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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

10 records

OrderDateRemitterPayeeDestinationAmountSource
#1020 View 1886-09-27 J. L. Leech Frank Burns Ellsworth, Kansas $4.40 Scan 24
#1319 View 1887-01-19 B. F. Rankin J. B. Hall Ellsworth, Kansas $20.50 Scan 31
#1545 View 1887-04-26 H. E. Sweet Gideon [Schindel?] Ellsworth, Kansas Scan 36
#2139 View 1888-04-17 Mrs. Clara O'Brien B. H. [Flickinger?] Ellsworth, Kansas $14.00 Scan 49
#2176 View 1888-05-21 G. E. Sweet E. C. Byers Ellsworth, Kansas $3.20 Scan 50
#2339 View 1888-09-05 John Machin Register of Deeds Ellsworth, Kansas $1.50 Scan 54
#2352 View 1888-09-15 Grant Murch & Co. E. A. Renner Ellsworth, Kansas $8.00 Scan 54
#2380 View 1888-09-29 Murch & Co. [R. S. Palmer?] Ellsworth, Kansas $6.27 Scan 55
#2394 View 1888-10-04 W. S. Brown [R. S. Palmer?] Ellsworth, Kansas Scan 55
#2410 View 1888-10-19 Murch & Co. C. S. Palmer Ellsworth, Kansas $5.30 Scan 56