Bellevue store ledger, 1882-1907.
(Document/manuscript/pamphlet/archival material)

Materials housed in Special Collections Division of the Main Library, Nashville Public Library.

Condition note: Portions of some pages are folded in half or have been cut in half.

In library use only. Available by appointment.

Scope and content: Ledger book from an unidentified dry goods or general store in the Bellevue, Tenn. area, just southwest of Nashville, Tenn. Probably operated under the name T.L. Herrin Jr. or Herrin & Sweeny. Entries span from 1882 to 1898. A partial name index is at the front of the volume. Most entries record accounts with individuals; many entries are for women or African-Americans. Some accounts are with other businesses, such as Turner Bros. of Nashville. Accounts show debits and credits, including specific purchases. Items include shoes, hats, cloth, tobacco, meat, foodstuffs, hardware, tools, and similar purchases. Some of the surnames include members of the DeMoss, Carter, Harding, Herrin, Vaughn, Shelton families, among many others. A check drawn on the Fourth National Bank in Nashville, Tenn. signed by T.L. Herrin and payable to L.H. Hitchcock & Son from 1907 is inserted in the front of the volume. The last 100 pages of the book are blank.

Cite as: Bellevue Store Ledger, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library

No photocopies due to fragile nature of materials.

Source of acquisition unknown;,Acc. RT-100.

By comparing some names listed in accounts with entries on the 1880 Federal census for Davidson County, Tenn., the store was probably located in the 14th or 11th Civil District.

In English

Unknown provenance. Inscription in front of volume from the late twentieth century, reads: "This book now belongs to Mary Joe and Elmore Mitchell" of Bellevue, Tenn.

No further accruals are expected.