Hull Foster Ledgers
Scope and Content
Hull Foster Ledgers of "HIDES, PELTS & FURS" company with the lists of sold out hides and tallow for 1905/1908 & 1919/1922 with enclosed notebooks containing notes of circulation of assets and liabilities for 1919/21 and 1921/1922. The list also includes names of persons to whom these hides and tallow were sold, as well their quantity and price.
Dates
- Creation: 1905/1922
Language of Materials
The records are in English.
Biography of Hull Foster, JR
Hull Foster, JR. - son of Hull Foster who moved to Athens in 1809. When about seventeen, Mr. Foster took up the trade of shoemaking-to use his own expression, "just as a cow does kicking-in her own head." In 1821 he returned to Athens, resumed his trade, and built the house. Later, he married his first wife, a daughter of Mr. Ira Carpenter. Since then he has steadily adhered to his trade, at which he has worked for more than fifty years, and still works some, though under no necessity to do so. There is one family in the county for whom he has made shoes for five generations. He has been twice married-his second wife was a daughter of Mr. William Brown (Maria), of Lee township- and is now a widower. A man of strong sense, strict integrity, and marked force of character, his life and virtues are known and read of all his neighbors.
Extent
0.3 cubic feet
Abstract
Hull Foster Ledgers of "HIDES, PELTS & FURS" company with for 1905/1908 & 1919/1922 with enclosed notebooks containing notes of circulation of assets and liabilities for 1919/21 and 1921/1922
Statement of Arrangement
No arrangement.
Description Note
Original, legacy collection inventories may contain inaccuracies or be incomplete. Collection descriptions may change or be updated as they are verified. Please contact Mahn Center staff if you note any errors or discrepancies.
Subject
- Foster, Hull, Jr. (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Hull Foster Ledgers
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Anna Gabritchidze
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Revision Statements
- 5 January 2024: Subjects and other notes added from ALICE MARC records and Mahn Center Microsoft Office finding aids by Ohio University Libraries Metadata Services Department Python scripts.
Repository Details
Part of the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections Repository
