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1857 Ledger Parker Snow Brooks Co Guns Machinery

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Evington, Virginia, United States

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1857 Ledger Parker Snow Brooks Co Guns Machinery
This is a wonderful original handwritten ledger of Gamaliel F Snow of Meriden, Connecticut.  It is from 1857.  Snow was an inventor and businessman and went into business with Parker to make Parker, Snow and Company that made muskets and guns for the Union Army during the Civil War.  It has some diary entries and a lot of ledger style entries including many for his business Snow and Brooks Co which would later merge to become Parker Snow and Brooks Co, that made muskets and other items.  The ledger entries include
Sent 48 machines to Andrew
Recd of Edgerton 50 machines
Long list of applicants to work at the company
Scrumfer 1000 machines
20 gro Needle Springs
Wrote Andrew that if we made 100 per week it would probably cost 6 to 6 ½
Entries for lathes, belts and other items for the Company
Sent Andrew 42 machines by Freight
Elliot began levers at noon at 7 cents each
Started Power in New Shop
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