Allen Grist and Thomas Dickinson ledger, 1780-1781 and 1813-1816, a single volume with entries relating to the operation of Grist's North Carolina general store and an earlier similar operation by Dickinson in the West Indies. The first half of the volume comprises the Thomas Dickinson ledger from St. Eustatius, West Indies, 1780-1781, with entries documenting payments for rum, madeira, clothing for enslaved people, cheese, flour, twine, nails, brown sugar, needles, and other sundries. The second half of the volume comprises the ledger of Allen Grist of Washington, Beaufort County, NC, 1813-1816, with entries for food, spirits, building material, and other sundries. A few entries in each section record transactions relating to slavery: money lent for the purchase of slaves, money paid for their labor, or money received for the actual sale of enslaved people.
