Scope and Contents: Daybook and ledger kept by South Yarmouth, Massachusetts general store David K. Akin & Company. Merchant brothers David K. Akin and Thomas Akin ran a general store that supplied local residents and ships with provisions, dry goods, housewares, and perishable food. Entries contain the name of person or ship that purchased goods, date purchased, and cost of supplies including coffee, butter, molasses, sugar, gloves, wood, fish, glassware, and textiles, among other...