Account Book of Jeremiah Brown’s gristmill, Book A, Little Britain Township, Fulton Twp.
Description
Account Book of Jeremiah Brown’s gristmill, Book "A", Little Britain Township, Fulton Township.
Contains 225 leaves that are paginated, and a 10 page index of clients made by the book owner by cutting the page margins, and writing index tabs on the remaing margins.
Front cover has an "A" carved on it.
Front 2 leaves were incorporated into the index and end 2 leaves were used to continue accounting.
Book references itemized lists of profits and expenses, the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for. The profits list ranges from selling and grinding corn, wheat, and rye as well as sawing boards. The recorded expenses for the mill include items such as employee wages, transportation costs, and a pair of new shoes.
Insert 1 - Blue donor card.
Insert 2 - One book marker and six loose sheets.
o Item 1 Yellow Join the Great American Smoke book marker rom the Lancaster County Unit American Cancer Society.
o Item 2 Six pieces of paper with names and calculations.
Admin/Biographical History
From: Donor Card
Jeremiah Brown was born 1750, descended from Joshua Brown. He received his father’s mill in 1775. Jeremiah’s business became quite prosperous and with the help of other prominent figures in Lancaster County, he helped establish the Farmers Bank of Lancaster. Jeremiah’s fathered several children including the honorable Judge Jeremiah Brown and Slater Brown, later leaving the mill to Slater. At the time of his death in 1831, he was thought to be one of the largest stockholders, if not the largest, of the Farmers Bank of Lancaster at 1,000 shares.
Book is intact, cover shows signs of red rot, front and back cover, as well as the spine, have pieces that have worn off, front and back covers have water damage as well as several front and back pages.
Tab "CD" on index page is missing "D".
Object ID
MG0963_F009
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Located on Front Street, opposite the canal basin.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: Reuben Mullison, Joseph A. Hooke, P. Derrick, Michael Strein, Henry Myers, J. B. Boude, Joseph Tyson, Thomas White, John Lockard, Peter Haldeman, Henry B. Eagle, R. E. Cochran, Thomas Collins, John Vaughen.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on Front Street, opposite the canal basin.
Petition not granted.
January term.
Signers of petition: James Patton, George C. Franciscus, Thomas White, John Evans, George Weaver, J. F. Miller, John Wilson, Paul Hamilton, George Wolf, Reuben Mullison, James C. Carpenter, Abraham Myers, Thomas Collins, J. A. Hook, John Felix, [ ] McMahon, [ ] Griffiths, John Vaughen, G. Haines, John Lightner, Isaac Vaughen, George Heagy, John Ziegler.
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Located on Front Street, opposite the canal basin.
April term.
Signers of petition: E. J. Sneeder, Samuel A. Black, George C. Franciscus, Benjamin Barr, Charles H. Koons, Jacob [Shreiman], Samuel McClellan, Hanson E. Atkins, [unknown signature], Henry Pfahler, [R. Willinny], Henry B. Eagle, J. H. Hunter, Davies Herr, [ ] McCorkle, John Arms, John Ziegler, W. F. Caruthers, Francis Ziegler, John A. Hook, Samuel D. Young, William Atkins, George Wolf, Michael Conely, Patrick Morris, Barnard Rogers, [D. F. Griffith], John Vaughen, Thomas B. Odell, Thomas S. Thomas, James Patton.
1 item, 1 piece
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This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Signers of petition: Thomas White, F. A. Thomas, George Heagy, John H. Wilson, John A. Hook, William Atkins, John Vaughen, Abraham Myers, William McElroy, J. F. Miller, E. J. Sneeder, John Arms, Henry Myers Jr., Peter Haldeman, John Felix, Henry B. Eagle, R. E. Cochran, James Long, George Weaver, John Evans.
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Signers of petition: Frederick S. Gossler, [ ] Bowen, J. Kline, George Weaver, W. S. Ward, J. A. Hook, George Wolf, Jacob S. Wilson, Thomas Collins, [unknown signature], C. L. Wolf, George Wike, [ ] Thomas, D. F. Griffiths, George Heagy, James Patton.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: George Heagy, Thomas A. Scott, William S. Dickey, Joseph Sample, James Long, E. Raub, Thomas Collins, R. E. Cochran, George C. Franciscus, Nathan C. Gove, [R. Williams], John Vaughen, James Vaughen, Reuben Mullison.
1 item, 1 piece
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