Account Book of Slater Brown form Little Britain Township and Fulton Township
Description
Account Book of Slater Brown’s gristmill book D, from Little Britain Township and Fulton Township.
Contains 219 paginated ruled leaves with vertical column lines, plus 1 end leaf that is not paginated, and an 20 page index of clients, the last page of which has account information only.
Front Cover: "D." written in black on outside at top; inside has "ISAAC P. COOK" sold by book stamp. Inside cover is marbleized.
Back Cover - Inside cover is marbleized
Spine - "LEDGER" is stamped on the spine and the letter D was written at 3 places.
Front leaves - 2 leaves. The first leaf is marbleized on one side and has x'ed out 2 lines at the top.; second leaf has "Slater Brown Bern?" written on one side.
Back leaf - Only one that is marbleized on one side.
The letter "D" in written in black on the front cover and three times on the spine.
Book references an itemized list of customers 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.
Insert 1 - Blue donor card.
Insert 2 - 8 loose sheets, 3 are small pieces of paper.
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.
Book cover is damaged but intact. Red rot of cover and spine is present and the leather has worn to the base at places on the edges. Spine has separated at the top rear seam. Spine had "LEDGER" printed on it and what appears to be a vertical 1/2" burn mark at the top.
The following stamp in on the inside cover.
SOLD BY
ISAAC P. COOK,
BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER,
No. 37 Market street,, Baltimore,
Where a general assortment of
Books and Stationary may be
obtained at low prices.
Orders thankfully received.
The front and back page have separated from the spine. Pages are in good condition, except pages 212 through 218, that have a 6 inch section of lower edges roughly worn. This is minor damage.
Object ID
MG0963_F014
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Slater Brown has a writ of habeas corpus against him from Letitia Kennedy.
Notes
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Credit
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Account Book of Henry Ammon, Gap, Salisbury Twp.; Caernarvon, Lancaster and Berks Counties.
Description
Account Book of Henry Ammon, Gap, Salisbury Township, Caernarvon, Lancaster and Berks Counties.
Contains 49 leaves, with a mixed pagination, plus a 12 page name index (mostly by first name).
Front cover inside has "Henry Ammon; His Day Book Bot (sic); Eliza Ball the 17 Day of April - 1845; Henry Ammon" written at the top. Also calculation numbers.
Inside back cover has account notes written on it.
Pages 6 and facing page, and 7 are blank.
Book references to work done, plowing, harrowing, calf skins, mutton, veal and purchase of rails, beef, tallow, pork, liver, etc.
Insert 1 - Blue donor card
Insert 2 - Three sheets:
o Item 1 First National Bank of Honeybrook, Pennsylvania, blank check. 189x.
o Item 2 Harry (sic) D. Ammon received orders from Sharpless & Carpenter, Manufactures of Fertilizers and Fertilizing Supplies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 23 March 1899.
o Item 3 Harry D. Ammon received orders from Sharpless & Carpenter, Manufactures of Fertilizers and Fertilizing Supplies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2 September 1899.
Book binding has minor damage but is intact. Spine is worn through at places. There are 4 loose leaves (p. 9, 26, 28 and last page). The first leaf and 3 index pages are incomplete with portions torn off. Some pages are loosely held in place.
Spine is worn and missing at bottom.
Front inside leaf has ~3/4 torn out and has account notes written on it.
Index pages ABCD, JKLM AND NOP have section torn out.
Object ID
MG0963_F001
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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).
NOTE: Index is by first name. Also, indexed name may appear on multiple pages.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org 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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Signers of petition: Eli Eshleman, James Spence, Daniel Good, Abraham Miller, Jacob Warfel, Jacob Huber, Simon Lehman, Abraham Good, Peter Rice, Martin Miller, Jacob Thomas, Jacob Lehman, William Warfel.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Located on the road leading from Strasburg to Safe Harbor.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Lewis Urban, Jacob F. Herr, Benjamin Urban, Amos Herr, Elias Herr, Francis Kendig, H. Miller Jr., Benjamin Herr, John B. Mylin, Joseph Herr, Benjamin Miller, Christian Howser, John Mylin, Benjamin [Metz].
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: George Hart, James [Stence], Henry Hess, Daniel Good, John Good, Abraham Huber Jr., Henry Stock, John Sweigart, Felix M. Sweigert, Jacob Warfel, Jacob Lehman, Martin Miller, Henry Eshleman.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Henry Hess, James Spence, Abraham Huber Jr., John Good, Daniel Good, John Shue, Christian B. Huss, Henry Eshleman, Jacob Warfel, Abraham Good, Jacob Lehman, John Sweigart, Felix W. Sweigert, Jacob Thomas.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Daniel Good, David Eshleman, Henry Garber, James Spence, Martin Miller, James Wilson, John Good, Frederick Pfeiffer, Janus Kelly, John Sweigart, Henry Stock, Robert Porter, Henry Eshleman, Jacob Lehman.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Port Deposit.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of petition: Abraham S. Mylin, Benjamin Musser, Emanuel Herr, Francis Kendig, Henry Miller, David S. Longenecker, John Wilson, Francis Herr, G. H. Miller, John Rohrer, Richard Fisher, David Longenecker.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Henry Hess, Henry Stock, Jacob H. Fehl, Henry Eshleman, Daniel Good, Charles Bellamey, Benjamin Hart, Martin Miller, John A. Barclay, Joseph [Hatcher], Henry Huber, John Good, James Spence, Frederick Pfeiffer.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Port Deposit.
Occupied by John Wilson.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Abraham Huber, John Wilson, Levi Huber, Henry Gall, Christian Snevely, Lewis Urban, Elias Herr, H. Miller Jr., James Black, Daniel Kindig, John L. Riley, Anthony W. Baldwin, Joseph Erb, John Herr, John Shaub, [signature in German], Samuel Harman, Jacob Bachman.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Located at intersection of road leading from Lancaster to Port Deposit, with that from Strasburg to Safe Harbour.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Martin Mylin, [signature in German], Lewis Urban, Christian Herr Jr., Jacob Houser, Francis Kendig, John Herr, Benjamin Herr, Jacob Herr, [signature in German], Henry Gall, Christian Snevely, Daniel Meylin, Jacob Mylin, John Mylin, Michael Harnish, Abraham Herr.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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