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Collection Overview
Title: Conkey and McCulloch Families Papers, 1844-1899
Collection identifier: 555
Primary Creator: Conkey-Mcculloch Families
Extent: 0.2 cubic feet. More info below.
Subjects: Champaign County--Homer (Ill.), General stores, Indiana--Clinton
Forms of Material: Business records, Family papers
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Conkey family papers contain the financial records of Otis M. and Morton Conkey, 1856-1899, including bills, receipts, and promissory notes for freight charges, taxes and merchandise; a memorandum book of accounts due O. M. Conkey and Sons; a notebook listing purchases and expenses; and correspondence with banks and commission merchants regarding accounts and grain prices. In addition, the collection contains four letterbooks, 1844-1854, concerning James McCulloch's business transactions as the operator of a general store in Clinton, Ind. McCulloch was Otis Conkey's mother's cousin.
Collection Historical Note
In 1830, Otis M. Conkey moved to Illinois from Massachusetts with his parents. He farmed and operated a general store with his son Morton in Homer, where his younger brother, William A. Conkey, a doctor and farmer, also lived.
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Administrative Information
Repository:
Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
Alternate Extent Statement:
6 volumes, 54 items
Acquisition Source:
The Library acquired the collection in 1977.
Box/Folder List
URL:
https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/ihlcsfa/conkey-mcculloch.pdf
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