The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Creator: William B. Pennebaker
Title: Watermark Collection
Dates: 1710-ca.1936
Call No.:
Acc. No.: 96x81
Quantity: 8 boxes
Location: 15 C 1-2
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT
William
Pennebaker resided in
SCOPE AND CONTENT
This collection contains over 800
manuscripts and blank papers with watermarks and in some cases counter
marks. The papers were made in
Of particular
significance are two indentures dealing with the exchange of land that have the
Rittenhouse "Klee Blatt" watermark.
Two receipts show the watermarks of papermakers Nathaniel Patten of
ORGANIZATION
The papers are in accession number order,
and for the most part, the collection is arranged alphabetically by watermark. Because the arrangement is by watermark, many
papers that concern the same people are scattered throughout the collection. Oversize materials are in the last box of the
collection.
At this repository is a card file indexing
the names found the various documents, as well as the watermarks and embossed
marks found in the papers.
PROVENANCE
Purchased from
William B. Pennebaker.
ACCESS POINTS
Topics:
Watermarks –
Watermarks –
Watermarks –
Watermarks –
Watermarks –
Agreements.
Letters.
Deeds.
Invoices.
Bills (financial).
Accounts.
Ship’s papers.
Mortgages.
Surveys (land).
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location:
15 C 1-2
.1-2 Land
surveys,
Watermark: A B (in script)
.3 Receipted
bill for $5.81 from W. Hull & Son.
Watermark:
A & M
.4 Cyrus
Williams in account with Lloyd & Ingland., 1808-1809,
Watermark:
I Adam & Co.
.5 Receipted bills to Cyrus Williams from
Watermark: D
.6 Receipted bills to Cyrus Williams from
Watermark: D
.7 Unidentified
list of names, places, and numbers.
Watermark:
D
.8 Bill
for goods bought from
Watermark:
D
.9 Tally
of figures, on pale pink paper
Watermark:
D
.10 Copy of land deed for George Smithers in
Watermark: Amies (bird with twig in
beak)
.11 Account
of John Mitchell, deceased, with Jacob Zigler for weaving,
Watermark:
Amies & Co.
.12 List
of military garments,
Watermark:
Amies (name and bird)
.13 Letter to Andrew Bartlez [or Bartles],
New Germantown, New Jersey, from his brother, Joseph, in
Watermark: Amies (name and bird)
.14 George
W. Coulston in account with Thomas & Leidy, 1821.
Watermark:
Amies (in script letters)
.15 Letter to Peter Eckert,
Watermark: Amies (in script letters,
with bird)
.16 Mortgage, Daniel Parry to John Hare
Powel, assigned to Richard Randolph,
Watermark: Amies
.17 Bond
of Performance, John Hare Powel to Daniel Parry,
Watermark:
Amies, Philada.
.18 Letter from Thomas Stewart of the
Appraisers Office in
Watermark: R. Amies & Co.
.19 Invoice for coffee shipped by John
Dallett on the brig "Olive" by order of Benjamin Taylor,
Watermark: Amies (no name, picture
of anchor, crate, and ship)
.20 Brief
of title to the Hope & Co. lands,
Watermark:
R. Amies
.21 Copy
of will of
Watermark:
Amies, Philada, 1829
.22 Statement of Emoluments and Expenditures
of James N. Barker, Collector of the Customs for the District of Philadelphia,
third quarter, 1837.
Watermark:
Amies, Dove Mills
.23 Abstract of Bounty on Pickled Fish of the
Fisheries of the
Watermark: Amies, Dove Mills
.24 Abstract of payments made on account of
the Revenue Barge, in the third quarter of 1837, District of Philadelphia.
Watermark: Amies, Dove Mills
.25 Oath of Office, by Thomas Stewart,
Inspector of Customs for Port
Watermark: Amies, Philada
.26 Lands
of Mark Wilcox's Executors in
Watermark:
Amies, Philada
.27 Executors
of Mark Willcox estate account with John Torrey, 1840-1844.
Watermark:
Amies, Philada
.28 blank
piece of paper
Watermark:
Amies, Dove Mills
.29 Receipted
bill, to Cyrus Williams from Lee Dater & Miller,
Watermark:
B & P
.30 Receipted
bill, to Cyrus Williams from Lee Dater & Miller,
Watermark:
B & P
.31 Receipted
bill, to Cyrus Williams from Lee Dater & Miller,
Watermark:
B & P
.32-33 Beach
vs. Jamison.
Watermark:
B & P (see also Bissell & Pease)
.34 Memorandum of agreement between Daniel
Parry and others and Isaac and Stephen Gould,
Watermark: B S & Co.
.35 Deed, Patt Lynch and wife to Alexander
Jameson for Lot No. 34, Salem Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, 1818.
Watermark: B S & P
.36 Account of Mrs. Elizabeth Garrett,
deceased, with Thomas W. Morris,
Watermark: B & W [Benett & Walton,
.37 Memorandum from the will of James Woods,
Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, will made in1751 (no date on
memorandum).
Watermark: Barbour & [watermark
incomplete]
.38 Accounts
of Samuel and Ezra Abbot with R. Boylston,
Watermark:
Barbour & Mullen
.39a-b blank
pieces of paper
watermark:
P G Barnett(?)
.40 Release, Catherine Nuss to John Roeder
and Jost Wyandt, Upper Hanover Township,
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, September
13, 1804.
Watermark: Bechtel
.41 Account
of Samuel A. Greenland with Sylvaney Keithe & Co., 1802.
Watermark:
Bemis
.42 Index
to an account book.
Watermark:
L. Bemis, with a plow
.43 An
account, for a ship in the
Watermark: Bernardo (name under a picture
of a man on horseback) Polleri (name
under picture of a bull) (Spanish or Portuguese)
.44 Map of land surveyed in
Watermark: Bevan, 1822 (
.45 Receipted bill, to Williams &
Fairchild from Lord & Lee,
Watermark: Bissell
.46 Receipted bill, to Williams &
Fairchild from
Watermark: Bissell & Pease
.47 Abstract
of tonnage duties, first quarter of 1797,
Watermark:
A. Blackwell, 1796
.48 blank
piece of paper
watermark:
D. & C. Blauw (Dutch)
.49 Receipted
bill, to Mr. Williams from J. Hyatt,
Watermark:
Bradleys ville (Bantam,
.50 Notice
involving Reuben Skein and Peter Polsel,
Watermark:
.51 Notice
involving John Boyd and William Dunavan,
Watermark:
.52 Ship's
papers for the ship Mary, from
Watermark:
L A Briglia (name inside a cartouche, Italian)
.53 Receipted
bill, to Mr. Williams from Nicoll & Shephard, 1815.
Watermark:
figure of Britannia, crowned
.54 Letter of Attorney, John Wrenshall and
wife to Ralph Peacock,
Watermark: J. Budgen
.55 part
of a letter or note.
Watermark:
J. Budgen
.56 Receipted bill, to Cyrus Williams from
Isaac Riley & Co.,
Watermark: C. Bunch
.57 Letter to Dr. Levi Bartlett of
Watermark: C E B [Burbank]
.58 Share
#222 in the
Watermark:
crossed arrows inside a circle [
.59 Deed for Sylvanus Howe & Joseph
Ruggles,
Watermark:
.60 "Health/to His Excellency/Caleb
Strong/governor/of the Commonwealth of/
Watermark:
.61 Complaint
against Captain David Townsend by Thomas Stearns,
Watermark:
C
.62 Part of a deed between Mary Fobes &
Phinehas Howe,
Watermark: crossed arrows inside a
circle [
.63 Deed, John Baldwin to William W. Potter,
Watermark:
.64 Bill from Josiah Smith, school teacher,
to town of
Watermark:
.65 Bill
to town of
Watermark:
.66 blank
piece of paper
Watermark:
.67 Receipted bill, to Cyrus Williams from E.
Cowe,
Watermark: D
.68 Receipted bill, to Williams &
Fairchild from
Watermark: John Butler
.69 Receipted bill, to Williams &
Fairchild from H.A. Huntington,
Watermark: John Butler
.70 Receipted bill, to Charles Williams from
William Burgess,
Watermark: John Butler
.71 Receipted bill, to C. & D.R. Williams
from Lee Dater & Miller,
Watermark: J
.72 Bill to Henry Lyon, agent for Otis Co., Ware,
Watermark: J
.73 Letter to Henry Lyon, agent for Otis Co.
in Ware,
Watermark: J
.74 Letter
to Henry Lyon, from Parks Wright & Co.,
Watermark:
J
.75 Letter
to Henry Lyon, from Parks Wright & Co.,
Watermark:
J
.76 Bill to Otis Co., care of Henry Lyon,
from Parks Wright & Co.,
Watermark: J
.77 "Extracts from Andrew E. Lock’s
Oration...,"
Watermark: S & A Butler U S
.78 Bill
to Williams & Fairchild from
Watermark: S & A Butler U S
.79 Bill
to Williams & Fairchild from
Watermark: S & A Butler U S
.80 Bill
to Williams & Fairchild from
Watermark: S & A Butler U S
.81 Cephas Smith's deed from Thomas H. Moody,
Watermark: S & A B
.82 Ship's
papers for the Brig Emily, July and August, 1833.
Watermark: S & A Butler U S
.83-84 Abstract of Duties, Girard Bank,
Watermark: S & A B
.85 Bill
from Clarissa A. Galloud, school teacher, to town of
Watermark:
.86 Apportionment
of estate of Cary M. Keith.
Watermark: Butlers & Ward 1818
.87 Receipted
bill, to Cyrus Williams from Brush & Nelson,
Watermark:
Bulters & Ward, 1818
.88 Oration of Andrew Henderson, Jr., at
Watermark: C
.89 Agreement with John Dorsey respecting the
rebuilding of the burnt house on the west side of the
Watermark: C A
.90 Receipted
bill, to Stephen Traling(?) from William Thompson.