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Account Books
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Ledgers
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1872-1904 (Creation)
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Series consists of six hard bound ledgers.
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Roberts began to keep ledger books during his work as a Church of England missionary. He began his missionary work at the “Six Nations Indians’ parsonage,” Cayuga Mission. He was under instruction to send quarterly journals and account books to his London based employer, the New England Company. The account books in this series are his own personal accounting of his finances. They include his financial relationship with the New England Company. One of the ledgers, A/E/R54/R54.13/1881-1887, is titled "N.E.C." and is designed to be an official New England Company ledger but Roberts decided to use if for personal finances. The others are titled as "Private Accounts," or "Personal Ledgers." Roberts was a meticulous financial accountant, even the simplest cost of supplies, produce or day labour are documented. The ledgers identify amounts of transaction, names of business parties, nature and dates of transactions. Roberts was constantly in financial difficulty, and the ledgers illustrate the challenge of managing a commonly underfunded mission.
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Physical condition
The account books are in good condition.
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The ledger books are in chronological order.
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