Receipts (Financial records)

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.

Scope and Contents The collection primarily documents Melcher’s purchases of goods to sell in his store. It includes printed billheads, bills, drafts, and receipts, which indicate a wide trade with firms in most of New England, and in New York. Melcher purchased such items as knives, cuff pins, coral amulets, ring boxes, chains, earrings, pins for fraternal orders, candlesticks, Parian pitchers, rings (some set with stones), jet jewelry, thimbles, coffin plates, ladles, scissors, buttons, watch fobs, tea...

Abstract

Personal and professional papers of Hall Slack, a wheelwright from Chester County, Pennsylvania and Cecil County, Maryland.

Scope and Contents Consists of hundreds of handwritten receipts for money received by a wide variety of suppliers in New York in exchange for raw materials and processed goods for the running of Hull & Bowne's business. Typical entries are "Rec'd New York Augt. 6 1806 ... Ninty one 87/100 Dollars for Camphor"; "Rec'd New York 9 month 21-1807 ... Forty three dollars 50/100 in full for instruments for Dr Cogswell"; and "Received New York 23rd Nov. 1810 ... Sixty nine dollars ... in full for freight of goods...

Scope and Contents Contains signed receipts from people for whom Jutau auctioned merchandise. The receipts are dated 7 June to 21 October 1784. A wide variety of goods were auctioned, ranging from household and personal items, to produce, to the ever popular "sundries." More specifically, auctioned items include beds, shoes, buckles, barrels of nails, gold watches, linens, silk handkerchiefs, watch keys, chaises, "paper hangs," horses, wine, indigo, gin, cotton, gauze, cordage, turpentine, sugar, cider, and...

Content Description

Receipt book used by three generations of the Kendall family of New Castle County, Delaware, beginning in 1768. Transactions recorded include the purchase of a winding sheet, ice, and grave digging for the furneral of Jesse Kendall, medicine, various food and dry goods, and goods imported from Jamaica.

Scope and Contents Papers consist of business letters, orders, invoices, bills, and receipts, and a very few personal letters. One personal item of particular importance is a copy of a 1799 letter to Nathaniel's brother Isaac, in which he tells about his anchor business and gives a little news about the family. The business papers focus on Cushing's anchor business and his investments in overseas commerce, trading in such commodities as iron, cotton, cotton yarn, flour, and tobacco. Correspondents...

Content Description This collection consists of a ledger and receipts that were kept by the owner of a cattle ranch in Nebraska. Based on the cattle brand embossed into the front cover of the ledger, they were possibly kept by either Edward Ormesher of Valentine, Nebraska or Ezra E. Tucker of Hyannis, Nebraska. There is also a very faint inscription on the front cover of the ledger above the cattle brand that reads "Metzger Bros." This may refer to the Metzger ranch in Merriman, Nebraska.The ledger...

Scope and Contents

This artificial and still open collection contains receipts for household products and personal goods. Material culture including house furnishings, clothing, pottery, textiles, food, etc. are included. Of the 150 or so items in the collection, over 60% date from the 19th century; the remainder originated from the 18th century.