L. & H. Huning Account Book for Wool, Hides and Pelts. Shipped and Sold, 1883
File — Box: 9, item: 8
Scope and Contents
Entries focus on produce, etc. There are 29 pp. dedicated to wool and hides for which the quantities, both in pounds and dollars are quite large. Entries reflect the Huning brothers operating primarily as agents but there are entries in their own right, e.g., May 31, 1880 records L. & H. Huning consigning 12,734# of white wool, no black, to Coates Bros. "to Atchison (railroad) @ $2.70 (per hundredweight?). Illustrative of the large amounts are entries on p. 50 for 1883: Oct. 16 "Wool sold to date 193,091# [for which they received payment of] $31,458.70. Within the ensuing period to Nov. 19: 105,681# [for which they received payment of] $16,670.43, all contributing to the Coates Bros. total remittances of $51,535.29. Huning overhead is represented in significant recorded charges against these 1883 receipts: "Freight & Drayage as per Statement" of $10,851.72, "Sand taken out" incurred a charge of $572.73, etc. Coates Bros.' 1883 payment total of $51,535.29. represents almost $1.2 million in 2013 dollars. [Huning-Smith & Co.?)
Dates
- 1883
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 45 boxes (34.66 cu. ft.) + 14 microfilm reels
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451