Box 10

Scope and Contents Initial entries represent balances carried forward from 1874-1875 ledger (Box 8, item 6). Account names in this ledger with a larger sprinkling of Anglo names vary significantly from the Los Lunas records which may suggest that this ledger is from a branch store.

Scope and Contents First entry reflects a $50 purchase by Jose Padilla y Mariño of a 130# sack of coffee, a sack of sugar, Box of chocolate, 16# rice, 3 different calicos, bolts, gloves and candy. One of the final entries : "Mill Running Expenses – To Cash paid workmen $31.50." Reflects a total of just over 5,000 transactions in the 261 day period which computes to an average of about 20 recorded transactions/day.

Scope and Contents Cost (in code) of all merchandise handled by the mercantile company from Fairbanks Soaps, candles, cigars, Studebaker Wagons, paper (including cigarette and yellow sugar paper), etc. Page 331 records liquor costs in kegs of 1, 2, 3, 5 and 10 gal. capacity and demijohns of ½, 1 and 2 gallon capacity; flasks in oz. and ½ pint capacities

Scope and Contents A printed paper spine label indicates "Louis Huning, Druggist, Los Lunas, New Mexico." Entries detail purchases, e.g., an August 7, 1889 entry records John G. Raff purchasing lamp wicks for a total of $.25 and a October 1, 1889 entry making a $3.00 payment on account while purchasing coffee @ $3, sugar @ $2, lard @ $1, axle grease @ $.50, rice @ .50, cheese @ $.50, tobacco @ $.50, 1 pair gloves @ $1 and 1 shirt @ $2 to total $14.00

Scope and Contents Includes tobacco and liquor inventories and recorded purchases. Liquor inventory lists quantities -13 bottles grape brandy at $15/dozen = $16.25 and reflects an inventory total of $149.75

Scope and Contents Among the entries is a March 27, 1890 Quelites Ranch purchase of supplies: 295 lbs. corn, 70 lbs. bacon, 28 lbs. sugar, 32 lbs. ground coffee, 50 lbs. flour, 2 lbs roasted coffee, 6 lbs. lard, 32 lbs. peaches, 1 gallon syrup, ½ doz. tin cups, ½ doz. tin plates, one small ax and ½ doz. teaspoons

Scope and Contents Records flour mill grain receipts and shipments and "Water Rent," reflecting irrigation from the five (or seven) mile ditch excavated to supply water to the Huning Mill. By 1897, the mill was no longer in operation and these entries indicate that the Louis Huning was apparently selling (renting) water for irrigation to landowners with access to the ditch. Water rental is calculated at $2/acre, thus Teofilo Chavez had an initial charge of $39.00, reduced to $34.50 by reduction of the land to be...

Scope and Contents Information provided is simply names and amounts, detail was confined to the counter-receipts

Scope and Contents Outgoing typewritten correspondence