J.N. Robson & Son records
Collection Overview
Records consist of letterpress copybooks, a receipt book, a ledger, and an account book.
Three letterpress copybooks (1873-1874; 1891; and 1893-1898) contain copies of business correspondence, mostly brief letters to various individuals and businesses remitting accounts of sales and payments from those sales. Letters are signed either "J.N. Robson for G.M. Coffin," "J.N. Robson & Son," or simply "J.N. Robson." Loose items in the copybooks include J.N. Robson & Son stationery, letterheads of which have an engraving of the company building.
An account book (1871-1874) is entitled "Ledger Balances," and a ledger (1861-1874) contains accounts with numerous individuals and companies. A receipt book (1898-1902) contains receipts which are affixed to the blank pages. Receipts are from commission merchants, mills, and other businesses in Charleston (S.C.), Chicago (Ill.), Philadelphia (Pa.), and elsewhere.
Dates
- Creation: 1861-1902
Creator
- J.N. Robson and Son (Charleston, S.C.) (Organization)
Language of Material
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
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Historical Note
Established in 1839 in Charleston, South Carolina, J.N. Robson & Son served as commission merchants and wholesale and retail dealers in hay, grain, and groceries. Their headquarters were located at 136 East Bay and 1 and 2 Atlantic Wharf, Charleston, South Carolina.
Extent
3.0 linear feet (2 document boxes, 1 oversize box)
Abstract
Account books, ledgers, letterpress copybooks, and receipts for J.N. Robson & Son, who were Charleston, South Carolina commission merchants and wholesale and retail dealers in hay, grain, and groceries.
Collection Arrangement
Materials are described at the item level
Processing Information
Originally processed by Special Collections staff, date unknown. Reprocessed by Cara McHugh, March 2013.
Subject
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Inventory of the J.N. Robson & Son Records, 1861-1902
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by: Cara McHugh
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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