Found 76 collections related to Account books

The mercantile firm of Morris & Ludlum (active 1790s) operated a hardware store on Water Street in New York City, and also engaged in potash production in Sussex County, New Jersey. The Morris & Ludlum letter and order book, 1797-1825, contains copied letters and orders written by the hardware business at New York, 1797-1799, to merchants in Great Britain and the southern United States. These include Perry & Hayes, suppliers of a large variety of hardware, and the pewterware firm of Robert Bush & Co., both located in Bristol, England. Other commodities mentioned include iron bars, potash, flaxseed, cotton, and otter skins. The volume was later used as a ledger by James Ludlum for his farming and milling activities at Sparta, New Jersey, including transactions in his role as an administrator of his brother Gabriel Ludlum's estate. less

Solomon Woodward Jr. (1804-1886) of Taunton, Massachusetts was a dry-goods merchant, farmer, and politician, representing Taunton in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1860 and 1861. He was the son of Solomon Woodward (died 1877) and Mary Wilbore, and the grandson of Ambrose and Rachel Woodward. He married Betsey H. Perkins in 1828. The collection of Solomon Woodward Jr. letters and accounts comprises three letters written to or by him regarding business and local Methodist church affairs, 1845, 1850 and undated; loose financial documents such as invoices, waybills and receipts, 1833-1858; and six pocket account memorandum books, 1833-1847. Accounting records document purchases of textiles and millinery goods from wholesale suppliers in Boston; his grocery account with John W. Seabury; subscriptions to newspapers and abolitionist, Methodist and household publications; tuition payments for his children; and other transactions. less

John Cauchois & Co. was a merchant firm based in New York City that traded in consumer goods such as jewelry, kitchen ware, cloth goods, furniture, and stationery, as well as tools and supplies for East Coast craftsmen, including gold and silversmiths. The John Cauchois & Co. account book dates from 1802 to 1804 and includes accounts for people and firms such as Basset & Warford, J. Delauncey, Dyers & Eddy, Louis Forniquet, Madame Gareau, Nicholas Geffroy, Isaac and George Hutton, Madame Voisin, John Letourneau of Georgia, and Charles Pinson of South Carolina. The book includes entries for ships bound for Senegal: the schooners "Naiad" and "Sally," and the brig "Olive Branch." less

These records document the Society of Shipwrights and Caulkers of New York City (1815-1825). Included are rolls of members (1815-1818); the society's constitution, bylaws, and meeting minutes (May 1815-March 1816 and January-May 1818); an account book for membership dues and expenses (1815-1827); and a bank book (1823-1828) less

This collection documents the Union Library, founded in Oneida County, New York, in 1797. The first volume contains the library's Articles of Agreement signed by subscribers (December 12, 1797), incorporation documents (December 18, 1797), trustee meeting minutes (December 21, 1797-January 14, 1845), and a catalog of books belonging to the library. The remainder of the collection comprises accounta recording members' payments of dues, fines, and other expenses, miscellaneous accounts, and lists of library books (1797-1804) less

Edward Livingston (1834-1906) was a member of a socially prominent New York family and a businessman involved in the importation and sale of railroad materials. The Edward Livingston papers (1850s-1920s) contain personal and business records from Livingston, his siblings, and his children. less

Elias Boudinot (1740-1821) was an American lawyer and statesman. Born in Philadelphia, he resided in New Jersey for most of his life. During the Revolution Boudinot served in the New Jersey Provincial Congress, was Commissary General of Prisoners from 1777 to 1778, and was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1778 and from 1781 to 1783, holding a one-year term as its president, 1782 to 1783. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1789 to 1795, and as Director of the U.S. Mint from 1795 to 1805. A devout Presbyterian, Boudinot was a trustee of Princeton University and first president of the American Bible Society. Elias Boudinot's account books (2 volumes) comprise a ledger, 1760-1814, and a waste book, 1818-1821. Together they document his finances and activities from the year he began his legal practice in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to the end of his life in retirement at Burlington. The ledger, with an index and some loose documents, contains accounts concerning his legal practice in New Jersey courts from 1760 to roughly 1775; his tenure as Commissary General of Prisoners during the Revolution (see folios 68-72); his real estate holdings and investments in land and in the U.S. government; notes and bonds; and his role as executor or administrator for family members and friends. There are extensive entries for his daughter Susan Boudinot Bradford, for the estate of Reverend James Caldwell (d. 1781) and the care of his orphaned children, and for managing the American interests of Captain James Drummond, later Lord Perth. The waste book is a journal of debits and credits, with memoranda, for his business affairs and personal expenses; there are a few entries by others after his death. less

Dutilh & Wachsmuth, a mercantile firm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was established by Etienne (Stephen) Dutilh (1751-1810) under the name of E. Dutilh & Co., doing business shortly after his arrival in Philadelphia in 1783. The collection of Dutilh & Wachsmuth letters and accounts, 1783-1806, consists of letters and loose accounts received from European merchants, and an account book of an unidentified Baltimore shipping merchant handling consignments from Haiti for Dutilh & Wachsmuth. Items, in French, English and Dutch, document the firm's trade in cloth, lace, coffee, sugar and other commodities. less

Simeon Baker (1779-1821) was a ship captain based in New York City for much of his career, sailing as master of various ships in the transatlantic trade. In 1818 he married Jemima Cock of Mill Neck, in the township of Oyster Bay, Long Island. The Simeon Baker papers, 1796-1848, comprise his loose letters received and documents, 1796-1821 (one folder), and an account and letter book, 1810-1812, 1832-1848 (1 volume). Sailing destinations in Europe, the West Indies, South America, and along the eastern U.S. coast are mentioned, with cargoes including flour, coffee, sugar, onions, and hides. Baker used the volume to record accounts for the ship Charles and as a copy book for letters sent regarding the Charles, 1810-1812. The later accounts, 1832-1848, were kept by an unidentified farmer in the township of Oyster Bay, probably his wife Jemima Baker. Among the many names encountered are members of the Allen, Cock, Frost, Silleck, Smith, Townsend, Valentine, Weeks, and Youngs families. less

The Mercantile Collection, 1726-1950, is a synthetic collection documenting mercantile and other business activities from the early-17th to the mid-20th centuries, especially in the northeastern United States. It consists of papers and records created by persons, firms, and companies engaged chiefly in trade, finance, insurance, mining, railroad management, shipping, and whaling. A few items pertain to manufacturing and real estate. Transatlantic commerce in the colonial and early-national period, and the early railroad industry in America, are strongly represented. Notable material includes the assorted papers of New York City and Philadelphia merchants, among them members of the Pemberton family of Philadelphia; Vice-Admiralty court proceedings; and the incomplete ledger of an 18th-century New York City druggist. 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 kept by Russell Sackett for his farm in Connecticut between 1808 and 1834. Includes records for the cost of labor (plowing, planting, threshing, butchering, mowing, chopping wood, digging potatoes, skinning cows, etc.) and costs of farm products (apples, potatoes, cider, vinegar, etc.). Book also includes genealogical data for the Sackett family and for the family of Mary Brass, who married Russell Sackett less

Food and provision merchant Reuben Swift kept this receipt book for his company Reuben Swift and Co. from May 11, 1802, to September 29, 1813. The volume contains receipts for pork, beef, butter, and other items, as well as accounts for money paid to various traders,taxes, rent, newspapers, and other expenses. Receipts document transactions with traders in Hudson, New York, Canaan, New York, and New York City less

Richard Montgomery Hasbrouck (1776-1860) was a merchant from Kingston, New York. With his wife, Maria Johnson, Hasbrouck had ten children, including son John Whitbeck Hasbrouck, a Whig party politician and activist. The Hasbrouck family descended from brothers Jean and Abraham Hasbrouck, French Hugenots who arrived in New Paltz, New York in the 1670s 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

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

Increase Matthews and John Matthews, early Ohio settlers, were merchants in Zanesville and Springfield, Ohio. The collection of Increase Matthews and John Matthews daybooks, 1801-1804, consists of two volumes (bound in one) recording transactions at Zanesville and Springfield, Ohio for sugar, coffee, tea, farm products, cloth, whiskey, gunpowder and lead, and general merchandise. Accounts for animal pelts and charges for cartage to and from Marietta, Ohio are also listed. 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

James H. Weeks was a farmer in Millville, Suffolk County, New York. Account books kept by James H. Weeks between 1830 and 1852, with entries for the cutting, carting, and sale of wood; prices of various farm products; the costs of hardware, brick, putty, paint and other materials used for farm buildings; and family household expenses less

James Webb was a ship captain between at least 1801 and 1808. Joseph D. Hathaway was a merchant in Berkley, Massachusetts between at least 1820 and 1840. Account book used first by James Webb, then by Joseph D. Hathaway. Webb recorded accounts for the sloop Pheasant, schooner Concord, and brig Eliza Ann between 1801 and 1808 on voyages from Dighton, Massachusetts to the Carolinas and Jamaica. Hathaway later used the book to record accounts for his general merchandise business in Berkley between 1820 and 1840 less

Account book kept by Thomas Ervin and Edwin J. Evin between 1833 and 1873 listing the labor costs of hewing timbers, logs, and rails; records of hauling, ploughing, harvesting, and butchering; personal accounts; prices of cattle and farm produce; and a copy of the Civil War song Brave Boys are They. Early entries are from Genessee [Genesee] County, New York; later entries from DeKalb [De Kalb] County, Illinois less