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Dorrance Bankery

Dorrance Ledger

Dorrance Money Order Ledger

Search and browse the surviving historical money-order register of Dorrance, Kansas.

Open the archive: click an Order # to see that transaction beside its original ledger page, or click Scan # to browse the complete scanned page and every indexed order on it.
3,903indexed orders
3,260exact dates
$19,461.62recovered face value
143known destinations

Orders by year

1884 42 1885 88 1886 243 1887 446 1888 451 1889 596 1890 817 1891 577

Top payees

  1. Leibold Fisher & Co.59
  2. Charles P. Copeland58
  3. Russell Bank43
  4. Wilson State Bank33
  5. C. M. Harshbarger31
  6. Charles Smith25
  7. Ackerman & Copeland20
  8. Woodward, Faxon & Co.20
  9. Blair & Haskett19
  10. Armour Packing Co.17

Top destination regions

  1. Kansas443
  2. Missouri143
  3. Illinois70
  4. Ohio30
  5. New York29
  6. Iowa18
  7. Massachusetts15
  8. Pennsylvania14
  9. Colorado12
  10. Nebraska12

Top destination cities

  1. Russell177
  2. Kansas City98
  3. Chicago50
  4. Wilson50
  5. Abilene47
  6. St. Louis37
  7. Topeka32
  8. Lawrence30
  9. New York23
  10. Salina16
  11. Cincinnati14
  12. Boston13
  13. Bunker Hill12
  14. Ellsworth10
  15. Leavenworth10
  16. Denver8
  17. Great Bend8
  18. Joliet6
  19. Louisville6
  20. Toledo6
  21. Lyons5
  22. Olympia5
  23. Orleans5
  24. Philadelphia5
  25. Des Moines4

6 records

OrderDateRemitterPayeeDestinationAmountSource
#1327 View 1887-01-25 E. W. Higgins [Hardware concern] Cincinnati, Ohio $1.00 Scan 31
#1379 View 1887-02-16 M. B. Lawrence Standard Drug [Co.] Cincinnati, Ohio $2.00 Scan 32
#1386 View 1887-02-23 W. P. Higgins [J. J. Daugherty Co.?] Cincinnati, Ohio $22.00 Scan 32
#1452 View 1887-03-19 Amos Bailey H. W. Merrill Cincinnati, Ohio Scan 34
#1459 View 1887-03-23 C. Ridenour J. Austin Brown & Co. Cincinnati, Ohio Scan 34
#1465 View 1887-03-25 Fred [Lapham?] Carson & Wheeler Cincinnati, Ohio Scan 34