File consists of one hand-written land transaction document regarding the sale of land by Jacob and Margaretha Hailer to Louis Breithaupt and Jacob Wagner, witnessed by Jacob and Mary Burgley[sic], and signed by all parties. This document is not written on an official form.

File consists of a hand-written partnership agreement relating to a tanning business to be carried on in Berlin, Ontario, by Jacob Vogt and Louis Breithaupt, signed by both parties.

File consists of hand-written agreement regarding carpentry work to be done. Jacob Stabler's signature is in German script.

File consists of one hand-written agreement relating to the Louis Breithaupt's continuance of joint business after the death of Jacob Wagner dated May 17, 1858. The document is witnessed by Jacob Hailer and is signed by all parties and sealed. Includes a receipt, and statements of account.

File consists of land transaction documents relating to property in Berlin, Ontario.

File consists of Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance Co. receipt to L. Breithaupt for insurance payment on dwelling on Seneca St., Buffalo, May 12, 1864.

File consists of material relating to the purchase of and payment for property in Buffalo, N.Y. Includes two land title search documents, one dated 1849 (for Reuben B. Heacock) and the other dated 1865. Includes the original mortgage document from R.B. Heacock, signed by Liborius Breithaupt, April 7, 1848, annotated with a list of payments made. Includes receipts for payments made from 1849 to 1856.

File consists of correspondence, one small account book 1851-1856, individual statements of accounts, correspondence to and from L. Breithaupt and J.F. Schellkopf, a letter to Liborius Breithaupt from a nephew in Allendorf Germany.

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt including business correspondence, statements, rail road freight receipts, an ephemera. Includes documents relating to the tannery in Berlin, correspondence from Charles A. Ahrens, correspondence with Jacob J. Vogt, Niagara Falls (who is a relative and who has invested in the Berlin tannery), Hoffman & Weaver, J.F. Schoellkopf. Also in the file are letters in German from Jacob Hailer, A. Klein, F.A. Goetze, W. Brill. A letter from W. Mentz addresses L.B. as "Esteemed Brother" and comments on the dissolution of co-partnership with J. Vogt.

Also of note are business cards: "L. Breithaupt, manufacturer and dealer in leather, findings, hides, wool, oil, &c., Berlin, C.W.", a doctor's bill for 19 visits in June 1859 to visit child, and one one letter written on one side to L. Breithaupt from Jacob Burgley [i.e. Burckle], Utica, August 15, 1859, and on the other side to "Dear Sister", from M.A. Burgley.

File consists of correspondence, individual account statements, customs document, note protest. Also includes one letter, in German, from J.F. Schoellkopf dated January 18, 1853.

File consists of correspondence, freight receipts, individual statements of accounts and receipts. Includes one letter signed Catharina Breithaupt, a letter in German from F.A. Goetze, a statement of snuff and cigars purchased from him by Louis Breithaupt, a memorandum regarding Waterloo Township tannery rental from Wendell Bowman and Henry Bechtel, February 25, 1854, a letter from John B. Bowman, St. Jacobs, Ont., March 1854 regarding water privileges and land for tannery, and letters in German signed S. Merner.

File consists of notes, account for Paul Rohr, and an invoice, in German, for work on a wagon.

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt including statements of accounts (including shoes and gaiters for Wagners, Hailers and Breithaupts), freight receipts, business correspondence, etc. Includes 22 letters from Charles A. Ahrens, Berlin concerning business and conditions in the tannery there. Letters in German include those from Margaret Wagner, Buffalo, W. Goetze, New York, A. and L. Klein, Rochester, Jacob Hailer, Ludwig Breithaupt, Th. Wagner, and others. Also in the file are documents relating to the Evangelical Association Church property, William and Emslie Sts. in Buffalo, circulars of F.A. Goetze, tobacconist, letters from Jacob Vogt, Nigara Falls and a letter from J.F. Schoellkopf, Buffalo.

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt. Includes business correspondence, a contract with William Brower, May 1862, to tear down a warehouse and build a stable, correspondence with Jacob J. Vogt, and correspondence with the Singer Sewing Machine Co. Letters in German include those from M. and John Straus, some written on letterhead: "Breithaupt & Straus, manufacturers and dealers in sheep-skins and wool, Carroll St. . . . Buffalo, N.Y.",End of file: one letter in German from Catharine Breithaupt, dated Aug. 8, 1861 [marked C.B.]. A. and L. Klein, Wm. Schroeder, Samuel Moyer, Martin Anthes, F.A. Goetze and others.

Also of note are four letters in German from Catharina Breithaupt [marked C.B. Sr. = Catharina, mother of Louis Breithaupt?]; one letter in German to Catharina Breithaupt, sent from Germany, four letter in German from Catharine in Buffalo to Louis in Berlin.

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt. Includes statements of accounts, freight receipts, business correspondence, notes payable, etc. Includes one letter in German from J. Wagner, 3 letters in German from F.A. Goetze (one including a bill for cigars), and an agreement between J.F. Schoellkopf, Buffalo and McKay & Horner, Brantford, dated September 22, 1856.

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt. Includes statements of accounts, raiload advice notices and freight receipts (one dated 1862 at Berlin Station), business correspondence, etc. Includes letters in German from F.A. Goetze, N.Y., recipe for lubricating compound, receipts for city, county, and school taxes, 1858-1859 (one receipt shows three properties in Buffalo), letter to Thomas Bowness in Woodstock, Ont. from J.F. Schoellkopf, November 15, 1861, letter to Louis Breithaupt from J.F. Schellkoepf, July 23, 1861, letter from Charles A. Ahrens, June 19, 1861, letters written jointly to L.B. from Jacob J. Vogt (in English) and Jacob Hailer (in German), Niagara, June 7, 1859 regarding business matters (salutation reads "Dear Brother, Father and Mother Hiler came to our plase...), receipt for household goods purchased for Jacob Wagner, April 30, 1859. Also contains an unbound day book in German with entries from December 19, 1859 to August 15, 1861.

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt including accounts, business correspondence, circulars, etc. Included are letters to and from Charles A. Ahrens and J.F. Schoellkopf. Letters in German include those from [?] Wagner, F.A. Goetze, P. Wentz, Jacob Hailer, Catharine Breithaupt, dated August 8, 1861 [marked C.B.], and others.

Also in the file is a drawing and notes of machinery, a bill for fruit trees, bushes and roses, and six letters from Jacob Burckle, and to Catharine Breithaupt, "Dear Sister", from M.A. Burckle. Jacob & his wife [Mary] were persuaded by L.B. to move from the U.S. to Berlin to help in the business and with boarders. Most of the letters are reports on the state of the business and on the charater of other employees.

File consists of two letters in German, one unsigned and the other signed Jacob Raquet, and one receipt.

File consists of four business postcards addressed to Louis Breithaupt, who died in 1880.

File consists of correspondence, one small account book in German, containing entries from 1852 to 1855, business correspondence, individual account statements, orders, etc.

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt. Includes statements of accounts, business correspondence, telegrams, railroad advice notes and freight receipts, notes receivable, tax notices, etc. Also in the file are documents relating to work done on the church and minister's house corner of William and Emslie Sts., letter from J. Long, Cleveland regarding 18 boxes of Universal Salve, written on the verso of printed instructions for the salve, correspondence between J.F. Schoellkopf and L. Breithaupt, letters in German from Rev. Jacob Wagner, August Klein, Jacob Hailer, Reinhold Lang, F.A Goetze (including cigar bill), statement from Hoffman and Weaver for land in Berlin. Also included is one letter in German from Louis Breithaupt, Berlin, November 6, 1857 to Catharine Breithaupt in Buffalo [last item].

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt including business correspondence, letters in German to and from Louis Breithaupt and M. Strauss, railroad freight receipts, etc. Also in the file are letters in German from Wm. Goetze and others, and two letters in German from Catherine Raquet, Buffalo; two letters in German by C. Raquet with letters enclosed by Catharina Breithaupt; seven letters in German from Catharina Breithaupt, Buffalo; one letter to Louis and Catharine Breithaupt from Jacob and Mary Burckle in Berlin, who are caring for the children while their parents are away.

File consists of documents relating to the construction and furnishing of the house built by Louis Breithaupt at 711 Carrol St., Buffalo, N.Y., in 1852. Includes invoices and accounts.

File consists of an indenture document regarding the apprenticeship of Jacob Schutrum to Louis Breithaupt. Jacob Schutrup was thirteen at the time of signing, his guardian was his grandfather. The document is signed by all parties.

File consists of one day book belonging to Louis Breithaupt. The pages are numbered by hand to p. 60 and are variously headed "Buffalo" and "Berlin". It is uncertain whether handwriting is contemporary or added later by Louis Jacob Breithaupt,.

p. 1-53 contain entries from June 1852 to Oct. 1861 relating to his business in Buffalo, N.Y. [and probably Berlin as well as of 1857].
p. 54-55 written on by Louis J. Breithaupt, Jan. 7, 1870. "Facts" and penmanship practice.
p. 56 accounts resume at Nov. [1861?] Page is headed "Breithaupt & Strauss". Accounts appear to relate to business in Berlin. P. [68] contains an entry on Oct. 20 [1862?] relating to balance "Schoellkopf " according to statement. Page is headed "Buffalo, September 1861" in an unidentified handwriting.
p. [70] ends with entry for Jan. 1863. Page [71] overleaf starts at Nov. 18, 1865 and is weekly accounts, including wages paid to named individuals in "Beam House", "Currier Shop", "Yard." P. [78] headed "Berlin Dec. 23rd 1865" contains annotation: "This was written by P. Cress: all on this page but this."
Accounts continue to p. [185] ending with June 22, 1867.
p. [186] begins day book described on end leaf as "Team book kept by Louis J. Breithaupt Berlin, Ont., 1869-1870. The first entry is dated Aug. 13, 1869. Entries concern loads carried by various teams, what was carried and where carried to, threshing, plowing, etc.. LJB would be 15 years old at this time. Ends at p. [236], entry for Sept. 15, 1870.
P. [237 blank].
P. [238] contains inscription: "L.J. Breithaupt, Berlin, Ont., student of Berlin Central School, Berlin Ontario, Sept. 15, 1870. Page also contains a list of "Old bricks for inside wall of house."
P. [239] contains a list of "Boarders: when they come and when leave."

File consists of notes payable and receivable, relating to business conducted in Buffalo, N.Y., by L. Breithaupt and J.F. Schoellkopf.

File consists of one unbound book of accounts, with 18 pages filled, starting June 26, 1852 and continuing to June 1853.

File consists of one ledger.

File consists of one unbound account book labelled "Hide Book" containing records from 1856 to 1857 of "hides received from Canada to be charged to North Evans Tannery." Includes notes payable, relating to business mostly conducted in Canada by L. Breithaupt, to be paid by account of J.F. Schoellkopf, Buffalo, N.Y. Also contains two letters in German dated November 30 and December 2, 1861 from M. Strauss, Buffalo, N.Y.

File consists of a document relating to property in Buffalo.

File consists of a statement of account with entries from June 1851 to March 1852.

File consists of statements of account and two agreements, one relating to a sheepskin factory dated June 3, 1852 and the other relating to a tannery, dated March 30, 1857.

File consists of one land transaction document.

File consists of statements to J.F. Schoellkopf regarding sales of wool in Providence, Rhode Island.

File consists of a statement of L. Breithaupt's credit and debit from 1858 up to May 1st, 1859.

File consists of notes payable relating to business mostly conducted in Canada by L. Breithaupt, to be paid by account of J.F. Schoellkopf, Buffalo, N.Y.

File consists of notes payable relating to business conducted in Buffalo by L. Breithaupt, to be paid by account of J.F. Schoellkopf, Buffalo, N.Y.

File consists of one small paper covered tete beche account book. One end is farm work and rent and the other appears to be store purchases.