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Account books

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Hazen Richardson account book

 Collection — Doc-78
Identifier: Doc-78
Scope and Contents Contains accounts of Hazen Richardson, a carpenter and cabinetmaker from Stockbridge, Vermont, with over 65 individuals. Includes such entries as "to trundle Bedstid," "to one Beauro," "to Six Citchin Chairs," "to one Candle Stand." Other than the price, the accounts do not give any information about the furniture, for example the species of wood used. The one exception is a charge for a cherry coffin. Also includes entries for manual labor ("to myself two dys work on the Schoolhouse"), for...
Dates: 1817 - 1822
Found in: Winterthur Library

Jeremiah and William Fife account books

 Collection — Doc-80
Identifier: Doc-80
Scope and Contents Contains accounts kept by Jeremiah Fife and William Fife of Pembroke, New Hampshire. Jeremiah's entries fill the first volume and begin the second. They record making coffins, window frames, rakes, chairs, tables, and so on. William's entries complete the second volume. They record his work setting windows, and much unspecified day labor, as well as entries such as “amount paid out for work on Wm. Parker’s house, barn and shed,” “worked 20 days for John Tenant on George Fochs Shop” and...
Dates: 1810 - 1870
Found in: Winterthur Library

John Haskell papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Col-0007
Dates: 1818-1825
Found in: Winterthur Library

Jonathan Burnet account book

 Collection — Box small col. 53
Identifier: Col-1073
Content Description

Account book of Jonathan Burnet of Dummerston, Vermont, from 1806 to 1812. Entries include expenses such as the purchase of cider, parsnips, rum, corn, wheat, the boarding of a steer, tobacco, and bricks.

Dates: 1806-1812
Found in: Winterthur Library

Joshua, William, and Guilford Caswell account book

 Collection — Box small col. 54
Identifier: Col-1085
Dates: 1849-1861
Found in: Winterthur Library

Kendall family receipt book

 Collection — Box small col. 52
Identifier: Col-1062
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.

Dates: 1768-1853
Found in: Winterthur Library

Lebanon County, Pennsylvania merchant ledger

 Collection — small col. 48
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 their "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

Ledger "A" and "B"

 Collection — Box small col. 54
Identifier: Col-1075
Scope and Contents Double-entry accounting ledger for the full year of 1836, with the earliest entries dated January 1 and the latest December 31. Manuscript entries in a neat, even hand, with amounts recorded in two columns labeled "$" and "cts"; amounts in the cents column are sometimes fractional. Creator unknown, but probably an American apprentice or student of bookkeeping: details of the ledger, including the punny names of some debtors (e.g. Abel Ableman, Conrade Compound, and Robert Retail), the...
Dates: 1836
Found in: Winterthur Library

Leonard Fisk account book

 Collection — Box small col. 51
Identifier: Col-1055
Content Description

Account book kept by Leonard Fisk of Berlin, Ohio, from 1851 to 1871. Transactions recorded are mostly farming related in nature, and include labor, various types of produce, four, sugar, and butter, livestock, lumber, and nails.

Dates: 1851-1871
Found in: Winterthur Library

Lewis family general store and farm daybook

 Collection — Volume Col-1087
Identifier: Col-1087
Content Description Daybook for the years 1877-1942 with some gaps, primarily between 1895 and 1915, for a general store and farm in Dover, Delaware possibly owned by R. H. Lewis and later by R. E. Lewis. A frequent customer of the store is Dr. Edward Lewis, along with his wife and daughter. Transactions recorded for the store account include all manner of dry goods as well as cash; the farm account records transactions for supplies and equipment as well as rent, taxes, and similar. The later farm accounts also...
Dates: 1877 - 1942; Majority of material found within 1877 - 1893
Found in: Winterthur Library

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