Account Book 1881-1895, unknown author 1881–Thorough recordings of the expenses used by the Torrence family from February-December; specific notations of expenses on the pasture, sand, wood, and other expenses relating to the home; there are notes about some family differences about views on baptism–because of these different views, “M.” avoided “Mother” and “was not much company to Mother”; the author wrote that neither his/hers/ “Mother’s” tastes were discussed; there is a list of expenses /receipts/other financial information beginning with February and broken into increments mostly of two-month periods including February and March, April and May, June and July, August and September, October and November (December’s recordings are solely for December); there is some suggestion about moving in 1881 by “M.” with the justification that it would be less expensive to have their own home than it would be to pay for boarding; there is a writing of a family occurrence where someone tried to...
