L.&H. Huning Invoice Scrap Book, 1886-1887
File — Box: 13, Folder: 6
Identifier: CD 1
Scope and Contents
Inventory purchase invoices pasted on all including the rear pastedown. Total number of invoices laid-in is 499. Invoices reveal the wide variety of merchandise stocked by Huning Mercantile ranging from the first invoice from Jno. A. Lee, Albuquerque, lumber and building materials; California Sugar Refinery (C&H Sugar in 2013), San Francisco, "200 Bags Dry Granual Sugar" for $1,150.00 "NET CASH"; Oberne, Hosick & Co., Dealers in Hides, Wool Tallow, Albuquerque, acquiring from Huning "Hides (Very Poor), Shearling, Wool Velts, Kids, Goats" for which a $94.54 credit is allowed; 25 June 1886, L & H Huning "Bought of Reid, Murdoch & Fischer, Chicago, 3 Cs. Corn Beef," etc."; Greensfelder, Rosenthal & Co., Chicago, filled a $594.40 order for men's, women's and children's shoes 22 July 1886; Kohn Brothers, Men's and Boy's Clothing filled a $612.13 order 24 August 1886. A non-inventory operations purchase is reflected in a 4 Nov 1886 invoice from Blandy's Steam Engine Works, Zanesville, Ohio, for "1 56 in. Circular Saw" and accessories at $84.25 with a holograph notation "Chg'd Saw Mill…11/12/86." An invoice at the top of p. 70 is issued by L. & H. Huning & Goebel, Socorro, N.M., 30 Sept 1886, one of the mercantile company's branch operations. On p. 157, a holograph receipt notes Socorro partner Oscar Goebel credited with $176.80 in payment for "Freight to Mill," the Los Chavez mill location. Another Huning branch operation is revealed on p. 80 in a statement issued by L. & H. Huning & Co., Belen, N.M., 11 Oct 1886 to the Los Lunas flagship store. This book provides a crisp snapshot of inventory on the company's shelves during the year covered.
Dates
- 1886-1887
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
General
Microfilm reel 5. Original ledger at Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and Arts
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