Book references bills paid and products purchased, e.g, fruit trees, doctors service, plowing, hauling coal, days worked, wheat, dried meat, ham, husking corn, bushels of corn, buckwheat, wood, oats, blacksmith bill, mowing, shad, panth, shirt, gold teeth, potatoes, apples, flour, cider, petticoat, stockings, mittens, candles, butter, oil, salt, boots, sole leather, thrashing, etc.
Contains 258 paginated leaves that includes 3 front leaves and 3 end leaves. 140 pages are blank. The body pages are ruled with vertical lines for accounting. The first front page has "thl/shg" in the upper left corner and "Robert Clark's Book bought in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and Fifty two Price $1 75 cts" written on it and the next 3 front pages are an index. The end leaves are blank except the last page that has Symptoms of Croup, Cure for Croup and way to water proof boots.
Front inside cover has a typed sticker as follows. "W.M. MURRAY'S; Cheap Books Store, Kramph's Buildings; North Queen St.; Lancaster, Pa."
Back inside cover has an apple orchard layout identifying type of trees.
Spine has "DAY-BOOK" stamped on it.
Insert 1 - 1 item:
Item 1 Blue donor card.
Insert 2 - 10 items:
Item 1 Canceled Quarryville National Bank check, 2 December 1907, to John H. Myers, signed by Robert S. Collins.
Item 2 Canceled Quarryville National Bank check, 26 March 1908, to T. S. Collins, signed by Robert S. Collins.
Item 3 Canceled Quarryville National Bank check, 31 May 1908, to Eleanor Sides, signed by T. S. Collins.
Item 4 - Canceled The Quarryville National Bank check, 15 August 1908, to Self signed by Robert S Collins.
Item 5 Canceled Quarryville National Bank check, 24 October 1908, to J. S. Collins, signed by Robert S. Collins.
Item 6 Canceled The Quarryville National Bank check, 27 February 1909, to Self, signed by Robert S. Collins.
Item 7 Canceled Quarryville National Bank check15 March 1910, to J. S. Collins, signed by Robert S. Collins.
Item 8 - Stamped envelop and a 2 page bill inside, 3 May 1930, 2 cent stamp, The Southern Telephone and Telegraph Co., Quarryville, Lancaster County to T. S. Collins, Drumore.
Item 9 - Stamped envelope, empty, 7 June 1930, The Southern Telephone and Telegraph Co., Quarryville, Lancaster County to T. S. Collins, Drumore.
Item 10 - Envelope with a 2 cent stamp and a 1 page bill, 6 December 1930, The Southern Telephone and Telegraph Co., Quarryville, Lancaster County to T. S. Collins, Drumore.
Insert 3 - 10 items:
Item 1 to 4 The Quarryville National Bank, 3 blank checks.
Item 5 - Canceled check, Quarryville National Bank, 22 January 1894, to Dr. B. L. Sides, signed by T. S. Collins..
Item 6 - Canceled check, Quarryville National Bank, 23 April 1900, to Dr. B. F. Sides, signed by T. S. Collins.
Item 7 Canceled check, The Quarryville National Bank, 7 February 1903, to Edna Martin, signed by T. S. Collins.
Item 8 Canceled check, The Quarryville National Bank, 7 March 1903, to Elwood McSharran, signed by T. S. Collins.
Item 9 Canceled check, The Quarryville National Bank,7 March 1908, to Ella Stackhouse, signed by T. S. Collins.
Item 10 Canceled check, The Quarryville National Bank, 24 Oct 1908, to Self, signed by Robert S. Collins.
Insert 4 - 10 items:
Item 1 Medicine and Medical services receipt, 8 August 1895, to Thomas Collins from B. F. Sides.
Item 2 Medical Attendance receipt, 13 October 1907, to Mr. T. S. Collins from Dr. W. G. Hess.
Item 3 Receipt, Kirk Johnson & Company, Piano and Organ House, 27 Feb 1901 of T. S. Collins.
Item 4 Bill, The Southern Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1 June 1930, to T. S. Collins, Drumore.
Item 5 Bill, The Southern Telephone and Telegraph Co., undated.
Items 7 and 8: Envelope with 2 cent stamp and 1 page type written letter, 8 April 1898, to Jenie N. Collins from R. S. Clark, New Park, Pennsylvania.
Item 9 Newspaper advertisement, undated, "A Reliable Watch as a Premium", with picture of watch, Modern Stories Publishing Co., New York.
Item 10 Newspaper advertisement, undated, "The Frightful Rattlesnake" with picture of man blowing a piece of paper the looks like a rattlesnake, Wilson Novelty Co., Belleville, New Jersey.
Insert 5 - 10 Items:
Items 1 and 2- 2 World's Fair Accommodation Co., Reacding, Pennsylvania, stamped post cards, 1904, St. Louis, MO, Mr. Collins.
Item 3 - Eagle Machine Work invoice, 23 May 1882, Robert Clark.
Item 3 - Eagle Machine Works shipping receipt, 23 May 1882, Robert Clark.
Item 4.
Insert 6 - 10 pieces
Item 1 - Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church member notice.
Book is intact. The outside covers and spine have red rot. Front and back outside covers are worn with stain marks at various places. The leather on the book corners, the top and bottom of the spine and 5" of the bottom the back cover have worn through. Many pages are stained at the bottom. The edges of the back ~100 leaves are stained.
2 Leaves (493 to 496) and leaf (489 to 490) have been torn out.
Object ID
MG0963_F018
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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