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Account book for a Wilmington, Delaware, dry goods store
Daybook for an unidentified store located in Wilmington, Delaware, focusing on the sale of textiles and other dry goods. The daybook consists of daily transactions with names, items, and additional notes added in.
American Association of University Women Mill Creek Hundred Branch (Del.) records
The American Association of University Women Mill Creek Hundred Branch (Del.) records reflect the organizational structure and detail the social, intellectual, and civic life of this women's group, which was formed to support the AAUW mission to advance equity for women and girls through education, advocacy, and research. The records span the extant dates of the branch, 1972-2002.
John Anderson account book
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.
Elizabeth Ashburnham receipt book
This receipt book was kept by Elizabeth Ashburnham of Wilmington, Delaware, between 1824 and 1866 to record her expenditures, primarily payments for boarding and taxes.
Mahlon and James Batten family papers
This collection consists of four volumes containing tax assessments, mathematical exercises, accounts, memoranda, and school compositions created by Mahlon and James Batten of Pencader Hundred, Delaware, between 1832 and 1874.
Booth and Green family account-keeping exercise book and ledgers
This account-keeping exercise book, general store ledger, and shoemaker’s ledger reflect the economic activities of members of the Booth and Green families as well as other residents of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, between 1807 and 1857.
Delaware College Agricultural Experiment Station account books
These account books kept by scientist Charles L. Penny record expenses incurred by Delaware College’s Agricultural Experiment Station between 1892 and 1916. The volumes also include information on experiments conducted at the station.
Samuel M. Donnell account books
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.
Thomas Evans and Benjamin T. Biggs farm account book
This farm account book was kept by Dr. Thomas Evans and Benjamin T. Biggs of Pencader Hundred, Delaware, between 1792 and 1869.
John Herdman's Day Book
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.
John Janvier account books for New Castle, Delaware
In these mind-nineteenth-century account books, John Janvier of New Castle, Delaware, records his personal loans and investments, including stage lines, financial institutions, and rail companies.
Sarah R. Latimer account-keeping exercise book
Sarah R. Latimer, a resident of Wilmington, Delaware, completed this account-keeping exercise circa 1808-1809. The exercise includes a sample daybook and ledgers.
Caleb S. Layton papers
Consists of ten letters, one receipt, and one account book belonging to nineteenth-century Delaware attorney, legislator, and judge Caleb S. Layton (1798-1882), reflecting his legal career and personal life and finances.
Milton, Delaware, school districts ledger
This ledger consists of accounts for Consolidated School Districts 8, 12, 93, 153, and 160 in Milton, Delaware, between 1876 and 1893. It is accompanied by loose financial documents belonging to school district treasurer John H.B. Mustard.
Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers
Account books for Michael Mulligan of Delaware City, Delaware
Books recording the accounts of individuals who purchased items from Michael Mulligan, operator of a dry goods establishment in Delaware City, Delaware, between 1887 and 1894.
Newark Publishing Co. records
Rehoboth, Delaware, Voter Registers and Tax Assessments
The collection consists of four ledgers related to tax assessments of property in Rehoboth, Delaware, and one ledger listing registered voters in the same area. The ledgers span the years 1883 through circa 1911 and were once the property of Charles S. Horn, a local businessman and Rehoboth's tax collector in 1904.
William Russel ledgers
Includes two ledgers kept by the Russel family of Lewes, Delaware, primarily documenting the accounts of William Russel's tannery, farming, and dry goods services, but also containing miscellaneous items related to other pursuits or other family members.
Shipley--Bringhurst--Hargraves family papers
Samuel M. Talley trigonometry notebook and account book
This trigonometry and surveying notebook belonged to Samuel M. Talley, who lived in Brandywine Hundred, near Wilmington, Delaware, in the nineteenth century. The notebook features mathematical problems and solutions related to the principles of trigonometry and the surveying of land. The latter part of the volume contains an account book listing wages due for farm labor.
Virden family papers
This collection relates to the Virden (or Virdin) family of Delaware, specifically Samuel Virden (1793-1876) of Kent County and his descendants. Samuel's children and their spouses also figure prominently in this collection. The Virden family papers, spanning the years 1783-1901, consist of thirty-six letters, receipts, deeds, accounts, and other documents.
Williams family papers
James Patriot Wilson docket book
James Patriot Wilson (1769-1830) was a Delaware lawyer and Presbyterian minister. The James Patriot Wilson docket book, also known as Wilson's Red Book, is a small, red leather notebook of approximately 430 handwritten pages recording Delaware court cases from 1792 to 1801, argued before the Court of Common Pleas, Court of Quarter Sessions, Delaware Supreme Court, Court of Oyer and Terminer, Court of Chancery, and the High Court of Errors and Appeals.
William Wilson receipt book
This receipt book records payments William Wilson of New Castle County, Delaware, made to his creditors between 1785 and 1798.