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Collection
Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books
Title
Smedley & Kirk Prospect Mills Daybook D
Object ID
MG0963_F051
Date Range
1841-1844
Collection
Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books
Title
Smedley & Kirk Prospect Mills Daybook D
Description
Smedley & Kirk Prospect Mills Daybook D contains an itemized list of their profits and expenses 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 for the mill include employee wages, and transportation costs. The daybook also contains a lock of hair with root attached (pg. 86-87). The hair is a brown with red highlights and is wryly; the source is unknown.
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.
Date Range
1841-1844
Creation Date
1841-1844
Year Range From
1841
Year Range To
1844
Creator
Smedley, Joel, 1802-1872
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Wall
Side 12
Storage Container
Box 0010
People
Black, Adam
Black, James
Black, Robert
Brown, Samuel
Burns, James
Butler, Henry
Clark, Thomas
Devonshire, Thomas
Ewing, Alexander
Ford, John
Gryder, Chistian
Hill, Isaac
Johnson, Joseph
King, Jacob
Markley, John
Marshall, Abraham
Maxwell, Samuel
Moore, Cyrus
Morrison, George
Morrison, Samuel
Parker, James
Patterson, Samuel
Perry, John
Phillip, Joseph
Reynolds, David
Smedley, Joel
Stub, James
Swift, Joseph
Walker, Washington
Watson, John
Wright, Thomas
Subjects
Business records
Corn
Gristmills
Mills and mill-work
Sawmills
Wheat
Search Terms
Account books
Business records
Corn
Fulton Twp.
Gristmills
Mills
Prospect Mills
Sawmills
Wheat
Extent
1 item, 1-137 pages
Object Name
Daybook
Language
English
Object ID
MG0963_F051
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennslyvania
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).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org for permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-963
Classification
MG0963
Description Level
Item
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