H. R. Newton's Oyster House ledger and photographs

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Description: The collection consists of a ledger recording accounts with suppliers of clams, oysters, meat and other provisions in Manhattan and on Long Island; customers' tabs for meals; and cash expenditures. Brief journal entries on the end fly-leaf note the weather, crops farmed, life events of neighbors, and news items, mostly at Ronkonkoma. The volume includes a name index with addresses. Also present are two undated albumen photographs mounted on boards, one showing the exterior of H. R. Newton's Oyster House, the other showing the front of an oyster supplier's store, each with two men standing in front. A loose letter from M. A. Metzner of Brooklyn to Richard Newton at Ronkonkoma dated November 6, 1894 asks Newton to look after some pasture land for him.
Names: H. R. Newton's Oyster House (Creator); Newton, H. R. (Hannah R.), 1840-1905 (Creator); Newton, Richard W., 1834-1907 (Addressee)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1890 - 1894; Place: New York
Library locations: Manuscripts and Archives Division; Shelf locator: MssCol 22293
Topics: H. R. Newton's Oyster House; Oysters; Restaurants -- New York (State) -- New York; Restaurateurs
Genres: ledgers (account books); account books; Books; Photographs; Correspondence
Notes: Biographical/historical: Hannah R. Newton (1840-1905) ran an oyster house at 268 Sixth Avenue, corner of 17th Street, New York City, from approximately the late 1870s to the mid-1890s, as listed in City street directories. Her husband, Richard W. Newton (1834-1907), an oyster dealer, also farmed in Ronkonkoma, Long Island.; Acquisition: Purchased from Rabelais, Inc., 2013; Content: Processing information: Compiled by swaide, 2014
Physical Description: Extent: .25 linear feet (1 box)
Type of Resource: Text; Still image
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20216480; MSS Unit ID: 22293; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cdb12c00-7fed-013b-c403-0242ac110002