Set of Three 1880s Connecticut River Barge Operator's Ledgers with Pages and Pages of Satisfying Hatch Marks carved wooden brush ) from Cornish

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with lots of iridescence and encrustation to the upper half

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Set of Three 1880s Connecticut River Barge Operator's Ledgers with Pages and Pages of Satisfying Hatch Marks carved wooden brush ) from CornishHonestly, I purchased these because I found the handwritten labels on their fronts and the pages and pages of careful hatchmark tallying inside very visually satisfying. But then I figured out they were logs kept by a barge operator, with each of those hatchmarks I believe representing a trip taken load carried down the Connecticut River. I haven't dug too much into them, but each ledger contains records for the accounts of different individuals, with