Rare Early County Treasurer's Ledger / Written Accounts Through The Civil War

  
This ledger belonged to the serving county treasurer who recorded. All incoming and outgoing payments from all the budding townships. In Grant County, WI/ a very large county bordering the Mississippi.

Today there are 33 townships. Back in 1859 that number may have.

That was just 11 years after Wisconsin achieved statehood. Prior to that is was a territory. The ledger is almost entirely filled and very complex. Be interesting to those who love collecting written examples of history. These budding townships soldiered on during the.

This one of a kind ledger is packed with. Much information and a microcosm of how all the counties in the. United States built this country to what it is today. This ledger measures 16" tall by 11 1/2" wide. There are marbled pages in the front and back. Interestingly, at the very front is an alphabetized insert. Itself has a few bends and folds. Of this ledger is full with a few blank pages at the end. The penmanship is beautifully done and most pages are crisp and.