Rush County, T. J. Pattison daybook
Collection — Folder: S2510
Identifier: S2510
Scope and Contents
This daybook measures 7 3/4 inches wide by 12 1/4 inches high. Every other page is hand numbered through page 72. The first 12 pages are an index to the entries. Names are listed alphabetically on the index pages, with the corresponding entries given on the following pages. The accounts were kept from 1830 to 1831. The entries include the item purchased and the cost of same. At the back of the book are four loose items: (1) post card to D. Collins from the Greenfield Mutual Burial Association about the death of Sallie Rawlings, dated Dec. 23, 1905; (2) an account for J. Hamilton and Company, by Absolem Lines, dated August 19, 1830; (3) an unsigned order for groceries; and (4) scratch paper with calculations.
Dates
- 1830-1905
Creator
- Pattison, T. J., 1813-1899 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
T. Thurston Pattison, who kept this account book, was born on December 9, 1813, in Bracken County, Kentucky. He was the son of Edward Pattison (1777-1827) and Hester Day (1783-1873). His father died in Rush County, Indiana, on February 13, 1827, when Thurston was 13 years old. Three years later, the first entries were made in this daybook. Pattison died in Marion, Grant County, Indiana, on February 14, 1899, at the age of 85.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is one bound volume.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Kate Roper in 1977/9.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing and finding aid completed 2016/9/8 by Nikki Stoddard Schofield.
Creator
- Pattison, T. J., 1813-1899 (Person)
- Title
- Rush County, T. J. Pattison daybook
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
