Joel and Thomas Smedley’s Prospect Mills account book B
Description
Joel and Thomas Smedley’s Prospect Mills account book B contains an index of clients and what pages they appear on, an itemized list of their profits and expenses, an index of sales and where they are found, 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 include purchases from a brickyard (pg. 102), Susquehanna Canal Company (122), and Deer Creek Iron Works Company (125). Other mill expenses include employee wages, lumber, and potatoes.
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.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Rohrer, Jacob Grosh, Daniel Grosh, Henry Haines Jr., Henry Share, James Patterson Jr., Daniel Sandoe, William Hamilton, Henry Conn, James McClellan, James Graham, William Child, G. W. Ross, James Wilson, John M. Patrick, William Peirce, John Roberts, Benjamin Lefever, John Schwalge.
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Located on Front Street on extreme east end of borough.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Samuel Johnson (miller), Benjamin [Shatabarger], Peter Kusey, Peter Baker, David Grosh, Henry Grosh, J. Grosh, [signature in German], William H. Grosh, Samuel Miller, Abraham Cassel, James Steele.
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Located on the old Philadelphia & Lancaster Turnpike road.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Samuel Houston, William Lemmon, Amos Clemson, Benjamin Hutton, Enoch Passmore, Thomas Passmore, Benjamin Houston, James Houston, Thomas Crawford, S. Handforde, [ ] Skiles, Robert McIlvain, William Skiles, William Wolgam, Jacob Zerg, d. Crowley, Daniel Plank, John Trego.
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Signers of Petition: Samuel McKinney, James Noble, [unknown signature], Michael Lentz, William Pierce, Samuel McClure, E. Russell, Jacob Graybill, Andrew Noble, Andrew Boggs, A. L. Evans, [unknown signature], Henry Cassel, William Child, William Maxwell, John Roberts, Reuben King, Christian Hertzler, David Martin, Jacob Etter, Abraham Farley, Henry Heckrotte, [unknown signature].
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Located on the Philadephia and Lancaster turnpike road, between the Mount Vernon and the Rising Sun.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Elisha P. Wilson, William Stoner, Enoch Passmore, William Lemman, George Morison, Joseph Murray, James Clemson, John Marnaby, George Simpson, Abraham [Muscetnus], William Lytle, William Rutter, George Christy, Jacob Miller.
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Located near the residence of Hon. Jacob Grosh at the east end of Water Street.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Samuel Miller, David Cassel, Andrew Leader, [signature in German], Peter Baker, Daniel Grosh, J. Grosh, William H. Grosh, George Kremer, Benjamin Peters, Henry Grosh, William Hipple, Philip Rank, John B. Rogers, [Z. Hoffer].
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