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Z 0271.000
FALER (M.) AND COMPANY PAPERS

1852 - 1907; 1924

Business papers and account books of the mercantile firm of M. Faler and Company, Hazlehurst, and later of A. Mangold and Company, Hazlehurst. One letterhead gives M. Faler and A. Mangold as partners in the firm of "M. Faler & Co., Dealers in Dry Goods, Clothing, Hardware, Boots, Shoes, Groceries, Bagging, Ropes, Ties, etc. Highest Market Price Paid for Cotton and Hides." Later A. Mangold and Company is described as dealing in "Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Notions, Groceries, Furniture, etc., Bagging and Ties," and as "Manufacturers of and Dealers in Long Leaf Yellow Pine Lumber, Kiln-Dried Flooring and Ceiling a Specialty."

The pages are principally deeds, deeds of trust on property of people furnished by these firms, and tax receipts. These papers are distributed by dates as follows:

The account books are as follows: