Dates
- 1822 - 1841
Scope and Contents
Three record books of the Salem Banking Company: a stock transfer book, 1823-1834; a record of cash deposits, April 1823-December 1826; and a record of cashed checks (?), November 1837-April 1841. Two of the volumes are labeled as subscription books on their bindings, but only one of them was used briefly in 1822 for that purpose. (When first incorporated in 1822, the Salem Banking Company was known as the Salem Steam Mill and Banking Company.)
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box containing 3 volumes)
Physical Description
Bindings worn or distorted. Possible mold observed.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Two subscription books, with at least one for the Salem Steam Mill and Banking Company, together with a record of shares sold for a steam mill company, likely the Salem Steam Mill and Manufacturing Company (later the Salem and Philadelphia Manufacturing Company), one of two successor companies along with the Salem Banking Company.
General
Collection title used for convenience; it apparently does not incorporate the name of the most recent and/or only company for which records are present in the volumes. For information on the relevant corporate genealogy, consult: Bruce A. Bendler, "The Steam Mill and Jacksonian Politics: The Career of William N. Jeffers," New Jersey Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal (Summer 2018: 41-68).
- Author
- Stephen Bacchetta
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Part of the New Brunswick Special Collections Repository