Dates: 1866-1882
 

Biography:

W. H. Keys sold drugs, medicine, cigars, tobacco, and alcoholic beverages in Oxford, Mississippi.

 
Scope and Content Note:

This collection consists of two indexed ledgers (1881-1882); fifteen loose pages from an account book (1881); fifty loose pages from a cashbook (1881-1882); and miscellaneous papers of W. H. Keys. Also included is a daybook (1866-1880) recording the settlement of Hinds County, Mississippi, court cases and providing a list of prisoners and charges for 1870.

 
Box List:

Box 1: 
Loose pages from account book (May 19, 1881 - September 3, 1881).
Loose pages from cashbook (September 1, 1881 - May 6, 1882).
Miscellaneous papers.
Volume 1: Daybook (March 27, 1866 - April 6, 1880).
Volume 2 (wrapped): Ledger (January 1 - September 1, 1881).

Box 2:
Volume 3: Ledger (September 1, 1881 - November 22, 1882).