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Collection
Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books
Title
Account Book of Benjamin B. Eshleman, Eden Twp. and Bart Twp.
Object ID
MG0963_F021
Date Range
1827-1832
Collection
Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books
Title
Account Book of Benjamin B. Eshleman, Eden Twp. and Bart Twp.
Description
Account Book of Benjamin B. Eshleman, Eden Twp. and Bart Twp.
Contains 114 leaves, unruled with vertical accounting lines, paginated. Includes a front 5 page alphabetical index.
Front cover outside has faint unreadable writing followed by "1827" and inside has accounting information.
Book references to work done, cash received, sugar, coffee, sundries, whiskey, eggs, pair of shoes, snuff, bowl, buttons, spelling book, plug tobaccoMolasses, tobacco, butter, muskub, nails, wheat, wheat flour, etc.
Insert 1 - Blue donor card.
Insert 2 - 10 loose sheets including a letter brom Mr. Eshleman.
Insert 3 - 10 loose sheets of miscellaneous notes.
Insert 4 - 8 loose sheets of miscellaneous notes.
Admin/Biographical History
From: Donor Card
Date Range
1827-1832
Creation Date
14 April 1827 to 9 August 1832
Year Range From
1827
Year Range To
1832
Creator
Eshleman, Benjamin Brackbill, 1793-1854
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Wall
Side 12
Storage Container
Box 0004
People
Eshleman, Benjamin B.
Subjects
Account books
Business records
Search Terms
Account books
Business records
Ledgers
Eden Twp.
Bart Twp.
Extent
209 pages to scan.
Size (L x W): 15-1/2" x 6-1/8"
Object Name
Book, Account
Language
English
Condition Date
2023-10-24
Condition Notes
Front and back covers, and spine are heavily worn and damaged.
Spine bottom 5" is missing.
Pages are loosley bound with threads. Front and back pages hafe indication of water damage.
Page 74 has a miscellaneous piece piece of paper pined to the page. The pin could not be removed without possibly damaging the paper.
Object ID
MG0963_F021
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
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NOTE: Index is by first name. Also, indexed name may appear on multiple pages.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
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Accession Number
2022.021
Other Numbers
MG-963
Classification
MG0963
Description Level
Item
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