Ewing Vinton and Company Collection

The Ewing Vinton and Company Collection contains six surviving day books used by the company to record transactions. Most of the books were used for listing the accounts of the company's customers and the items they purchased. The sales records span from 1831 to 1872, with the heaviest concentration of available data for the period 1837 to 1841. Day book 5 kept a record of outgoing business letters to customers, stockholders, and other business associates, while the unused section was used for accounting records on company maintenance for the fiscal yeah 1840-1841. Day book 6 contains daily sales data for 1850-1851. The collection is contained in three boxes. In the first box are day books 1, 2, and 3. In the second, day books 4 and 5, and in the third, day book 6. Students of these records will find that while not complete, the books provide insight to where and with whom the company did business, as well as the use of Ohio's canal system for transporting goods. Those interested in the histories of prominent residents of Gallia County will also find many of their names in the extent sales records.