Bonds posted by constables, showing names of constable and surety; date and amount of bond; conditions of obligation; signatures of constable, surety, and witnesses; and date filed. Arr. chron. by date filed. No index. Hdw. and typed on ptd. fm.
Admin/Biographical History
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System of Arrangement
Arranged by year; alphabetical by surname with in year.
William Brown’s blacksmith account from Fulton Township
Contains 119 paginated leaves plus 5 end unpaginated pages, and a 2 page index.
Front Cover - Outside: "William Brown" written upside down; Inside: ""LEDGER OF WILLIAM BROWN; BLACKSMITH, QUAKER; FULTON TWNSHP; $175--/Sum" written at top and miscellaneous account information on rest of cover.
Spine has a faint "13" written on it.
Back Cover - Inside: Has miscellaneous account information.
Front 2 leafs - First leaf is an index; second leaf has account information.
The book references an itemized list of profits and expenses. The profits list ranges from selling steel shoes, hinges, smithing tongs, nails, chains, steel point shears as well as listing out repairs made to equipment and carriages. The recorded expenses for the mill include cloth, steel from Baltimore, and goat milk.
Insert 1 - 2 loose items:
Item 1 - Donor card
Item 2 - "The Book Haven" description of book.
Insert 2 - Right cover front corner of book cover.
Insert 3 - 3 loose items:
Item 1 Corner piece of paper, Nevin Xtun.
Item 2 Corner piece of paper, John (no last name).
Item 3 Receipt, William Warden to W. Brown.
Admin/Biographical History
From: Donor Card
William Brown was a Quaker and a blacksmith, probably from Fulton Township.
Book is intact. Front cover missing upper right corner (4" diagonal measurement). Front and back covers heavily worn on edges.
Spine has red rot.
Front inside cover is peeling.
Page 36: Bottom 2" are torn off.
Page 120 has been torn out.
Object ID
MG0963_F011
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Signers of petition: Joseph McClure, William Pickel, Thomas Armstrong, Christopher Graham, George H. Pickel, Daniel McGowan, Jacob Baughman, Amos Rockey, Jacob Moore, J. Miller Pennington, Harrison Graham, J. Franklin Gilleland, David McClure.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Benjamin Good, Jacob Gall, William Giles Jr., Henry Graver, Henry Hess, Thomas [Duke], John Kendig, John Hess, Christian Hess, Daniel Charles, Samuel Gall, William Morison, John Henry, Adam Duke, Christian Kindig.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Bond: John Kendig, John Kreider [signature in German].
Receipt.
Signers of petition: John Kauffman, Isaac Evans, Jacob Lutz, Henry Baker, [ ] Killian, E. K. Hall, Jacob K. Landis, P. H. Summy, David Baker, Samuel Witmer, Jacob A. Lutz, Andrew Metzger, J. B. Haugendobler, Jacob Shenk.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Christian K. Miller, Jonas Harnish, Benjamin Eshleman, John Shenk, Benjamin Good, Thomas Duke, John Graver, George B. Warfel, William Giles Jr., Andrew Good, [signature in German], Jacob Harnish, William Morison, Adam Bortzfield, Christian Warfel, John Hess.
Bond: Benjamin Good, William Giles Jr.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Henry Lawrence, Christian K. Miller, Martin Hess, Isaac McGlaughlin, S. S. Welsh, John Graver, Adam Kendig, Reuben Benedick, John Harnish, Samuel Rankin Sr., Adam Bortzfield, Jacob Harnish, Henry Graver, Christian Warfel.
Bond: John Kendig, John Fondersmith.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: [unknown signature], Thomas Rooney, P. F. Blessing, Henry Hegener, P. Cassidy, Jacob Effinger, Christopher Davis, A. Carpenter, [ ] Kuhn, J. B. Schaum, Philip Schaum, B. S. Muhlenberg, John Deaner, John P. Schaum.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Christian Warfel, H. Mehaffy, L. Mehaffy, John Martin, Abraham Kindig, Benjamin Good, John Book, Henry Graver, Daniel Charles, Samuel Gall, John Henry, Christian Good, Ernest Wiedelich, George Pyfer, Emanuel H. Johnson, George [Kentig], Christian Miller, William Giles Jr., [signature in German], Benjamin Bower.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Amos Miller, Benjamin Urban, Jacob Kreider, William Giles Jr., John Harnish, Ernest M. Wiedelich, Benjamin Bower, James Pennypacker, H. H. Gall, Frederick Sourbeer, Simon R. Weaver, Abraham G. Shaub, Levi Mentzer, Martin Hess.
1 item, 1 piece
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