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
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NOTE: Index is by first name. Also, indexed name may appear on multiple pages.
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Signers of petition: John Eberly, M. H. Kreider, H. Miller, Christian Hess, A. W. Baldwin, Abraham Leman, Henry Kuhns, Peter Weaver, D. H. Herr, William Miller, David Erb, Jacob Miller, Jacob [Yose].
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Timothy Daly, Jacob L. Landis, David Potts, Henry K. Martin, Isaac W. Groff, [signature in German], Jacob Yeager, John R. Miller, C. J. Rakestraw, George L. Buchwalter, Henry A. Miller, John Snyder, David Pontious, Samuel Krug, William Harkins, John Echternach, James C. Dunlap, Josiah Howard.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: John Rohrer, C. W. Shaub, Henry M. Miller, Rudolph Lefever, Alpheus Carpenter, George Ulmer, Daniel M. Landis, Samuel Weaver, Abraham Leaman, Michael Raub, Martin Cassel, Philip Geist.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: John Eshelman, Martin Mylin, Henry Martin, Abraham Leaman, Philip Geist, John Musselman, Cyrus M. Herr, H. K. Stoner, Christian Lefever, Martin Kreider Jr., John B. Mylin, John Rohrer.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Confession, stealing money from the home of Jacob Sahm, Warwick Twp., and passing it onto Samuel Ensminger, Emanuel Deyer, Henry Miller, John Bardruff.
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Additional names: Morgan Evans, John Bush, Henry Miller, Daniel Habecker, John Weller, Henry Hiestand, Frederick Stump, George Ricksecker, Daniel Kroll, Henry Kendrick, John Hill, Frederick Kromer, Robert Davidson, Mathew Henderson, David Newswanger, Samuel Lefever.
1 item, 1 piece
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