Series II. Financial Records, 1905-1911, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The series includes client statements, transaction ledgers and journals, blotters, and other accounting records that provides information on clients, client activity, securities bought and sold, dividend and interest payments, and other financial business matters.
Arrangement
The series is arranged by type of document.
The "SN" number used in the container list was assigned by N-YHS for access purposes; it has no relation to any original numbering scheme in the records. For those volumes that have an original volume number on their cover, that is included in the title of the item in the container list.
Trial balances. July 31, 1907-April 30, 1910, 1907-1910, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The volume is embossed as "trial balance #6," but the pages of contents are headed as either "trial balance #8" or "special ledger #4." The balances are as of the end of each month, not daily.
[No labeling or heading. Cash transaction journal?]. July 19, 1909-January 17, 1911, 1909-1911, inclusive
Press copybook of client statements (499 sheets). June 1909-November 1909, 1909, inclusive
Press copybook of client statements (496 sheets). November 1909-May 1910, 1909-1910, inclusive
Press copybook of client statements (488 sheets). April 1910-January 1911, 1910-1911, inclusive
Press copybook of client statements (476 sheets). November 1910-May 1911, 1910-1911, inclusive
Clearinghouse blotter #16. September 1907-February 1911, 1907-1911, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Both this volume and the next have the same date coverage.
Clearinghouse blotter #15. September 1907-February 1911, 1907-1911, inclusive
Trial balance stock ledger. June 30, 1909-March 31, 1910, 1909-1910, inclusive
Trial balance stock ledger. April 30, 1910-January 31, 1911, 1910-1911, inclusive
Journal E. April 1907-March 1909, 1907-1909, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This journal and the next appear to be cash journals (interest, dividends, expenses, etc.) for the general and special ledgers.
Journal F. April 1909-May 1911, 1909-1911, inclusive
Checkbook stubs, 1911 January-April, inclusive
Scope and Contents
No checks remain in the volume, but the stubs for checks 73501-74522, with transaction notations, remain in it.
Blotter to Deliver on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. #52. August 1907-July 1908, 1907-1908, inclusive
Blotter to Receive on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. #59. June 1909-April 1910, 1909-1910, inclusive
Blotter to Deliver on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. #60. June 1909-April 1910, 1909-1910, inclusive
Blotter to Receive on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. #61. June 1909-January 1910, 1909-1910, inclusive
Blotter to Deliver on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. #62. June 1909-January 1910, 1909-1910, inclusive
Blotter to Receive on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. #63. April 1910-April 1911, 1910-1911, inclusive
Blotter to Deliver on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. #64. April 1910-April 1911, 1910-1911, inclusive
Blotter to Receive on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. #65. January-October 1910, 1910, inclusive
Blotter to Deliver on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. #66. January-October 1910, 1910, inclusive
Index to Ledger #5 and Special Ledger #2, undated
Index to Ledger #7, undated
Index to Ledger #8, undated
Special Ledger #3, 1905-1907, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes index at front. Entries begin with ending balance of December 31, 1905, and end at June 1907.
Stock Ledger #5, 1905-1908, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes index at front. Entries begin with ending balance of December 31, 1905, and end at February 1908.
[Stock] Ledger #6, 1908-1910, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The volume is embossed to indicate it is a (general) ledger, not a stock ledger. But the nature of the content is the same as the stock ledger above, and carries the chronology forward. Includes index at front.
Ledger #7, 1905-1906, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Entries begin with ending balance of December 31, 1905, and end at December 31, 1906.
Ledger #8. July 1906-December 1908, 1906-1908, inclusive
Vouchers (cancelled checks), 1908-1911, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The checks were only minimally processed by the archivist in 2020 and so most remain tied and wrapped together in original bundles. From the original notations on the wraps, it appears there are many gaps. The date ranges recorded on the bundles are: April-July 1908, December 1908, October 1909, January-April 1910, and January-March 1911. These appear to have been wrapped based on their return as paid by the bank (Fourth National Bank, New York), not on the date of the check. By March 1911, checks were being signed by Arthur W. Butler and were being drawn on an account "in liquidation."
Petty cash slips, 1908-1910, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the slips date from 1909, with a very few back to November 1908 and forward to January 1910. These were not processed or arranged by the archivist in 2020 and so are simply held in random order within two small boxes in record carton 1. Patrons should be cautious in handling these as many are held together with pins that were not removed.