Mentrum-Briggs Company (Missoula, Mont.) Records, 1891-1905

This series contains day books, a cash book, sales books, and daily ledgers from the Mentrum-Briggs Company. Also included is correspondence and varied business forms utilized by the company. The day books contain the date, purchaser, itemized description of purchase, and total. The main items purchased were whisky, kegs, cigarettes, cigars, beer, brandy, rum, gin, and scotch. Non-perishable items purchased from the company were bar bottles, Bicycle playing cards, and poker chips.

The daily cash book consists of the customer name and number, whether the sale was cash or charge and an itemized list of purchases of the client. The book also includes a running total of credits to the company.

The daily sales books contain the purchaser, description of purchase, quantity, total, and balance of all totals tabulated at the bottom of each page.

The daily ledgers are categorized by the names of individual clients, including companies. The ledgers contain the date, items purchased, price, the amount owed, the dates of payments, and an account of any added on interest.

This series consist of a sales book, possibly from the Missoula Mercantile. It illustrates the date, the article of furniture sold, the cost per item, the sales price and the profit gained from each sale.