, 1883. Scope and Content NoteBound ledger used for several different purposes; the last third of the book is blank. The first 29 pages contain financial entries for the grocery business of J.A. Lyons and Company in 1883. Incoming payments are registered, as are outgoing payments for store rent, office supplies, and the clerk's salary. Prices and quantities for groceries bought and sold are given. The most common items are flour, sugar, wheat, corn, salt, silk, calico, dry apples, bacon, coffee, tea, codfish, and butter. Reference is made to the loss of one of their shipments to Galveston, when the steamboat sank in the Gulf of Mexico. The rest of the ledger entries are from New Mexico, possibly associated with Antonio Lucero. Two short accounts from 1888, in Peralta, regard lambing, wine, and cash transactions. Two pages of an inspector's log follow,of sheep shipped "out of the territory." Earmarks are drawn. A more substantial section, from p.40 to p.69, is a tally of cattle slaughtered in Gallup and Bernallilo, New Mexico, possibly from 1898 to 1899. It gives the number of animals, brands and earmarks, as well as company names and addresses. Those from Arizona selling cattle for slaughter include J. Phelan, Fowler Brothers, Goldman and Company, Brigham and Hicks, M. Smith, Tom Hagen, William Christy, C.P. Mullen, Babbitt Brothers, Alker Company, W.A. Bolton, R.L. Mullen, and J. Norton. Names inscribed on recto of front endpaper: R.A. Lewis and Antonio Lucero. ArrangementThis collection is organized chronologically.RestrictionsRestrictionsThere are no restrictions on this collection. CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright. Access TermsPersonal Name(s) Lewis, R. A. Lucero, Antonio. Corporate Name(s) J.A. Lyons and Company. Subject(s) Cattle brands -- Southwest, New -- History -- Sources. Cattle trade -- Southwest, New -- History -- Sources. Earmarks -- Southwest, New -- History -- Sources. Mercantile system -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Sheep industry -- New Mexico -- History -- Sources. Administrative InformationCredit LineLedger and tally book (MS 128). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries. Acquisition InformationAcquired as purchase, 1976. Processing HistoryProcessed by Staff. | ||||||||||||||||||||