Charles Graff receipt book

Collection — Container: Doc-65

Identifier: Doc-65

Scope and Contents

Twenty-nine signed receipts for a variety of goods, such as "fifteen Dollars in full for a Mattrass," and "Seven hundred twenty four Dollars 50/100 ... for 100 Kegs of Lard." Includes commodities shipped to Havana, Cuba. At the back of the book are some rough sketches of buildings, evidently done at a much later time as one appears to be a skyscraper.

Dates

Creation: 1799 - 1806

Creator

Graff, Charles (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.

Biographical / Historical

Charles Graff was a merchant in Philadelphia during the early 1800s. He was probably the son of Jacob Graff, Jr., and Maria Shinkle (their son Charles was born in 1779), and the brother of Frederick Graff.

Full Extent

1 Volumes (12 pages, 71 blank leaves) ; 10 x 16 cm

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

License: This record is made available under an Universal 1.0 Public Domain Dedication Creative Commons license.

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Acc. 82x159; purchased from Leaves of Grass.

Related Materials

See also the Graff family papers, Col. 388, in this repository.

Related Materials

Additional Charles Graff materials may be found in the Aubrey C. Land Collection at the University of Maryland.

Physical Description

Quarter bound leather and marbled paper. Joints cracked. Label on front: Chas. Graff's receipt book, 1799 to 1806.

Name Index

Adgaty, William 6

Asford, Samuel 5

Beck & Baxton 10

Craig, John 9

Delaugue, L. 8

Delavan, Joseph 6

Douglass, William 4

Duling, John 12

Dutilh, E. 3

Gilbert, J. & T. 8

Graff, Henry 1

Haga, Godfrey 12

Imlay, Robert 6

Livingston, Daniel R. 3

Mithel, Alexandre 4

Murray, William 11

Pitman, Daniel 2

Rees, William 12

Reynolds, Samuel 10-11

Rimer, Thomas 11-12

Roach, George W. 9

Rogers, Robert 7

Silks, Thomas Y. 9

Sterling, Samuel 2

Stewart, Samuel 1

Thackera, Jas. 4

Wagner 3

Watson, Capt. 5

Watson, Alice 2-3, 5

Watson, Richard 1

Willis & Yardley 9