Prospect Mills Daybook from (1850-1852) 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, the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for, and lists of how much cider was made. The profits list ranges from selling molasses, corn, wheat, bran, oats, and flour, as well as sawing boards, turning trundle posts, and rejoining carriage shafts. The recorded expenses for the mill include employee wages and transportation costs. The daybook also contained a note tucked into page 141 about an employee ruining wheat by storing something in the wheat barn. It mentions needing the damaged wheat to be paid for and the possibility of the employee working off the debt.
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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Large group of young men and women; photo taken outside Barbara and Lizzie Snyder's house. Those identified are: Phares Newcomer, David Lefever, Anna Brubaker, Emlin Landis, Iva Martin, Harry Hess, Bertha Esbenshade, Enos ? Royer, Ida Nissley, Harry Lefever, Eva Royer, Amy Hershey, Mabel Bowers, Elizabeth Kauffman, Amos Snyder, Landis Shenk, Katie Rudy, Ada Frank, Mary Hess, Kate ? Bomberger, Katie Hostetter, ? Buckwalter, Emma Landis, Lizzie Snyder, Barbara Snyder, Jacob Bucher, Ike Kaylor, Jake shenk, ? Hostetter, Phares, Newcomer, Charles Landis, Mart Peifer, ? Erb,Elam Peifer, Dan Erb.
