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Grocer, Newport and East Greenwich, R.I. Records, 1834-1873 Size: .25 linear feet Catalog number: MSS 986 Processed by: Rick Stattler, April 1996 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Historical note:
Edward Stanhope Jr. (1811-1893) was the son of Edward and Susanna Stanhope. By 1834, he was operating a grocery store in Newport, Rhode Island. He married Ann Eliza Wickes (1818-1887). In 1852, he moved his operations to East Greenwich, Rhode Island; his store was on the corner of Main and Armory Streets. He continued to run the store after being chosen as town clerk in 1868.
Bibliography:
The History of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 1677-1960, p. 241
History of Washington and Kent Counties, p. 1087
Scope and content:
This collection consists of three account books dated 1834 through 1873. There is a gap in the records between 1838 and Stanhope's arrival in East Greenwich.
Provenance:
This collection was a gift from the Connecticut River Museum in 1993; they had received it as a gift from Kurt Peterson. Six other account books from an unrelated East Greenwich tailor were removed from this gift to form the Stukely B. Wickes Records.
Processing note:
Inventory:
Kept in Newport 1834-1838
No records, 1838-1858, except one page of cash accounts, 1856
Kept in East Greenwich, 1858-1859
2. Ledger, 1852-1863.
3. Ledger, 1863-1873.
4. Loose memoranda from back of journal.
Subjects:
East Greenwich, R.I. - Business records
Grocery trade - Rhode Island - East Greenwich
Newport, R.I. - Business records
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