%PDF-1.4 % 1 0 obj << /Title (Guide to the Collection of Licenses and Tax Receipts for Businesses in Montana Territory) /Author (Sarah Lerner and Stephanie Bredbenner) /Subject (Circa 3,500 printed licenses and circa 700 printed tax receipts, completed in manuscript, issued to businesses and individuals in Montana Territory, 1865-1880. Among the types of business represented are assayers, attorneys, billiard tables, brewers, butchers, dance houses, doctors, gambling houses and saloons, hotels, inns and taverns, merchants, ranchmen, saloons, and theaters. Other businesses include auctioneers, bankers, branding houses, jewelers, and liveries and stables. Towns represented include Blackfoot, Butte City, Deer Lodge, Fort Benton, German Gulch, Gold Creek, Henderson Gulch, Jefferson City, Lincoln Gulch, McClellan Gulch, Pacific City, and Virginia City \(among others\). At least six of the licenses were issued to female entrepreneurs. Two licenses were issued to Kate Sands of Virginia City, who operated a saloon and dance house in 1865-1866. Another dance house proprietor was Mary Miller of Central, whose license was for the duration of two days, from 1865 September 19 to 20. Three other female saloon proprietors are represented by licenses in the collection: Nancy Williams and Hattie Peters of Virginia City and Florence Bennett of Blackfoot.) /Keywords (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, WA MSS S-4310) /Creator (Apache FOP 2.6) /Producer (Apache FOP Version 2.6) /CreationDate (D:20240329001525-04'00') >> endobj 2 0 obj << /N 3 /Length 3 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> stream xgPTY{ MI$$A@wiAQdpFI AFQŀ((N#2"**K٭U[gxsOs[1M:1C H( JN !c sϑ>qyvy%. ʱlN2kwr4;- 8=%1 {iW-o!o\Vk ZkL0+ tj +|iA/o3`?(Of+yS/T7orL@ʿr` QWN = t8@W) Xo9 Ȁ