Edward Reichardt was born in Asch, Bohemia in
1844. He was the youngest of a large family that immigrated to the United
States in 1854. A member of the City Council, he also served as director of the
Little Rock Cotton and Produce Exchange from its creation, and was elected
treasurer of the Electric Light Company. He was a retail grocer for many years
as well as a cotton buyer. He was part owner of the Rock Street railway bridge
that crossed the Arkansas River and part owner of the first street railway in
Little Rock. He married Pauline Brandt in 1872.
This collection consists of accounting records
for Ed Reichardt's grocery store, including a steamer log, cash books, trade
names index, daily account books, yearly accounting records, receipt books, and
cotton day books.
·
Steamer
cargo and discharge list (Box 1)
o 1859-1866
·
Cash
books
o 1871-1873
o 1876 June-1877 December
·
Trade
names indexes
o Undated
o Undated
o Undated
o Undated
·
Day
books
o 1872 April 18-1872 June 1 (Box 2)
o 1872 September 19-1872 November 9
o 1872 November 11-1873 September 31
o 1873 March 3-1873 April 24
o 1873 April 25-1873 June 26
o 1873 June 27-1873 August 27
o 1873 August 27-1873 October 31
o 1873 November 1-1874 January 2
o 1874 February 5-1874 March 7
o 1874 March 9-1874 May 9 (Box 3)
o 1874 May 11-1874 August 3
o 1874 September 23-1875 January 14
o 1875 January 15-1875 May 6 (Box 4)
o 1875 December 17-1876 May 10
o 1876 October 4-1877 April 16
o 1878 August 16-1879 January 4 (Box 5)
o 1879 January 6-1879 May 8
o 1879 September 1-1880 February 24 (Box 6)
o 1880 February 26-1880 October 22
o 1880 October 25-1881 June 10 (Box 7)
·
Receipt
books
o 1879 October 9-1879 November 7
o 1881 March 16-1882 April 18
o 1882 January 20-1882 October 12
o 1882 October 13-1882 November 9
o 1882 December 22-1883 April 3
o 1882 October 28-1883 February 3
o 1883 April 3-1883 July 23
·
Account
ledgers
o 1871-1873 (Box 8)
o 1875-1876 (Box 9)
o 1876-1877 (Box 10)
o 1878-1879 (Box 11)
o 1880 June 17-1880 December 30 (Box 12)
o 1890 (Box 13)
·
Cotton
day books (Box 14)
o 1875 October 4-1875 December 16
o 1876 September 9-1877 November 7
o 1877 November 9-1878 March 22
o 1878 March 23-1879 January 2
o 1880 November 12-1881 April 27
