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N. R. Davis & Co. Account Books
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N. R. Davis & Company operated a cattle ranch in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
The collection consists of ten volumes of accounts for the N. R. Davis & Company cattle ranch in Cheyenne, Wyoming, containing personal and business accounts of various financial transactions from 1871, when N. R. Davis and Clarence King formed a partnership for the purpose of buying, breeding, and selling cattle, up to 1893.
The volumes are arranged chronologically.
The contents list was compiled by Rafael Abrahams in July 2007
Subject
- Cattle trade -- Wyoming -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Ranch life -- New Mexico -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Ranch life -- Wyoming -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Ranches -- Wyoming -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2009
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The collection is open for research.
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Collection Inventory
Ranch account books cover the business transactions (buying, breeding, and selling cattle) of N.R. Davis & Co., of Wyoming, from Aug. 22, 1871 (the date of the creation of the partnership by Clarence King with N. R. Davis) to the year 1894.
Physical Description1 boxBookplate of Philip Ashton Rollins.39 cm
Page 13 includes magazine cutout of woman in ballgown
Ranch account books cover the business transactions (buying, breeding, and selling cattle) of N.R. Davis & Co., of Wyoming, from Aug. 22, 1871 (the date of the creation of the partnership by Clarence King with N. R. Davis) to the year 1894.
Physical Description1 boxBookplate of Philip Ashton Rollins.39 cm
Ranch account books cover the business transactions (buying, breeding, and selling cattle) of N.R. Davis & Co., of Wyoming, from Aug. 22, 1871 (the date of the creation of the partnership by Clarence King with N. R. Davis) to the year 1894.
Physical Description1 boxBookplate of Philip Ashton Rollins.39 cm
Ranch account books cover the business transactions (buying, breeding, and selling cattle) of N.R. Davis & Co., of Wyoming, from Aug. 22, 1871 (the date of the creation of the partnership by Clarence King with N. R. Davis) to the year 1894.
Physical Description1 boxBookplate of Philip Ashton Rollins.39 cm
Ranch account books cover the business transactions (buying, breeding, and selling cattle) of N.R. Davis & Co., of Wyoming, from Aug. 22, 1871 (the date of the creation of the partnership by Clarence King with N. R. Davis) to the year 1894.
Physical Description1 boxBookplate of Philip Ashton Rollins.39 cm
Ranch account books cover the business transactions (buying, breeding, and selling cattle) of N.R. Davis & Co., of Wyoming, from Aug. 22, 1871 (the date of the creation of the partnership by Clarence King with N. R. Davis) to the year 1894.
Physical Description1 boxBookplate of Philip Ashton Rollins.20 x 13 cm
Ranch account books cover the business transactions (buying, breeding, and selling cattle) of N.R. Davis & Co., of Wyoming, from Aug. 22, 1871 (the date of the creation of the partnership by Clarence King with N. R. Davis) to the year 1894.
Physical Description1 boxBookplate of Philip Ashton Rollins.20 x 13 cm
Ms. day book, in unknown hand, for a cattle ranch in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Probably N.R. Davis & Co. ranch. Lists bank accounts/balances.
Physical Description1 boxMany leaves blank39 cm
Ms. day book, written in unidentified hand, for a Ranch in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Probably for the N.R. Davis & Co. ranch. Lists accounts for horses, tobacco, chaps, etc.
Physical Description1 boxMany leaves blank39 cm
Ms. account book, in unknown hand, for a Ranch in Wyoming listing "debtors" and "creditors" for supplies and services. Lists accounts for horses, tobacco, cast of saddle, etc. Probably regarding the N.R. Davis & Co. ranch.
Physical Description1 boxMany leaves blank. Bookplate of Philip Ashton Rollins.39 cm