topic:"Ledgers" found 25 records - Research Collections

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Collection: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Title: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Object ID: MG0151

Date Range: 1847-1869

Business cards Business records Christiana Coal Columbia Correspondence Drumore Twp. Dunwoody, Philadelphia Finding aids Grain Guardians Ledgers Letters Lumber Manor Twp. Manuscript groups Philadelphia Railroad Probate records Receipts Sadsbury Forge Sadsbury Twp. Stocks Strasburg Tobacco Vetterlein Co

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Collection: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Title: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Description: This collection consists of business records for Whitson & Sproul of Christiana, Lancaster County and documents related to estate settlements. The business records include a ledger, letters and statements concerning the sale and purchase of various materials. One letter mentions the 1860 election of "Old Abe." The receipts and court documents consist primarily of receipts, releases, and sale agreements relating to the settlement of the estates of James Sproul and Moses Whitson.

Date Range: 1847-1869

Year Range From: 1847

Year Range To: 1869

Date of Accumulation: 1847-1869

Creator: Whitson & Sproul

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Armstrong, James; Aulthouse, George; Boyd, John A.; Brady, John; Brown, Jeremiah; Coates, Lindley; Collins, Eliza; Collins, James; Cooper, James; Cooper, John; Dickinson, Joseph C.; Frame, Benjamin; Hamilton, T. J.; Hawthorn, G. C.; Hess, J. G.; Iddings, Harriet J.; Irwin, Ellis P.; Irwin, George W.; Johnston, James; Johnston, Robert; Lefever, Daniel; Lewis, Samuel; Lincoln, Abraham; May, Daniel W.; Meiditch, John; Moore, Jeremiah; Morrison, George; Paxson, Elma E.; Paxson, Franklin G.; Paxson, Latitia Ann; Pownall, Joseph; Pownall, Moses; Pusey, John; Retzer, John; Rohrer, J. S.; Roland, John; Russel, John N.; Smith, Edward K.; Sproul, Annie; Sproul, Charles N.; Sproul, James; Steele, Margaret; Steele, William W.; Thompson, Jesse; Whitson, Jacob T.; Whitson, Micah; Whitson, Moses; Wright, James

Subjects: Business records; Letters; Probate records

Search Terms: Agreements; Bart Twp.; Boldin and Wartmun; Business cards; Business records; Christiana; Coal; Columbia; Correspondence; Drumore Twp.; Dunwoody, Philadelphia; Finding aids; Grain; Guardians; Ledgers; Letters; Lumber; Manor Twp.; Manuscript groups; Philadelphia Railroad; Probate records; Receipts; Sadsbury Forge; Sadsbury Twp.; Stocks; Strasburg; Tobacco; Vetterlein Co.; West Philadelphia Railroad; Whitson and Sproul; Widows

Extent: 1 box, 2 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0151

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Whitson & Sproul Collection (MG0151), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-151

Classification: MG0151

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The collection was cataloged and the finding aid was prepared in 1998-1999 by DT. Added to database 29 September 2021.

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Book, Account

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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: 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).; NOTE: Index is by first name. Also, indexed name may appear on multiple pages.

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