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Account books for a blacksmith shop in Newark, Delaware

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0005
Abstract

These three volumes are account books for the Newark, Delaware, blacksmith shop of Gilbert W. Chambers, kept between 1887 and 1921.

Dates: 1887 December 31-1921 September 11

Alfred G. Baker papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0585
Abstract

The Alfred G. Baker papers comprise personal correspondence and business records of nineteenth-century Philadelphia businessmen Michael V. Baker and his son Alfred G. Baker, who became a prominent citizen and patron of the arts.

Dates: 1837-1913; Majority of material found within 1837-1851

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

Journal of Robert Capen

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0075
Abstract

This volume is a receipt book kept by the Boston, Massachusetts, shipping firm of Thompson and Gridley for the period 1758-1765 and is interspersed with the diary of Robert Capen. The diary was written in 1811 and 1812. The entries document the weather and wind direction as well as occurances in the town of Canton, Massachusetts. There is also a single account for Samuel Capen of Canton to Robert Capen, for the period 1810-1812.

Dates: 1758-1812

Carty family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0507
Abstract

The Carty family papers, 1815-1912, represent nearly a century of the business activities as well as the personal lives of various members of the Carty family of New Jersey. The collection also includes papers of the Shreve family, which seems to have been related to the primary family in some way. The material consists mainly of receipts, account ledgers, and personal and business correspondence.

Dates: 1815-1912

Clockmaker and silversmith’s account book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0022
Abstract

This ledger was kept by Robinson Perkins, a New Hampshire clockmaker and silversmith, between 1801 and 1831. Newspapers and other printed clippings were pasted to many pages in the volume in the third quarter of the nineteenth century.

Dates: 1801 January 16-1831 February 15; circa 1850s-1870s

Page from mid-nineteenth century accounting ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0980
Abstract

One page from mid-nineteenth century accounting ledger, dating in 1850 which mentions John Owen and Philip Watkins.

Dates: 1850 June 27-August 7

Joshua A. Ellegood account book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0008
Abstract

This ledger was kept by Joshua A. Ellegood, Justice of the Peace for Sussex County, Delaware, and members of the Ellegood family between 1816 and 1857. It consists primarily of financial transactions involving wills, warrants, judgments, and other legal matters.

Dates: 1816-1857; Majority of material found within 1827-1845

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

Charles S. Horn ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0074
Abstract

Ledgers, payroll, and other records related to Charles S. Horn's many business ventures in the vacation town of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

Dates: 1902-1961; Majority of material found within 1902-1913

M.J. Ivers & Co. records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0478
Abstract

M.J. Ivers and Company was a publisher or cheap books, including several of the Beadle's Dime series during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Included in this collection are business receipts, correspondence, and publication lists. This archive represents only a small portion of material generated by M.J. Ivers and Company.

Dates: 1880-1915; Majority of material found within 1898-1905

Rowland Mahaffey, Blacksmith's ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0017
Abstract

These three volumes are ledgers kept by blacksmith Rowland Mahaffey from 1808 to 1820. Mahaffey likely had his blacksmith shop in New Castle County, Delaware, or Cecil County, Maryland.

Dates: 1808 April - 1820 November 15

John McIntire farm ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0016
Abstract

This ledger was kept by John McIntire between 1809 and 1851 to record the accounts for his farm in New Castle County, Delaware, or Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1809-1851

Milton, Delaware, school districts ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0020
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1855-1898; Majority of material found within 1876-1893

Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0629
Abstract The Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers document the life and career of the Delaware-based civil rights activist and educator Littleton P. Mitchell (1918-2004) and his wife Jane E. Mitchell (1921-2004). The collection contains material relating to his education, activities as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, his three decades-long leadership of the Delaware NAACP, his career as a teacher and counselor at Governor Bacon Health Center in Delaware City, and his involvement in a number of...
Dates: 1911-2009; Majority of material found within 1950-2000

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

Rehoboth, Delaware, Voter Registers and Tax Assessments

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0075
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1883-approximately 1911; Majority of material found within 1900-1905

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

Nathaniel Richards ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0151
Abstract

This ledger was likely kept by Nathaniel Richards, a metalworker and retailer in Wilmington, Delaware, to record the sale of hardware between 1779 and 1790.

Dates: 1779-1790; Majority of material found within 1779-1781

William Russel ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0076
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1808-1885

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

Virden family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0489
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1783-1901; Majority of material found within 1820s-1860s

Williams family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0353
Abstract The Williams family papers concern the business and personal affairs of prominent Delaware politician and landowner James Williams (1825-1899), and his son Nathaniel J. Williams (1857-1943), who was also a prominent politician and landowner. In addition, the collection contains documents relating to the business of Parvis & Williams, a Middletown-based fertilizer manufacturing company headed by James Williams once he joined John Parvis in 1885. The collection comprises correspondence,...
Dates: 1861-1947

Wilbur T. Wilson map collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0377
Abstract

Civil engineer, surveyor, and landlord Wilbur T. Wilson (1856-1942) maintained this collection of survey notebooks, files, plans, blueprints, and approximately 500 maps related to land and structures in his home of Newark, Delaware.

Dates: 1880-1941

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Bayley, Solomon 1
Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) 1
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Booth, James, approximately 1790-1826 1
Bringhurst, Anna James Webb, 1843-1923 1
Bringhurst, Deborah, 1773-1844 1
Bringhurst, Edith Ferris, 1874-1947 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1809-1884 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1835-1912 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1884-1939 1
Bringhurst, James, -1810 1
Bringhurst, Joseph 1
Bringhurst, Mary Dickinson, 1806-1886 1
Bringhurst, Mary Thomas, 1865-1965 1
Bringhurst, Sarah Shipley, 1812-1896 1
Brown family 1
Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission 1
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Capen, Robert 1
Capen, Samuel 1
Carty family 1
Carty, Peter 1
Carty, Shreve 1
Carty, William 1
Chambers, Gilbert W., 1856-1930 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Citizen's National Bank of Middletown 1
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Creator unidentified 1
Curtis Paper Company 1
Delaware Alliance Federal Credit Union 1
Delaware Humanities Forum 1
Delaware. Division of State Police 1
Delaware. General Assembly. Senate 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
DuMar Printing Co. 1
Durham, William H., 1905-1981 1
Ellegood, Joshua A. 1
Evans, Thomas, -1796 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 1
Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
General Foods Corporation 1
George Munro's Sons 1
Governor Bacon Health Center 1
Green, Sharpless, 1820-1877 1
Hall, John Wood, Jr. 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Harlan C. Williams Co. 1
Howard High School (Wilmington, Del.) 1
Hurst & Company 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Joshua Gilpin and Co. 1
M.J. Ivers & Co. 1
Mahaffey, Rowland 1
McIntire, John 1
Merchant's Collecting Association 1
Minuteman Press (Newark, Del.) 1
Mitchell, Jane E. (Jane Evelyn), 1921-2004 1
Mitchell, Littleton P. (Littleton Purnell), 1918-2009 1
Moss, John 1
Mustard, John H.B., 1835-1898 1
NVF Company 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Delaware State Conference of Branches 1
National Bank of Smyrna 1
Newark Country Club (Newark, Del.) 1
Newark Publishing Co. (Newark, Del.) 1
Newark United Methodist Church (Newark, Del.) 1
Owen, John 1
Parvis & Williams 1
People's National Bank of Middletown 1
Perkins, Robinson, 1766-1847 1
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 1
Porter Motor Co. (Newark, Del.) 1
Progressive Club of Delaware 1
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
Redding, Louis L. 1
Richards, Mary C. 1
Richards, Nathaniel 1
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, 1751-1834 1
Russel & Rodney 1
Russel family 1
Russel, Edward, 1830- 1
Russel, Elizabeth (Bessie) Coleman 1
Russel, William 1
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