RECONSTRUCTING A RETAIL TRADE AREA: TUCKER'S GENERAL STORE, 1850-1860

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• ∗The daybooks of Tucker's General Store are part of the Edward M. Natharius Collection held at the Michigan State University Archives, East Lansing, MI. The author gratefully acknowledges the time and material assistance given by Thomas M. Brooks of the Assessor's Office, Dartmouth, MA; Ruth C. Burgess, North Dartmouth, MA; and James C. Casey, Brighton, MA. The author also wishes to thank the reviewers, John Allen and Robert Mitchell; the editor, and Randy Smith and Ted Myers of Ohio State University for their encouragement and help with earlier drafts of this paper.
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