Account Book of Jeremiah Brown’s gristmill, Book A, Little Britain Township, Fulton Twp.
Description
Account Book of Jeremiah Brown’s gristmill, Book "A", Little Britain Township, Fulton Township.
Book references itemized lists of profits and expenses, the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for. The profits list ranges from selling and grinding corn, wheat, and rye as well as sawing boards. The recorded expenses for the mill include items such as employee wages, transportation costs, and a pair of new shoes.
Contains 225 leaves that are paginated, and a 10 page index of clients made by the book owner by cutting the page margins, and writing index tabs on the remaing margins.
Front cover has an "A" carved on it.
Front 2 leaves were incorporated into the index and end 2 leaves were used to continue accounting.
Insert 1 - 1 loose item:
Item 1 Blue donor card.
Insert 2 - 7 loose items:
Item 1 Yellow Join the Great American Smoke book marker rom the Lancaster County Unit American Cancer Society.
Item 2 Six pieces of paper with names and calculations.
Admin/Biographical History
From: Donor Card
Jeremiah Brown was born 1750, descended from Joshua Brown. He received his father’s mill in 1775. Jeremiah’s business became quite prosperous and with the help of other prominent figures in Lancaster County, he helped establish the Farmers Bank of Lancaster. Jeremiah’s fathered several children including the honorable Judge Jeremiah Brown and Slater Brown, later leaving the mill to Slater. At the time of his death in 1831, he was thought to be one of the largest stockholders, if not the largest, of the Farmers Bank of Lancaster at 1,000 shares.
Book is intact, cover shows signs of red rot, front and back cover, as well as the spine, have pieces that have worn off, front and back covers have water damage as well as several front and back pages.
Tab "CD" on index page is missing "D".
Object ID
MG0963_F009
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
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Credit
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Account book of Slater Brown, Little Britain Township, Fulton Township
Description
Account book of Slater Brown, Little Britain Township, Fulton Township.
Contains 197 paginated pages with vertical column lines, plus a 22 page front index and a 22 page up-side-down back index (blank), the tabs of both indexes were cut from the book pages. Also, 3 unpaginated leaves in front of the back index have account information from 1818, 1819 and 1821, plus 9 blank unpaginated in front of the back index.
Front Cover - Inside: "EARLY 19TH CENTURY; GRIST MILL LEDGER OF; SLAYTER BROWN, SON OF;THE QUAKER LEADER; JEREMIAH BROWN OF; PEACH BOTTOM" is written on bottom half.
Front Leaves: Are a 21 tabbed page index. The back sides of each tab are blank.
End Leaves: Are a 20 page tabbed index, The tabs are upside down and the pages are blank.
Back Cover - "Ledger A" is written on the outside of the back cover, back contains an index of clients and what pages they appear on.
Book references an itemized list of client profits and expenses, and the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for. The profits list ranges from selling and grinding corn, wheat, clover seed, and rye as well as sawing boards. The recorded expenses for the mill include employee wages, transportation costs, and rent. The last page of the account book lists the work done at the schoolhouse in 1818 by helpers Peter and James. Three pressed ferns were also found within the account book (Pages. 1, 19, & 130).
Insert 1 - 4 loose items:
Item 1 - Blue donor card
Item 2 to 4 - 3 Brown family biographical pages, James Brown, William Brown, Jeremiah Brown, Patience Brown, Jeremiah Brown, Joshua Brown, Isaac Brown, Elisha Brown, Hannah Gatchell, Marry Brown, Mary King, Vincent King, Jeremiah Brown, Isaiah Brown, Joshus Brown, Joshua Brown, Sarah Brown, Levi Brown, Hannah Brown, Deborah Brown, Slater Brown, Timothy Haines, Isaac Stubbs, Dr. J. B. Stubbs, Ann Kirk, Roger Kirk, Rachel Kirk, George B. Porter, Francis James, John Edwards, Levi Kirk Brown, Rev, John M. Dickey, Lewis Brown, Henry Carter, Lewis Haines, Hannah C. Moore, William H. Moore, Jacob K. Moore, Charles E. Moore, Theodore F. Moore, Mary L. Havaland, Annie S. Havaland, Jacob Brown, Sarah Lamborn, Mary Edna Brown, Chester L. Brown, Edith Brown.
Insert 2 - 10 loose items:
Item 1 Account note, 1813-1814, John Hase, Slater Brown, John Burns, John Brown, John Suton, John Sprout, Timothy Haines.
Item 2 Account note, 1814, John Sprout, Slater Brown.
Item 3 Account note, 10 April 1823, Slater Brown, Joseph Brown, John Sprout.
Item 4 Account note, undated, Joshua Brown.
Item 5 Account note, 16 April 1823, John Sprout, Samuel Johnson, Slater Brown.
Item 6 Account note, 1820-1825, Jeremiah Brown, T. Haines, John Kirk, John Ballanee, Andy Monky, John Ivey, Samuel Hess, Qrindsey Hawling, Joseph Penny, Robert Pennell, John Watson.
Item 7 Account note, 1819 and 1828, Andrew Marten, John Muoat, Francis Pearsan, Slater Brown, David Montgomery, John Sproat.
Item 8 Account note, 1823, John Sprout, John Ballance, Sybles Estate, J. Haines.
Item 9 Peach Bottom account note, 8 November 1822, Peter Jackson, Brown, J. Haines.
Item 10 Account of work don at School House, undated, Peter and James, J. MIller, Hugh Buck, Georg Velest
Insert 3 - 7 loose items:
Item 1 Account note undated.
Item 2 Account note, 2 April 1823, from D. Montgomery to Slater Brown.
Item 3 Account note, undated, Jas King Book.
Item 4 Account note, undated, John Watson.
Item 5 Account note, 1820, John Watson, Jeremiah Brown.
Item 6 Account note, 8 February 1820, Jeremiah Brown, Haines and Kirk.
Item 7 Account note, Lewis Reynolds, James King, Isaac Wetesten.
Insert 4 - 2 items:
Items 1 and 2 Transparent pages containing 3 fern stems.
Admin/Biographical History
From: Donor Card
Son of Jeremiah Brown and brother of Judge Jeremiah Brown, Slater Brown was born in 1787 and inherited his father's mill in 1820. After continuing to grow the family mill and business, Slater died in 1855, leaving the mill to his son, Jeremiah Brown Jr.
Binding is damaged, top of back cover is not attached and top of spine has worn to the pages, cover has red rot; the last 33 pages are not attached at the top half of the pages.
Page in front of the back index is missing the bottom ~1".
Object ID
MG0963_F012
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Habeas Corpus paper of Letitia Kenady (Habeas 1814 F025)
Notes
Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Slater Brown has a writ of habeas corpus against him from Letitia Kennedy.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
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Smedley & Kirk Prospect Mills Daybook D contains an itemized list of their profits and expenses and the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for. The profits list ranges from selling corn, wheat, bran, oats, and flour, as well as sawing boards and planks. The recorded expenses for the mill include employee wages, and transportation costs. The daybook also contains a lock of hair with root attached (pg. 86-87). The hair is a brown with red highlights and is wryly; the source is unknown.
Admin/Biographical History
Joel Smedley was born in 1799 to parents Joseph Smedley and Rebecca Lewis Smedley. Joel married Martha Wildman and fathered six children including Charles, Mary, John, Lewis, Anne, and Ellwood. Joel inherited the mill from his father in 1833 and expanded it by building a sorghum factory. Joel died in 1872.
Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org for permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
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This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners.
Note on document, "a very noted old offender, who ought to be if possible secured and confined, was committed to jail."
Recognizance, charged with stealing from the poor house by Michael Musser, Jacob Eberman Directors of the Poor House of Employment of Lancaster County.
Additional names: Michael Musser, Jacob Eberman, John Wien, Peter Hoofnagel, Daniel Ehler, Wilder Bevins, John Mays, Nancy Mays, Thomas Flanaghan, Margaret Flanaghan, Christina Booth, Thomas Clark.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
