Joel and Thomas Smedley’s Prospect Mills account book B
Description
Joel and Thomas Smedley’s Prospect Mills account book B 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, and the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for.. The profits list ranges from selling corn, wheat, bran, oats, and flour, as well as sawing boards and planks. The recorded expenses include purchases from a brickyard (pg. 102), Susquehanna Canal Company (122), and Deer Creek Iron Works Company (125). Other mill expenses include employee wages, lumber, and potatoes.
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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Credit
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Signers of petition: John K. Smoker, Benson Leaman, S. M. Brua, H. R. Denlinger, Gideon Kauffman, Lytle Caruthers, Jacob Leaman, Jacob Kreider, Daniel McKillips, Jonathan Lapp, Isaac Kreider, Samuel Hertzler, George Miller, David Smucker, John Kauffman, John Seldomridge, John Leaman.
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Signers of Petition: Lewis Leicht, Leonard Pickel, Jacob Hershey, Henry Sholtz, John Lintner, John Denlinger, Henry Lintner, Abraham Brubaker, Joseph Neff, John Keplinger, Daniel Smith, F. H. Erisman, John Eschbach, Daniel Killheffer, John Shrader, Jacob Frantz, R. K. Stoner, Peter Fry, Emanuel Herr, Abraham Frantz, Isaac [Miller], John Hall, [unknown signature], John B. Fisher, Simon Stauffer, Isaac B. Powder, Elias Isinberger, Christian Isenberger.
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