This pocket notebook covers the period January 1885-January 1886. It contains records of personal expenditures by Mina Miller Edison. Items purchased include clothing, luggage, journals, books, and sundries. Expenses relating to her marriage to Thomas A. Edison are also included. The cover is marked "Mina M." The book contains approximately 60 unnumbered pages, about half of which are blank. Several pages have been torn out of the book.