McGill Library
McLennan Library Building3459 rue McTavish
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 0C9
Ledger, 1830s
File
1.5 cm of textual records (1 bound notebook, [103 p.]; 31.5 x 19.5 cm.
Consists of a manuscript ledger in limp, hand-cut and sewn leather binding. The records provide evidence as to Curtis's business expenditures (for example, purchase of animal skins presumably for tanning, such as sheepskin and calfskin) and household expenditures. Many entries provide evidence of barter culture. «
First page detached and badly chipped. Some pages are partially discoloured (exposure to acid paper?). Early-stage deterioration of paper due to iron gall ink is visible on some pages. Edges of paper are foxed and friable. Water stains on some pages.
Leaf with calculations and pen trials laid in between pages [79] and [80].