Account books, day journals, and cash books of Busick and Stevens, a mercantile firm in Brandon. The firm was first established in 1844 by William Richardson and was known as William Richardson & Company. Reorganizations resulted in the following changes in name: Richardson, Lowry & Company in 1854; Robinson, Reynolds & Company in 1855; Robinson, Stevens & Company in 186l; Stevens, Willis & Company in 1867; Busick, Stevens & Company in 1874; Busick & Stevens in 1885. By 1885 the owners of the business were Henry Anderson Busick, D. W. Busick and Mr. Stevens.

The account books cover the following dates:

• July–December 1860
• September 1861–November 1862
• November 1868–April 1869
• April 1870–January 1872
• October 1873–December 1895
• 1885

The cash books are dated as follows:

• November 1858–October 1861
• July 1883–August 1885
• September 1885–April 1888
• July 1891–December 1894
• 1905–1906

The day journals cover the following dates:

• September 1860–January 1863
• October 1869–March 1870
• July 1870–January 187l
• January–June, 1871
• May–October, 1871
• January, 1874–December 1877
• December, 1882–September, 1883
• November, 1890–November 1891
• October, 1893–February, 1894
• October, 1895–June, 1898
• February, 1898–May, 1899
• September 1, 1904, January 1907–May, 1908