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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

21 records

OrderDateRemitterPayeeDestinationAmountSource
#236 View 1885-03-27 John Newcomer Elizabeth Newcomer Pittsburg, Pennsylvania $28.00 Scan 6
#241 View 1885-04-02 Patrick Keough John C. Brungard West Grove, Pennsylvania $1.00 Scan 6
#1002 View 1886-09-20 Curtis E. Outhouse Theodore [Fresher?] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $0.50 Scan 24
#1278 View Dec 31 James [Altland?] Mark Weekly York, Pennsylvania $1.00 Scan 30
#1333 View 1887-01-27 L. V. S. [Covell?] S. S. White Dental Mfg. Co. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $1.25 Scan 31
#1351 View 1887-02-04 Samuel E. Brown J. L. Meredith Boston, Massachusetts $3.50 Scan 31
#1376 View 1887-02-14 M. B. Lawrence Western [Brethren?] Easton, Pennsylvania $1.15 Scan 32
#1444 View 1887-03-16 S. H. Rice [Lewiston concern] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Scan 34
#1448 View 1887-03-17 Mrs. M. Eaton W. L. [Burridge?] Phila., Pennsylvania Scan 34
#1466 View 1887-03-26 John Newcomer Martin Greene Shippensburg, Pennsylvania Scan 34
#2056 View 1888-02-22 John Machin A. A. Leggett Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $6.25 Scan 48
#2081 View 1888-03-09 Fred J. Williamson W. Williams [Mfg.?] Co. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $1.25 Scan 48
#2125 View 1888-04-07 John Newcomer Felinda Burkhart Lititz, Pennsylvania $14.00 Scan 49
#2343 View 1888-09-08 W. J. Long [Campbell Pease & Brint? Co.] Carlisle, Pennsylvania $3.00 Scan 54
#2368 View 1888-09-25 F. J. Ditter [G. D. Greer?] Lancaster, Pennsylvania $5.25 Scan 55
#3913 View 1890-09-19 William J. Long Maggie E. North Newcastle, Pennsylvania $10.00 Scan 93
#4169 View 1890-12-19 Levi Hines J. W. Parker Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Scan 99
#4374 View 1891-02-28 David Frankhauser James Boyer West Middlesex, Pennsylvania $0.50 Scan 104
#4396 View 1891-03-06 Daniel M. Shank Alice Shank Carlisle, Pennsylvania Scan 105
#4590 View 1891-05-30 Daniel M. Shank Alice Shank Carlisle, Pennsylvania Scan 109
#4768 View 1891-08-26 [W. J. Lowe?] Maggie E. North New Castle, Pennsylvania $10.00 Scan 114