Account books
Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:
Account book for a Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, general store
This daybook was kept between 1817 and 1818 at an unidentified general store located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, that sold foodstuffs, tobacco products, finished clothing and accessories, textiles, and other miscellaneous items. The book contains a chronological account of customers’ debts and, occasionally, their credit payments.
Rowland Mahaffey, Blacksmith's ledgers
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.
James Maxwell papers
The James R. Maxwell papers consist of the personal, professional, and family papers of James Maxwell, a resident of Newark, Delaware, and a civil engineer who worked for significant railroads in the American West and South America in the late 19th century.
John McDowell, Jr., account detail
Single page from an account book which details the sale of clover seed from A. Wright, in Philadelphia, to John McDowell, Jr.
John McIntire farm ledger
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.
Harriet B. Miles account book
Harriet B. Miles of Newark, Delaware, used this account book to record her household expenses from 1866 to 1878. She also recorded interest payments on bonds she held and entries regarding the administration of her mother’s estate.
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.
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.
Nathaniel Richards ledger
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.
John Richardson receipt book and bankbook
These two volumes are the receipt book and bankbook of John Richardson of New Castle County, Delaware, kept between 1788 and 1801.
Shipley--Bringhurst--Hargraves family papers
Charles Smith papers
The Charles Smith papers consists of 1.6 linear feet of material including a collection of trial notes, letters pertaining to his career as a lawyer and judge, business receipts, papers related to state business, personal letters and bank books, all of which range from 1795 to 1847.
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.
Joseph Brevitt Townsend papers
The Joseph Brevitt Townsend papers, spanning the dates 1810-1917 (bulk dates 1840-1896), document the professional career, and to a lesser extent the personal life, of the Philadelphia lawyer, Joseph Brevitt Townsend.
Joseph Brevitt Townsend papers supplement
James M. Watson docket book
This docket book is a register of debt litigation and collection kept by James M. Watson, a justice of the peace in New Castle County, Delaware, between 1875 and 1883.
White and Doharty account book
This account book records financial judgments awarded to the firm of White and Doharty of Sussex County, Delaware, dating between 1810 and 1822. It also contains information related to the administration of Alexander White’s estate and the collection of debts on behalf of the Doharty family by Joshua A. Ellegood, dated 1822 to 1834.
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.