Prospect Mills Daybook from (1866-1868) 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, the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for, and lists of how much cider and sausage meat was made. The profits list ranges from selling corn, wheat, bran, oats, and flour, as well as sawing boards, turning trundle posts, and rejoining carriage shafts. The recorded expenses for the mill include employee wages and transportation costs.
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: Jackson A. Holton, E. E. Woodward, J. C. Gatchell, Nelson Brown, Joseph H. Lynch, William Jenkins, Abner Brown, Lawrence Hipple, Samuel Wicks, Joseph Phillips, William A. Grubb, John G. Hanna.
Bond: Abner Brown, Lawrence Hipple.
Signers of transfer of license petition: Jackson A. Holton, W. H. Jenkins, Franklin Brown, Jesse F. Leek, John F. Buskins, J. C. Gatchell, [Pusey Follinger], John G. Dunwoody, Benjamin Garrett, William A. Grubb, John Riley, Joseph Smedley Jr.
Bond: John G. Dunwoody, Thomas S. Hoopes.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
5 items, 5 pieces
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Signers of petition: Richard Jones, Lawrence Hipple, Levi Haines, William [Moulder], Edward Wilks, Isaac W. Towson, James McSparran, [ ] Caldwell, A. J. McConkey, D. M. Reynolds, Samuel Wicks, Edward J. Hewes.
Bond: Lawrence Hipple, S. W. P. Boyd.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: George W. Waters, Walter F. Neel, Abner Brown, Levi Haines, Henry Harner, Morris Mathews, Henry Lee, A. Caldwell, Samuel Wicks, Lawrence Hipple, A. J. McConkey, Benjamin Garrett, James McSparran, Richard Jones, Allen S. [Stut].
Bond: Lawrence Hipple, S. W. P. Boyd.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: S. W. P. Boyd, William C. Glasgon, George Warden Jr., William F. Jenkins, Benjamin Passmore, Gilbert Maxwell, Elias Penington, George H. Hewes, John Findley, Philip M. Maxwell, Samuel Wicks, Abner Brown, J. Brown Jr., Joseph C. Stubbs, J. H. Clendenin.
3 items, 3 pieces
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