Scope and Contents The six volumes in this collection contain hand-written "credit reports" compiled by St. Louis area correspondents or reporters for the R. G. Dun Company from the early 1840s to the mid 1880s. These correspondents would usually file a report twice a year about numerous individual businesses in St. Louis (and other cities) to record information on the condition of each business. The reports would also be sent to the Dun Company's office in New York City.  An entry on a particular business...