Existing comment:
Reconstruction:
The lack of surviving records makes it impossible to know with certainty what Berry and Lincoln sold in their store. It is possible, though, to develop an idea of what might have been stocked there. Some New Salem residents left recollections mentioning the store and the goods it sold. Research in newspapers and surviving ledgers and accounts of other 1830s Illinois stores adds to our knowledge of the kinds of items Berry and Lincoln likely traded. |