name:"Black, James" found 31 records - Research Collections

Book, Account

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Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Smedley & Son Prospect Mills Day Book C

Object ID: MG0963_F055

Date Range: 1860-1862

Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Smedley & Son Prospect Mills Day Book C

Description: Smedley & Son Prospect Mills Day Book C 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, turning trundle posts, and rejoining carriage shafts. The recorded expenses for the mill include employee wages and transportation costs.

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: 1860-1862

Creation Date: 1860-1862

Year Range From: 1860

Year Range To: 1862

Creator: Smedley, Joel, 1802-1872

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12

Storage Container: Box 0010

People: Anderson, Robert; Black, James; Brown, Jeremiah; Brown, John; Clark, Edward; Evans, Isaac; Ewing, Margaret; Ferguson, Joseph K.; Getchel, Abraham; Haddew, Edward; Haines, Mark; King, Henry; King, John; Maxwell, Robert; Maxwell, Samuel; Moore, Cyrus; Morgan, John; Morgan, Thaddeus; Peters, Robert; Prall, George; Pusey, John; Riley, James; Rogers, John A.; Russell, John; Smedley, Charles; Smedley, Eli; Smedley, Joel; Snodgrass, Smith; Swift, John; Swift, Joseph; Walker, Washington; Zell, Isaac

Subjects: Buckwheat; Business Records; Corn; Flour; Gristmills; Mills and mill-work; Rye; Sawmills

Search Terms: Buckwheat; Business records; Corn; Daybooks; Flour; Fulton Twp.; Gristmills; Mills; Prospect Mills; Rye; Sawmills

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Book, Account

Language: English

Object ID: MG0963_F055

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

Book, Account

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Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Prospect Mills Daybook

Object ID: MG0963_F057

Date Range: 1850-1852

Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Prospect Mills Daybook

Description: 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.

Date Range: 1850-1852

Creation Date: 1850-1852

Year Range From: 1850

Year Range To: 1852

Creator: Smedley, Joel, 1802-1872

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12

Storage Container: Box 0010

People: Barns, Nathaniel; Barr, Michael; Black, James; Black, William; Bradley, Jacob; Brooks, Charles; Brown, Jeremiah; Brown, Kirk; Brown, Slater; Clark, William J.; Craig, John; Crawford, Henry; Dawson, Edward; Deaver, Aquilla; Evans, John J.; Ewing, Abraham F.; Fairlamb, Henry V.; Ferguson, Joseph; Getchal, Abraham; Gryder, Christian; Hood, Levi; Jenkins, Isaac; Karr, John; Kauffman, John M.; King, Anna; King, Isabella; King, Jacob; King, John; King, Lewis; Lefever, David or Daniel; Maxwell, Samuel; Montgomery, Robert; Moore, Cyrus; Moore, Eli; Moore, John Andrew; Morgan, Thaddeus; Nihlock, George M.; Parker, James; Perry, John; Phillips, John; Pusey, John; Reed, Harris; Reed, William; Russell, John, N.; Rutger, James; Smedley, Eli; Smedley, Thomas; Smith, George H.; Snodgrass, Samuel; Steel, William; Stubbs, John; Swift, David D.; Swift, Joseph; Thomas, Joseph; Watson, John; Watson, Nathan E.; Will, Elisha; Woodrow, Jacob; Wright, Thomas

Subjects: Business records; Gristmills; Sawmills; Mills and mill-work

Search Terms: Account books; Business records; Fulton Twp.; Gristmills; Prospect Mills; Sawmills

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Book, Account

Language: English

Object ID: MG0963_F057

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

Daybook

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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

Daybook

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Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Smedley & Clark Prospect Mills Daybook

Object ID: MG0963_F053

Date Range: 1847-1853

Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Smedley & Clark Prospect Mills Daybook

Description: Smedley & Clark Prospect Mills Daybook contains an itemized list of their profits and expenses and the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for as well as an account of the money borrowed for the mill. 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.

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: 1847-1853

Creation Date: 1847-1853

Year Range From: 1847

Year Range To: 1853

Creator: Smedley, Joel, 1802-1872

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12

Storage Container: Box 0010

People: Barison, Samuel; Barns, Robert; Black, Adam; Black, James; Brooke, Charles; Brown, Slater; Button, Henry; Clark, Edwin; Clark, William; Coffman, John; Dickinson, Henrey; Dickinson, Joseph; Evans, John; Ewing, Abraham; Ferguson, Joseph; Gibson, William; Goor, Rachel; Gryder, Christopher; Hess, Abraham; Hopkins, James M.; Howell, James; Irwin, Malone; Jefferies, Clarkson; King, Jacob; Long, William; Maxwell, Samuel; Montgomery, Robert; Moore, Cyrius; Moore, Eli; Moore, John; Moore, Joseph; Morgan, John; Morgan, Thaddius; Morrison, Samuel; Neel, Thomas; Parker, James; Prale, George; Reede, Harison; Reynolds, Geory; Ring, John; Ring, Lewis; Rinner, Alexandra; Roelgers, William; Rogers, Ezra; Rupel, John N.; Russell, John; Smedley, Joel; Snodgrass, Samuel; Stevens, Emory; Swift, Daniel; Swift, John; Walker, W.W.; Walker, Washington; Watson, John; Watson, Nathan; Wellinson, Lewis; Westcoat, William; Whels, Nichles; Woodrow, Jacob

Other Creators: Clark, Edwin, 1813-1890

Subjects: Buckwheat; Business records; Corn; Flour; Gristmills; Mills and mill-work; Sawmills

Search Terms: Account books; Business records; Corn; Flour; Fulton Twp.; Gristmills; Prospect Mills; Sawmills

Extent: 1 volume, 1-242 pages

Object Name: Daybook

Language: English

Object ID: MG0963_F053

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

Description Level: Item

Daybook

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Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Smedley and Charles Prospect Mills Daybook

Object ID: MG0963_F054

Date Range: 1854-1860

Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Smedley and Charles Prospect Mills Daybook

Description: Smedley and Charles Prospect Mills Daybook contains a list of the amount of grain ground at the mill, an itemized list of their profits and expenses, and miscellaneous business notes. The notebook also contains drawings, a poem, and code writing on the front and back cover.

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: 1854-1860

Creation Date: 1854-1860

Year Range From: 1854

Year Range To: 1860

Creator: Smedley, Joel, 1802-1872

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12

Storage Container: Box 0010

People: Black, James; Cooper, James B.; Ewing, Margaret; Ewing, Samuel; Gryder, R. M.; Morgan, John J.; Morgan, Thaddeus; Smedley, Charles; Smedley, Joel; Snodgrass, Robert; Snodgrass, Smith; Swift, Harry; Swift, Joseph; Walters, John A.

Other Creators: Smedley, Charles, 1836-1864

Subjects: Business records; Delivery of goods; Drawings; Flour; Grains; Gristmills; Mills and mill-work

Search Terms: Business records; Flour; Fulton Twp.; Gristmills; Mills; Pleasant Grove, Fulton Twp.; Prospect Mills

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Daybook

Language: English

Object ID: MG0963_F054

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.