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John Anderson account book
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0080
Abstract
Includes one account book belonging to Newark, Delaware, resident John Anderson, documenting bank notes due, sales of cows, pigs, sheep, and other crops, and lists of expenses and goods purchased.
Dates:
1891-1940; Majority of material found within 1891-1898
Samuel M. Donnell account books
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0081
Abstract
The account books of Samuel M. Donnell span the dates 1852 until 1880 and encompass both Donnell's real estate concerns and his farming and household interests in Newark, Delaware.
Dates:
1852-1880; Majority of material found within 1866-1880
John Herdman's Day Book
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0147
Abstract
This Newark, Delaware, hotel and tavern daybook belonged to owner, John David Herdman, Jr. It covers transactions for two-and-a-half years of the business with over 3000 entries, including the sale of beer, wine, and spirituous liquors from the tavern as well as charges for lodging at the hotel.
Dates:
1816 January 2-1818 June 30
Newark Publishing Co. records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0879
Abstract
Newark Publishing Co. was a Newark, Delaware, printing business established in the mid-20th century and was owned and operated by William H. Durham from circa 1967 to 1981. Newark Publishing Co. records comprises over 3000 job printing files created by the press for largely Newark, Delaware-based businesses between 1963 and 1981. The collection also includes administrative and financial records of the company and its precursor, the Newark Post weekly newspaper,...
Dates:
1936-1981; Majority of material found within 1971-1981