DENHAM, JAMES CARTER.
James Carter Denham business records, 1865-1884
James Carter Denham business records, 1865-1884
Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-727-6887
rose.library@emory.edu
Permanent link: http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/8z6v8
Table of Contents
Descriptive Summary
Creator: | Denham, James Carter. |
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Title: | James Carter Denham business records, 1865-1884 |
Call Number: | Manuscript Collection No. 192 |
Extent: | 10 oversized bound volumes (OBV) |
Abstract: | Business papers of James Carter Denham, of Putnam County, Georgia. Contains orderbooks, daybooks and ledgers from Denham family businesses. The collection includes some accounts of freemen. |
Language: | Materials entirely in English. |
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Unrestricted access.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
Source
Gift, 1948.
Citation
[after identification of item(s)], James Carter Denham business records, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
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Collection Description
Biographical Note
James Carter Denham, businessman, operated a tannery and other businesses with his brother, Josiah Carter Denham, in an area of Putnam County, Georgia, near Eatonton. The Denham Tannery, built near the Sanders family farm sometime during the 1840s, made brogan shoes and saddles for the Confederate Army and was destroyed by Sherman's forces on their March to the Sea. As the tannery grew, the Denhams and others opened a gin, grist mill, sawmill, general store, and fruit distillery, and homes grew around the businesses to form the town of Denhamville, Georgia. The Denham factories, also known as Denham & Denham, were rebuilt after the war and existed until the 1890s when they closed and the town ceased to exist.
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of business records, including an order book, daybooks, and ledgers of James Carter Denham from 1865-1884. Order book is for shoes and wholesale leather transactions (1868-1880) and gives customer names and descriptions of shoes; daybooks are for the sawmill and general store (1874-1884); ledgers (1865-1880) are for sawmill, shoe manufactory, tanyard, general store, fruit distillery, and some of the Denham family's expenses; there are also some accounts with freedmen.
Arrangement Note
No arrangement; collection consists of ten bound volumes.
Selected Search Terms
Personal Names
Corporate Names
Topical Terms
- African Americans--Economic conditions--Georgia.
- Distillers--Georgia.
- General stores--Georgia.
- Leather industry and trade--Georgia.
- Sawmills--Georgia.
Geographic Names
Form/Genre Terms
Occupation
Container List
Box | Folder | Content |
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OBV1 | Order book for shoe manufactory and shipping record for wholesale leather transactions, 1868 - 1880: gives name and sometimes residence of person ordering, describes shoes to be made, leather to be used, and price. | |
OBV2 | Daybook for sawmill, 1874 - 1880 | |
OBV3 | Ledger for sawmill, October 1867 - January 1881 | |
OBV4 | Daybook for general store and other enterprises, September 6, 1879 - November 1, 1880 | |
OBV5 | Daybook for general store and other enterprises, November 3, 1880 - May 10, 1884 | |
OBV6 | Ledger, 1865 - 1868. Seems to include entries for shoe manufactory, tanyard and general store. | |
OBV7 | Ledger, August 1868 - April 1871. General store with some entries for shoes and shoe repairs | |
OBV8 | Ledger, 1868 - 1871. Supplementary: entries from fruit distillery, family’s education and travel expenses, accounts with freedmen, etc. Could this be James Carter Denham’s personal accounts (apart from Denham and Denham) and perhaps those of his farm commissary? | |
OBV9 | Ledger, general store and other enterprises, ca. 1874 - 1875 | |
OBV10 | Ledger, general store and other enterprises, ca. 1877 - 1880 |