Indiana Historical Society - Manuscripts and Archives Department

DANIEL WINTHROP NOBLE
LEDGER, 1849-1890

Collection #
BV 2661

Table of Contents

Collection Information
Biographical sketch
Scope and Content note
Cataloging Information

Processed by
Charles Latham
30 April 1993

COLLECTION INFORMATION

VOLUME OF COLLECTION:

1 bound volume

 COLLECTION DATES:

1849-1890

 PROVENANCE:

Lucile Miller, Indianapolis IN, 28 June 1982

 REPRODUCTION RIGHTS:

Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society

 RELATED HOLDING:

SC 1933, Daniel William Noble (son)

 ACCESSION NUMBER:

1982.0613

 

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

  Daniel Winthrop Noble (1808 - ca 1890) was born in Lanesboro, Mass., but moved with his family to Genesee County, N. Y., in 1815. He ran bookstores in Whiteford, Mich. (1834-1836), Boston, Mass. (1837-1840), and Dayton, Ohio (1840-1848). In 1848 he moved to Indianapolis and opened a book and stationery store there. Six years later he sold out, and settled on a farm in Perry Township, Marion County, where he lived until his demise.

 Source: Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Indianapolis and Marion County (1893), 439-440

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection consists of one account book, with entries from 1849 to 1890, covering both Noble's bookstore and his farm. The bookstore entries (pages 1-132), mainly for 1849 and 1850, show that Noble did some business on a sort of barter basis. The left column shows purchases at the store; the right column shows payments made either in cash or in goods and services. Most of the farm entries (pages 133-239) have receipts from sales on one page, and expenses on the opposite page. Some pages have accounts for different members of the Noble family.

CATALOGING INFORMATION

For additional information on this collection, including a list of subject headings that may lead you to related materials:

  1. Go to the Indiana Historical Society's online catalog
  2. Click on the "Local Catalog" icon.
  3. Search for the collection by its call number, using the letter or letters designation and four digits (e.g., M 0715, SC 2234).
  4. When you find the collection, go to the "Holdings" screen for a list of headings that can be searched for related materials.

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