Bailey was a physician and merchant in Ridgeville (Randolph County), Indiana.
The collection consists of account books for Bailey’s Ridgeville general store: 1857–59, 1860–64, and 1865-67 (the last of these is for Bailey & Fisher).
3 bound volumes.
Description taken from Eric Pumroy and Paul Brockman, A Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Indiana Historical Society and Indiana State Library. Indianapolis : Indiana Historical Society, 1986 (entry A-13).
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Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
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Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
6 November 2004