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Booth and Green family account-keeping exercise book and ledgers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0004
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1807 April 3-1857 April 29
Thomas Evans and Benjamin T. Biggs farm account book
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0010
Abstract
This farm account book was kept by Dr. Thomas Evans and Benjamin T. Biggs of Pencader Hundred, Delaware, between 1792 and 1869.
Dates:
1792-1800, 1847-1869
Mary C. Richards accounting exercise book
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0183
Abstract
This single volume manuscript, dated 1823-1837, likely created by Mary C. Richards of Lewes, Delaware, functioned primarily as a mathematical and accounting exercise book, but also includes a brief daybook, two ledgers, and memoranda at the end.
Dates:
1823-1837; Majority of material found within 1834-1837
Shipley--Bringhurst--Hargraves family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0684
Abstract
Shipley, Bringhurst, and Hargraves are the family names associated with Rockwood, a Victorian Rural Gothic Revival mansion and estate that was built in North Wilmington, Delaware, between 1851 and 1854. The Hargraves were the last family to privately own Rockwood before its donation to New Castle County in the mid-1970s as a historic house museum and public park. The Shipley-Bringhurst-Hargraves family papers document the personal and professional lives of several generations of Delawareans...
Dates:
1660-1987; Majority of material found within 1735 - 1975