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Sawmills -- Pennsylvania -- Franklin County.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

John McLaughlin Docket and Account Ledger

 Collection — Box 1 folder
Identifier: 003-MS 113
Scope and Contents

Docket and account ledger of Constable John McLaughlin of Peters Township, Pa. The constable's docket covers the time period between 1858 and 1869 and documents the issuance of notices, warrants and summons to public offenders. The miller's account ledger lists the daily business activities of McLaughlin's flour and saw mill from 1866 to 1881. The legal transfers and business transactions include both Peters Township and the bordering township of Montgomery.

Dates: 1858-1881

Solomon Helser Daybook

 Collection — Box 1 folder
Identifier: 003-118
Scope and Contents

Daybook contains the daily business records of Solomon Helser of Warren Township, Franklin County, Pa. Documents the daily activities of a lumber mill operator, distiller and farmer on the Pennsylvania-Maryland border. Records the daily sales of whiskey including names of purchasers, the amount of liquor purchased and the amount paid. The records of the lumber mill and family farm are also represented.

Dates: 1839-1886