| MS 093 | |
| AUTHOR : | Bear, Gabriel (1814- |
| TITLE : | Gabriel Bear Business Records |
| DATES : | 1842-1864 |
| SIZE : | 1 volume (157 pages); 15 1/14 x 6 inches, 1 volume (220 pages); 15 x 6 1/4 inches, 1 volume (220 pages); 11 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches, 1 volume (150 pages); 7 x 8 inches, 1 volume (270 pages); 15 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, and 1 volume (450 pages); 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches. |
| ARRANGEMENT: | Ledgers; Chronological arrangement. |
| HISTORY : | Gabriel Bear was a gristmill owner and operator from Mount Joy Borough, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from the early 1840's to the late 1860's. He managed the Willow Bank Mill during the 1840's to the 1850's. In 1855 Bear erected mills that would become the Mount Joy Roller Process Flouring Mills. |
| CONTENTS: | Consists of the business ledgers and receipt books of Gabriel Bear of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania from 1842 to 1864. The ledgers contain the daily activities of a gristmill in Lancaster County including the names of customers, services rendered and the cost of those services. |
| SUBJECTS : | Gristmills -- Pennsylvania
-- Lancaster County. Flour mills -- Pennsylvania -- Lancaster County. Mount Joy (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania) -- History -- Sources. Account book -- Pennsylvania -- Lancaster County. Receipts (Acknowledgements) -- Pennsylvania -- Lancaster County. Willow Bank Mill (Mount Joy, Pennsylvania) Mount Joy Roller Process Flouring Mills (Mount Joy, Pennsylvania) Bear, Gabriel (1814- |