• Creator Names Holmes & Son (Produce firm : Chicago, Ill.)
  • Title Holmes & Son (Chicago, Ill.) records [manuscript], 1860-1861.
  • Physical description 2 v. (in 1 package)
  • Collection summary Financial ledger and cash book, 1860-1861, for Holmes & Son, a firm that dealt in produce and was located at 12 River Street in Chicago (Ill.), according to the city directory of 1861. The firm consisted of Samuel Holmes and his son Martin V. B. Holmes. The account books contain records of dealings with packing houses and amounts of beef and pork purchased. Among the names of firms with whom they did business are found: M. Belden, G. S. Hubbard, Hopkins & Co., William H. Piatt.
  • Names
    • Holmes & Son (Produce firm : Chicago, Ill.) Archives.
    • Holmes, Martin V. B.
    • Holmes, Samuel.
    • Holmes family.
    • Holmes, Samuel.
    • Holmes, Martin V. B.
  • Subjects
    • Family-owned business enterprises Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • Grocers Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • Meat industry and trade Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • Produce trade Illinois Chicago 19th century.
  • Geographic coverage Chicago (Ill.) Commerce 19th century.
  • Genre
    • Account books. aat
    • Daybooks. aat
    • Ledgers. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.