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Account books

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Account book

 Collection — Box small col. 49
Identifier: Col-1038
Dates: 1766
Found in: Winterthur Library

Albert R. Whittier scrapbook albums

 Collection
Identifier: Col-0024
Scope and Contents Contains purchase records for Whittier's collections of books and antiques. Volume 1 contains bills and receipts from used book dealers (particularly Goodspeed's Book Shop, Charles E. Lauriat Co., N. J. Bartlett & Co., and Maggs Bros.) and antique furniture dealers (particularly Israel Sack, Inc.). Volume 2 consists of mounted photographs--many of which have identifications typed on cards and stapled above--of some of the furniture recorded in vol. 1. Penciled numbers key most of the...
Dates: 1898 - 1945
Found in: Winterthur Library

Baltimore, Maryland merchant ledger

 Collection — Box small col. 47
Identifier: Col-1030
Content Description

Store book of an unnamed Baltimore, Maryland merchant kept between 1804 and 1808, detailing the sale of goods such as various fabrics, threads, buttons, shoes, tobacco, coffee, sugar. May detail the sale of goods such as tobacco and shoes to people of color or enslaved people. Written on the front cover is the title "store book."

Dates: 1804-1808
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

Clarence and Martha Seal diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Col-0118
Scope and Contents Consists of three diaries kept by Clarence Seal from 1899 to 1900 (acc. 90x99.1-.3), two diaries kept by Martha Seal in 1903 and 1905 (acc. 90x99.4-5.), and a volume with an inventory of possessions in boxes and drawers belonging to the Talley family in 1872, updated to 1892 (acc. 90x99.6). Martha preserved the volume because it recorded two marriages in her family. The diaries provide brief notes about the daily activities of both Clarence and Martha, their courtship, engagement, and...
Dates: 1872-1905
Found in: Winterthur Library

Daniel Smith account book

 Collection — Doc-162
Identifier: Doc-162
Scope and Contents From 1772 to about 1807, Daniel Smith used this volume to keep his accounts for making and repairing shoes. Some day labor is also recorded. Beginning in 1803, the accounts are settled by John Smith, and the entries change to agricultural commodities. Some of these latter accounts (on, or facing, leaves 74, 86, 102, and 107) are "setled ... from the begining of the world up to this day." Also includes school district receipts for 1787-1807 (leaf 61); an account of "sundries of articles that...
Dates: 1772 - 1848
Found in: Winterthur Library

Dry goods and trimmings day book

 Collection — small col. 48
Identifier: Col-1040
Content Description Account book for an unidentified Soudersburg Village, Pennsylvania dry goods and trimming shop from 1839 to 1855. Goods sold include various types of fabric, including muslin, canvas, velvet, and silks, as well as trims, buttons, and other sewing notions. Recipes for treatments for various medical ailments are written on the inside of the back cover. Throughout the account book, numerous customers are noted as being people of color, including John M. Brook, Barry (Berry) Maloney,...
Dates: 1839-1855
Found in: Winterthur Library

Furniture maker's account book

 Collection — Box small col. 49
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

Hall Slack Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Col-0014
Abstract

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

Dates: 1843 - 1893
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

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