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MSS. Manuscript Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: MSS

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Belcher Hancock Society of the Cincinnati certificate

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Col-1028
Content Description

Society of Cincinnati certificate for Belcher Hancock, signed by George Washington.

Dates: 1784-05-05
Found in: Winterthur Library

Hammersley & Co. porcelain order books

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Col-1033
Content Description

Two Hammersley & Co. porcelain order books, covering the dates of February 1910 through March 1920 and March 1920 through 1925. Each order contains the name of the purchaser, a partial design drawing of the design ordered, some of which are colored, and a breakdown of cost by element. Customers that are listed are primarily British, induding Harrods Department Store, J. Goode & Co., Whyte & Son Ltd. Dublin, J.A. Nisbet of Edinburgh, and Civil Service Supply.

Dates: 1910-1925
Found in: Winterthur Library

Furniture maker's account book

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Col-1034
Content Description

Furniture maker's account book from Marlborough, Massachusetts, dated 1826- 1840, possibly kept by Mark or George Fay. Entries include charges for a day's work, painting of designs, and various items of furniture, including desks, trunks, painting, bedsteads, bureaus, tables. Also included are other items such as coffins.

Dates: 1826-1840
Found in: Winterthur Library

William Appleton and Company ledger

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Col-1029
Content Description

Ledger of Boston shipping merchants William Appleton and Company detailing transactions that took place between 1836 and 1842. Accounts include tea speculation, shipments of goods to New Orleans, Louisiana, and Liverpool Packet Co. shipments to Havana, Cuba. Following the ledger entries, the ledger was used for children's drawings of American Civil War battle maps, as well as used as a scrapbook containing various maps of the United States and material related to American territories.

Dates: 1836-1842
Found in: Winterthur Library

Lebanon County, Pennsylvania merchant ledger

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Col-1031
Content Description

Ledger of an unknown Lebanon County, Pennsylvania merchant, dated 1791-1794. The ledger details the sale of various goods such as silks and other fabrics, ribbons and threads, rum and spirits, tea, buckwheat, and other consumables, pewter plates, and other various dry good. Several customers were listed as having there "boy" with them, which may be in reference to a Black servant or enslaved person.

Throughout the ledger, various accounts are marked by small slips of paper.

Dates: 1791-1794
Found in: Winterthur Library

Collection of tintype portraits of Black Americans

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Col-1022
Content Description

Fifteen tintype portraits of Black Americans by an unknown photographer.

Dates: circa 1880- circa 1900; Other: Date of Physical Custody
Found in: Winterthur Library

Nathan and Marcus Stoddard account book

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: Col-1023
Content Description

Account book of brothers Nathan and Marcus Stoddard of Templeton, MA, containing records of blacksmithing work performed February 1846 through July 1864. Accounts primarily consist of blacksmithing jobs such as horse shoeing, sharpening chisels, repairing chains, and mending items including forks, buggies, and sleighs.

Dates: 1846-1864
Found in: Winterthur Library

Cabinet maker's day book

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: Col-1025
Content Description Day book for the years 1837-1846, kept by a Dover, DE cabinet maker. Research suggests that the ledger may have been kept by Stephen Toppan, one of three cabinet makers listed in directories as working in Dover in 1838.Jobs listed in the daybook include making and repairing various pieces of furniture, including chairs, tables, bureaus, cradles, bedframes, bookcases, mirror frames, and coffins. Charges listed also incude varnishing, as well as the sale of smaller items such as...
Dates: 1837-1846
Found in: Winterthur Library

Grace Gardiner Smith scrapbook

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: Col-1026
Content Description

Scrapbook created by Grace Gardiner Smith, assembled at around age 10. Contents include various chromolithograph scrap cutouts, trade cards, and greeting cards.

Dates: 1883
Found in: Winterthur Library

Consolidated Lithographing Corp. scrapbook

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: Col-1027
Content Description

Scrapbook containing examples of products printed by the Consolidated Lithographing Corp. between 1943 and 1957. Products represented in this volume include labels, containers, advertising fliers, certificates, greeting cards, clock and watch faces, menus, and playing cards.

Dates: 1943-1957
Found in: Winterthur Library