Wicomico County MDGenWeb Genealogy and local history on Maryland’s Lower Eastern Shore

Background to the collection

Foreword

John E. Jacob, Jr.’s background to the store, the local economy, credit practices, trade, and the genealogical value of the surviving ledgers.

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About this transcription

Store Accounts of John Nelms of Salisbury, 1758–1787 was compiled by John E. Jacob, Jr. and copyrighted in 1990.

The material was prepared for the web and submitted by Laurie Dykes Fowers with permission from the author/compiler.