Account books
Subject
Subject Source: Ftamc
Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
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
McNary family papers
Collection — Col-0028
Identifier: Col-0028
Summary
Contains a variety of documents, though mostly letters and poems. The collection gives insights into personal and family matters, shows relationships between the McNary family and the Butler family, and reveals facets of American political and educational life during the 1800s. Most of the letters contain greetings to and updates regarding distant family members. Samuel McNary's 1853 appointment to the Springfield, MA school committee is included; as is an invitation to an inaugural ball...
Dates:
1791-1910
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
Nebraska cattle ranch ledger and receipts
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Col-1049
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...
Dates:
1903-1925
Found in:
Winterthur Library
Northeastern Silversmiths, Watchmakers, Jewelers records
Collection
Identifier: Col-0020
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the overlapping silver and jewelry trade and watchmaking/watch repairing business in the northeastern United States between 1814 and 1901. Bills, drafts, receipts, advertisements, and trade cards from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island are included. These records also include six bound volumes that are the business records of a number of New York craftsmen who were silversmiths-jewelers-watchmakers. The...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1778-1901, 1814-1890
Found in:
Winterthur Library
Parsons family papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Col-0022
Rahm & Baum ledger
Collection — Fol-21
Identifier: Fol-0021
Scope and Contents
Records debits and credits accrued by Rahm & Baum in the operation of their store. The firm offered a wide range of products to its customers, including flax, whiskey, salt, window glass, "sundries," potash, decanters, coffee, nails, sets of teaware, shoes, textiles, etc. Other expenses documented include the cost of a carriage from Philadelphia, work at a store in Middletown, and hauling between Middletown and Hummelstown. Many of the entries contain a dollar amount owed and the phrase...
Dates:
1791 - 1796
Found in:
Winterthur Library
Regan Bros. grocery ledger collection
Collection — Box small col. 54
Identifier: Col-1091
Content Description
This collection contains a customer ledger for the Regan Bros., a grocer in New York in the late 1800s. The ledger is 70 pages with a leather binding. The pages include the month, date of order, item ordered, and price of item. The final page of each month’s entry includes a stamp or signature indicating a completed payment. The items include a variety of meats, vegetables, and fruits.
Dates:
1888-1890
Found in:
Winterthur Library
Samuel Williamson papers
Collection
Identifier: Col-0017
Scope and Contents
Contains business records that illustrate Williamson's thriving business as a Philadelphia silversmith. Includes both ledgers (1800-1811 and 1810-1813) and daybook (1803-1810), and--on microfilm--memorandum book/order book, ledger/cashbook, and loose documents. Sample entries include: "To 6 Doz. Table spoons...202.14;" "To 6 Foot of Gold Chain...12.00;" "To Plain Coffee pot...83.57;" "To 1 Mustard Spoon...1.26;" "To 10 boxes of Sugar;"...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1787-ca.1815, 1800-1813 ( dates)
Found in:
Winterthur Library
Silver family papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Col-1037
Content Description
The Silver family papers consists of two account books from the Red Lion Inn's store dated 1874-1876 and 1887-1891; a cash book dated 1879-1880 which include several trade cards set in to it, advertising various businesses and goods; and "statements of farm account" detailing expenses around a farm, including labor, funeral expenses, and supplies such as nails and glass. These farm accounts may be related to the estate of Samuel W. Stewart, a relative of Jane E. Stewart who married Henry M....
Dates:
1874-1891
Found in:
Winterthur Library