Indianapolis hardware store daybook
Collection — Folder: S2674
Identifier: S2674
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a daybook (cover is missing) for an Indianapolis, Indiana hardware store. The entries range from June 15, 1840 to January 21, 1841 and include names of customers, items purchased and prices. The merchant is not identified, but entries of purchases by the state suggest it was the daybook of Benjamin Pottage.
Dates
- 1840-1841
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 / Historical
In January 1821 the Indiana Legislature approved a site on the east bank of the White River at the mouth of Fall Creek for the location of a new state capital and named it “Indianapolis.” The state government was trasferred from Corydon to Indianapolis at the end of 1824, but the town grew slowly, with a population of only about 2,700 in 1840. Benjamin Pottage, an immigrant from England, was one of the early business men of the capital. He opened a hardware store around 1835 and is listed in the report by the Treasure of the State regarding "the payments on account of State House and incidental expenses of the last General Assembly during the financial year of 1840."
Sources:
“Benjamin Pottage.” Indianapolis News (IN), July 17, 1877.
Divita, James J. “Demography and Ethnicity.” Encyclopedia of Indianapolis . Eds. David J. Bodenhamer and Robert G. Barrows. Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1994. 51-60.
Indiana General Assembly. Journal of the Senate of the State of Indiana, During the Twenty-Fifth Session of the General Assembly. Indianapolis: Douglass & Noel, 1840. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008607892.
Sources:
“Benjamin Pottage.” Indianapolis News (IN), July 17, 1877.
Divita, James J. “Demography and Ethnicity.” Encyclopedia of Indianapolis . Eds. David J. Bodenhamer and Robert G. Barrows. Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1994. 51-60.
Indiana General Assembly. Journal of the Senate of the State of Indiana, During the Twenty-Fifth Session of the General Assembly. Indianapolis: Douglass & Noel, 1840. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008607892.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2019/09/30 by Laura Eliason. EAD finding aid created 2019/09/30 by Laura Eliason.
- Title
- Indianapolis hardware store daybook
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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
