Collection of licenses and tax receipts for businesses in Montana Territory
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-4310
Scope and Contents
Circa 1,025 printed licenses and circa 700 printed tax receipts, completed in manuscript, issued to businesses and individuals in Montana Territory, 1865-1880. Among the types of business represented are assayers, attorneys, billiard tables, brewers, butchers, dance houses, doctors, gambling houses and saloons, hotels, inns and taverns, merchants, ranchmen, saloons, and theaters. Other businesses include auctioneers, jewelers, bankers, liveries and stables, and branding houses. Towns represented include Virginia City, Deer Lodge, Butte City, Henderson Gulch, German Gulch, Gold Creek, McClellan Gulch, Jefferson Gulch, Pacific City, Blackfoot, Fort Benton, and Lincoln Gulch (among others).
At least six of the licenses were issued to female entrepreneurs. Two licenses were issued to Kate Sands of Virginia City, who operated a saloon and dance house in 1865-1866. Another dance house proprietor was Mary Miller of Central, whose license was for the duration of two days, from 1865 September 19 to 20. Three other female saloon proprietors are represented by licenses in the collection: Nancy Williams and Hattie Peters of Virginia City and Florence Bennett of Blackfoot.
At least six of the licenses were issued to female entrepreneurs. Two licenses were issued to Kate Sands of Virginia City, who operated a saloon and dance house in 1865-1866. Another dance house proprietor was Mary Miller of Central, whose license was for the duration of two days, from 1865 September 19 to 20. Three other female saloon proprietors are represented by licenses in the collection: Nancy Williams and Hattie Peters of Virginia City and Florence Bennett of Blackfoot.
Dates
- 1865-1880
- Majority of material found within 1865-1867
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Access
The Collection of Licenses and Tax Receipts for Businesses in Montana Territory is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Nick Aretakis Americana on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2019.
Arrangement
Organized into two series: I. Business Licenses, 1865-1867. II. Tax Receipts, 1865-1880.
Extent
1.83 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Circa 1,025 printed licenses and circa 700 printed tax receipts, completed in manuscript, issued to businesses and individuals in Montana Territory, 1865-1880. Among the types of business represented are assayers, attorneys, billiard tables, brewers, butchers, dance houses, doctors, gambling houses and saloons, hotels, inns and taverns, merchants, ranchmen, saloons, and theaters. Other businesses include auctioneers, jewelers, bankers, liveries and stables, and branding houses. Towns represented include Virginia City, Deer Lodge, Butte City, Henderson Gulch, German Gulch, Gold Creek, McClellan Gulch, Jefferson Gulch, Pacific City, Blackfoot, Fort Benton, and Lincoln Gulch (among others).
At least six of the licenses were issued to female entrepreneurs. Two licenses were issued to Kate Sands of Virginia City, who operated a saloon and dance house in 1865-1866. Another dance house proprietor was Mary Miller of Central, whose license was for the duration of two days, from 1865 September 19 to 20. Three other female saloon proprietors are represented by licenses in the collection: Nancy Williams and Hattie Peters of Virginia City and Florence Bennett of Blackfoot.
At least six of the licenses were issued to female entrepreneurs. Two licenses were issued to Kate Sands of Virginia City, who operated a saloon and dance house in 1865-1866. Another dance house proprietor was Mary Miller of Central, whose license was for the duration of two days, from 1865 September 19 to 20. Three other female saloon proprietors are represented by licenses in the collection: Nancy Williams and Hattie Peters of Virginia City and Florence Bennett of Blackfoot.
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These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards. For more information, please refer to the Beinecke Manuscript Unit Processing Manual.
- Business enterprises -- Montana
- Butte (Mont.)
- Deer Lodge (Mont.)
- Fort Benton (Mont.)
- Goldcreek (Mont.)
- Licenses
- Lincoln (Mont.)
- Montana -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
- Montana Territory
- Property tax -- Montana
- Receipts (financial records)
- Taxation -- Montana
- Virginia City (Mont.)
- Women -- West (U.S.)
Source
- Nick Aretakis Americana (Bookseller)
- Title
- Guide to the Collection of Licenses and Tax Receipts for Businesses in Montana Territory
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Lerner
- Date
- September 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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Location
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New Haven, CT 06511
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