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Howe and Mason was a general store operating in Dublin, Va., during the mid-nineteenth century. Managing partners of the firm
included John D. Howe and William B. Mason.
Howe and Mason Daybook, 1868-1869, records the cash sales of the general store on a daily basis as they occurred. Information
found in each entry includes customer name, name and quantity of item purchased, and amounts paid. Customers bought a variety
of items including groceries, coffee, dry-goods, clothing, shoes, hardware, tobacco, and glassware.
This daybook was referenced in a deposition given by William B. Mason on 16 May 1890 as part of an unidentified court case
involving Howe and Mason versus Dudley Dunbar.