Found 51 collections related to Account books

Ichabod Meeker, a native of Fairfield, Connecticut, was a farmer who settled in Catherine, New York. Account book kept by Ichabod Meeker from 1773 to 1834, containing a 1788 entry from Fairfield and an 1802 entry from Catherine. Elijah Meeker also used this account book from 1841 to 1863 less

A book of autograph receipts of Boston merchant Isaac Child's for dry goods, groceries, and farm and household implements (1800-1810). The receipts are pasted into a copy of Joseph Dana's 1824 Latin exercise book Liber Primus. The book includes an index of transactions between Child and 45 other local traders and laborers less

The Butler, Huntington, Smith, Cooke, and Clinch families were united through intermarriage and included prominent lawyers, architects, doctors, judges, politicians, scientists, and land owners hailing from New York City, Long Island, Boston, Cambridge, Lowell, Marblehead, Stockbridge and Worcester, Massachusetts. This collection spans multiple generations and consists of mostly 19th and 20th century family correspondence, financial and legal documents, diaries, writings, scrapbooks, personal miscellany, photographs and genealogical research. The papers reflect the personal, social, economic, and professional histories of these related families. less

The Fergusons were an English family that settled in New York City beginning around 1802. The patriarch, Samuel Ferguson, was a prosperous merchant who established familial and commercial relationships with other wealthy and socially prominent New York families, including the Walton, Morewood, Day, Ogden, Lyde, and Fisher families. The Ferguson family papers, 1727-1943, consist of 18th and 19th century correspondence, business records, financial and legal documents, diaries, and family miscellany of the Ferguson and allied families. Genealogical notes, charts, and clippings dating from the early- to mid-20th century reflect the research of Samuel Ferguson's great-granddaughter, Helen Ferguson on the family's history. less

Stewart and Jones were merchants and ship chandlers of New York City. Collection consists of correspondence, accounts and miscellaneous records of Stewart and Jones; correspondence and accounts of their predecessor firm, Jones and Ross; papers of Humphrey and Nicholas Jones; and records, 1789-1793, kept by John Jones while a member of the Committeee of Leases of Trinity Church in New York City. less

Rufus King (1838-1924) was a banker by profession as well as a respected genealogist. The son of Rufus Sylvester and Phoebe Odell King, his New England ancestors included the revolutionary war veteran and New York State Senator Rufus King, after whom he was named. The Rufus King genealogical research papers consist primarily of the notes and correspondence generated and collected by King in the course of tracing his family's lineage, as well as an assortment of family papers dating from 1720 to 1866. less

Account book (1757-1786) of Episcopal clergyman Richard Charlton of New York, containing an inventory of Charlton's personal estate made by his heir, John Charlton. The inventory lists Charlton's slaves, household goods, bonds and other notes outstanding, and other property with names of buyers and amounts paid. This inventory is followed by a journal of receipts and expenditures made during the settlement of Charlton's estate less

Receipt book of payments made by New York grocers Allen and Cock. Robert Allen and Robert Allen and Company, and Samuel Allen The Allen and Cock of 300 Broadway, New York City, receipts document purchases for bran, flour, sugar, oats, coffee, brandy, soap, and other products during the years 1795-1804. Receipts for payments of taxes and flour orders made by Robert Allen at Buttermilk Falls, New York, span 1803 to 1804. Receipts for Samuel Allen payments at New Castle, New York, cover from 1810 to 1823. The volume also contains miscellaneous receipts for butter, calves, eggs, and other food-related items from 1833 to 1841 less

Philadelphia baker George Taylor (anglicized from Georg Scheider) kept this receipt book from March 20, 1775 to September 26, 1793. The volume documents various expenses, such as tax payments and fees for services. The entry from February 4, 1785, documents payments to Rush and Hall for setting and attending to his son's fractured leg less

This collection is comprised of an insurance register and various documents related to the dealings of Gibbs and Channing, a Newport, Rhode Island mercantile company. These items, which span 1798 to 1800, were recorded by New York City insurer Hugh Pollock and Company. less

John Askin was born in Ireland in 1739, and came to North America with the British Army in 1758. Following the British takeover of New France, Askin entered the fur trade, working out of Detroit. Account book of John Askin, recording money paid and received for goods as part of a trade route between Detroit and Albany, 20 May - 21 July, 1762. Trade locations include Detroit, Niagara, Fort Ontario, Oswego Falls, Fort Brewington, Blockhouse, Fort Stanwix, Little Falls, Schenectady, and Albany. Persons named include Robert Rogers, Cezar Cormick, Alexander Steele, John Keating, Warren Tracy, Dennis Croughan, Thomas Lottridge, Collen Andrews, Isaac Van Valkenburg, and Edward Cole less

Account book containing records of bonds, notes, and mortgages held by Thomas Gardner. Names of many individuals in New York and New Jersey are mentioned, including Philip Freneau, James McIntosh, James Dickinson, Isaac Ketchum, James R. English, John Van Dyke, George Knox, and others. Receipts signed by John DePeyster are also present less

Account book kept by Thomas Rutherfoord between 1799 and 1801. Same book was later used by William Munford and his son, Robert Munford, between 1824 and 1840. Accounts recorded in the book are in the names of notable citizens of Richmond, Virginia. Also included in the book are records of the estates of the Munford family, Otway Byrd, and William Radford less

The Zebulon Cooper ledger (1805-1817) documents Cooper's tannery and general store business in Southampton, Long Island. The volume also contains several loose account fragments spanning 1796 to 1861. The ledger details Cooper's commercial interactions with members of his local community, including women, Shinnecock Indians, and African Americans. The volume also reveals the economic workings of the early republic, where material goods were often exchanged for other commodities and labor. less

The Clarence Day Papers document the literary career, business activity, personal life and family background of the author and illustrator. The papers include personal and professional correspondence; notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts, galley proofs and publication tearsheets; business and financial records; family papers; news clippings and literary reference files; school and college records; drawings, photographs and artifacts. Correspondents include Helen Dore Boylston, Henry Canby, Paul De Kruif, Francis Hackett, Learned Hand, Carl Hovey, Albert G. Keller, Troy Kinney, Sonya Levien, Rose Wilder Lane, Alice Duer Miller, Elsie Clews Parsons, William Lyon Phelps, Harold Ross, Miriam Finn Scott, Upton Sinclair, Signe Toksvig, E. B. White and Katharine White. The Clarence Day Papers are an important resource for the study of American magazine literature during the 1910s-1930s, and provide essential background information regarding Day's most popular and enduring work, Life With Father. less

This receipt book documents Dutilh & Wachsmuth, a Philadelphia based company owned by Etienne Dutilh and John Godfried Wachsmuth. The volume documents financial transactions such as bills, trade and shipping receipts, taxes, and rent from May 24, 1790 to June 30, 1792 less