1861-63 Civil War Era Merchant Charter Ledger Book Boston Maine Shipping Navy

  

Bound in contemporary calf leather. Minor rubbing with loss to head and tail of spine leather. A few old stains to boards. Contents are 61 leaves of ledgers, 3 pages blank, 17 leaves of records of cash and amounts paid of the 61 leaves the written as if the rear was the first page. Making it upside down compared to the ledger pages.

A unique look at American naval merchant enterprises during the onset of the Civil War.