The Winterthur Library

The Winterthur Library

The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware 19735

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Evans, Jonathan, 1843-1911

Title: Financial documents

Dates: 1872-1892.

Call No.: Col. 339

Acc. No.: 94x44

Quantity: 2 boxes

Location: 9 J 6

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Jonathan Evans (1843-1911) was a brass manufacturer (according to 1880 census) and merchant (according to his death certificate) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the 1876 city directory, he was listed as working at Cooper, Jones & Cadbury. He was born in Germantown in 1843, the son of Catherine Wistar (1802-1870) and Thomas Evans (1798-1868). In 1873, Jonathan married Rachel Reeve Cope (1850-1939), the daughter of Anna Stewardson Brown and Francis Reeve Cope. Jonathan and Rachel had several children: Anna Cope (1875-1967), Francis Algernon (1878-1949), Edward Wyatt (1881-1976), Ernest Mervyn (1884-1911), and Harold (1886-1977). Members of the Evans family were Quakers. At the time of his death in 1911, Jonathan and Rachel Evans lived at the corner of Haines and Chew Streets.

Jonathan’s siblings were John Wistar (1836-1873), Thomas Wistar (1837-1857), Hannah Bacon (1839-1939), and Katherine Wistar (1841-1904) Evans. Nothing in the papers indicates that Jonathan’s middle name was Wistar, although some family trees give him that name.

The Evans family seemed to have spent several summers in Newport, Rhode Island, and at least one in Magnolia, Massachusetts.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Contains bills and receipts, primarily for work done on houses owned by Evans; tax and water bills; check stubs; and bankbooks. The bills relate to three houses, one on Coulter Street and the others at 226 & 228 Stampers Street (also called Alley) in Philadelphia. Such work as interior repairs, wood work, glazing, washing ceilings and walls, hanging wall paper, painting roofs and chimneys, laying a basement, soldering tin, covering a shed and privy with a tin roof, walling up a fire place, installing a new boiler, plumbing work, hanging drapes, and paving are mentioned. Costs of lumber, nails, sandpaper, paint, wallpaper, bricks, sand, and cement are documented.

A volume of accounts kept by Evans as a trustee to John Wistar in 1879 is part of the material, along with check stubs and passbooks dating from 1874 to 1892. All of the accounts were with Provident Life & Trust Co. Highlights of the check stubs include payments for tuition, swimming and drawing lessons, renting a house for the summer, some clothing, blankets, a chestnut case, wages, charitable contributions, lawyers’ and doctors’ fees, and other personal expenses.

ORGANIZATION

The items are in chronological order, first the bills and receipts and then the checkbooks.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.

PROVENANCE

Purchased from Carmen Valentino, Philadelphia.

RELATED MATERIALS

A collection of Cope-Evans family papers is held by Haverford College.

Evans, J. Morris. Tapestry Threads: Jonathan & Rachel Cope Evans, 1843-1911: Their Ancestors and Family. (1993)

ACCESS POINTS

Topics:

Annuities.

Building trades.

Carpentry.

Dwellings - Maintenance and repair - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.

Finance, Personal.

Flooring.

Hardware.

Home economics - Accounting.

House painting.

Household supplies.

Interior decoration.

Masonry.

Metal-work.

Paperhanging.

Plumbing.

Real property - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.

Taxation.

Wages - Building trades.

Wallpaper.

Bank books.

Bills of sale.

Check stubs.

Receipts.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 9 J 6

Please note:

All accession numbers begin with 94x44.

All bills are dated Philadelphia, unless otherwise specified.

Jonathan Evans is abbreviated to J.E.; other people have full names.

All bills are on printed billheads, unless other specified.

Box 1: receipted bills and checkbook registers

Folder 1: Bills and receipts, 1872-1875 (94x44.1-.13)

.1 receipted bill: Dr. Charles Evans, for 226 Stampers St., paid Henry B. Cook, Jan. 1, 1872, for putting in cellar window, lumber, window sash, nails, hinges, panes of glass, putty;

Henry B. Cook, carpenter and builder

.2 receipted bill: J.E. paid S.F. Balderstone & Son, June 21, 1872, for wallpaper, border, and hanging;

S.F. Balderston & Son, dealers in wall papers & window shades

.3 receipted bill Mrs. Kinsley paid Andrew Mickel, June 22, 1872, for repairing pavement at 228 Stampers St.

[not printed billhead]

.4 receipted bill: Dr. Charles Evans, for Stampers St., paid Henry B. Cook, July 1, 1872, for repairing cellar window and water closet, lumber, sash cord, nails, panes of glass, putty;

Henry B. Cook, carpenter and builder

.5 receipted bill: J.E. paid Henry B. Cook, July 31, 1872, for laying basement floor at 228 Stampers St.; also boards, sleepers, nails

Henry B. Cook, carpenter and builder

.6 receipted bill, J.E., for 228 and 280 Stampers St., paid Henry B. Cook, Oct. 1, 1872, for putting on new roof

Henry B. Cook, carpenter and builder

.7 receipted bill: J.E. paid S.F. Balderstone & Son, May 12, 1873, for repairs to paper;

S.F. Balderston & Son, dealers in wall papers & window shades

.8 receipted bill: Mrs. Kinsley, 228 Stampers St., paid Casey, Watson & Bonnin, May 27, 1874, for wallpaper, border, repairs, sizing, and hanging;

Casey, Watson & Bonnin, successors to Mizeal English, dealer [sic] in paper hangings

.9 receipted bill: J.E. paid Cook & Heacock, Nov. 2, 1874, for putting in new cheeks and sill to cellar door, lumber, nails; includes W. W. Crane’s bill for brickwork; includes note from J.E. about the bill for brickwork

Cook & Heacock, carpenters and builders [principals are Frank P. Cook and Jos. Heacock; apparently successor firm to Henry B. Cook as the address is the same]

.10 receipted bill: J.E. paid S.F. Balderstone & Son, Oct. 28, 1874, for wallpaper, border, and hanging;

S.F. Balderston & Son, dealers in wall papers & window shades

.11 receipted bill: Mr. Bunk paid J. B. Baxter, Feb. 8, 1875, for lock[?] and something else.

[not printed billhead]

.12 receipted bill: J.E. paid Charles White, April 1, 1875, for painting doors;

Chas. White, wall painting, imitation of all kinds of wood or marble, gilding, bronzing, calsomining, &c.; printed by S.W. Goodman

.13 receipted bill: J.E. paid Cook & Heacock, Sept. 22, 1875, for putting in new lintel and new cheeks and sill to cellar door, lumber, nails; includes W. W. Crane’s bill for bricks and brickwork; includes note from J.E. about the bill for brickwork;

Cook & Heacock, carpenters and builders [principals: Frank P. Cook and Jos. Heacock]

Folder 2: Bills and receipts, 1876-1879 (94x44.14-.37)

.14 receipted bill: J.E. paid Cooper, Jones & Cadbury, May 22, 1876, for solder nipples and Clark’s patent hydrant

Cooper, Jones & Cadbury, brass founders and manufacturers and dealers in plumbers’ supplies

.15a receipted bill: J.E. paid Weaver & Pennock, May 31, 1876, for solder, nipples, and time of plumber;

Weaver & Pennock, house, ship and chemical plumbing, gas and steam fitting

.15b receipted bill: J.E. paid S.F. Balderstone & Son, June 20, 1876, for wallpaper, ceiling paper, border, and hanging;

S.F. Balderston & Son, dealers in wall papers & window shades

.16 receipted bill: J.E. [name given as John Evans] paid Rea & Riley, June 30, 1876, for work on Stampers St., nails, knobs, heavy T hinges, etc.

Rea & Riley, carpenters and builders, stores fitted up, bulks put in

.17 receipted bill: J.E. paid Charles McCarty, Germantown, June 30, 1876, for glass, painting houses (colors given)

Charles McCarty, successor to Jos. Chapman, plain and decorative house, sign and fresco painter and glazier

.18 receipted bill: J.E. paid Weaver & Pennock, Sept. 29, 1876, for hydrant, solder, digging, and time of plumber;

Weaver & Pennock, house, ship and chemical plumbing, gas and steam fitting

.19 bill: J.E. bought of John Borden & Bro., Jan. 1877, purchases made Feb. 19 and May 24, 1876: tin spout and repairing spouts, tin shoe, bricks, gravel, mortar, time of bricklayer;

John Borden & Bro., manufactures of ranges, heaters, gas ovens, bath boilers, registers, sinks, etc., etc., plumbing and gas fitting, brick work and repairs of all kinds, drain pipe furnished and put in;

Illustrated with picture of a range called The Union, from H.J. White of Philadelphia, and showing gas and hot air pipes

.20 receipted bill: J.E., trustee, paid John Bordon & Bros., April 29, 1877, for repairing roof; payment received by Cooper, Jones & Cadbury

[not printed billhead]

.21 receipted bill: J.E. paid S.F. Balderstone & Son, Oct. 12, 1877, for wallpaper, ceiling paper, border, and hanging;

S.F. Balderston & Son, dealers in wall papers & window shades

.22 receipted bill: J.E. paid National Odorless Excavating Co., April 2, 1878, for cleaning well at 231 Lombard St., permit #1451; ½ bill to Mr. Linden[?]

National Odorless Excavating Co., privy wells, sinks, cesspools, sewers, ponds on vacant lots, etc., Edw. E. Ames, general manager

.23 receipted bill: J.E. paid S.F. Balderstone & Sons, May 7, 1878, for wallpaper, ceiling paper, border, and scraping, sizing, and hanging;

S.F. Balderston & Sons, dealers in wall papers & window shades

.24 receipted bill: J.E. paid J. C. Moore, May 20, 1878, for fencing, planks, corner boards, padlock, sash cord, thumb lift, hinges, nails, hook, pair of back flaps, screws, tin roofing and covering shed and covering privy, plus labor

[not printed billhead]

.25 [number not used]

.26 receipted bill: J.E. paid Carlile & Joy, June 30, 1878, for time and color;

Carlile & Joy, house, sign & fresco painters

.27 receipted bill: J.E. paid A.S. Donlevy, Aug. 22, 1878, for pointing roof and chimneys

[not printed billhead]

.28 receipted bill: J.E. paid J. C. Moore, Sept. 9, 1878, for lumber, nails, sandpaper, putty, tin flushings, plus labor

[not printed billhead]

.29 receipted bill: J.E. paid J. C. Moore, Dec. 30, 1878, for work and material, sash and sash bead

[not printed billhead]

.30 receipted bill: J.E. paid S. H. Forman, Jan. 3, 1879, for glazing and lights of glass

[not printed billhead]

.31 receipted bill: James Sherman paid E.C. Ennis, July 1, 879, for repairing cellar way and pavement at 226 Stampers St.

[not printed billhead]

.32 receipted bill: J.E. paid National Odorless Excavating Co., July 7, 1879, for cleaning well at 231 Lombard St. and 226 Stampers St., permit #4996; ½ bill to Schrader

National Odorless Excavating Co., privy wells, sinks, cesspools, sewers, ponds on vacant lots, etc., Edw. E. Ames, general manager

.33 receipted bill: J.E. paid Paul Smith, paper hanger, Germantown, Oct. 15, 1879, for papering house at 7 Coulter St.; names rooms and how many pieces of paper and border were used in each; also kalsomining and sizing walls

[not printed billhead]

.34 receipted bill: J.E. paid Charles McCarty, Germantown, Oct. 31, 1879, a detailed bill recording washing, kalsomining, painting, varnishing, etc., various named rooms, and giving some colors; also glazing and charges for paint, putty, etc.

Charles McCarty, successor to Jos. Chapman, plain and decorative house, sign and fresco painter and glazier [this information also printed on back of bill]

.35 receipted bill: F. R. Cope, for repairs at William Kites, paid William Davis, Germantown, Dec. 2, 1879, for grate, bricks, cleaning, galvanized smoke pipe, new drum, furnace pipes;

William Davis, Germantown, Davis’s Heater and Range Works [with list of furnaces, heaters, and other goods]

.36 receipted bill: J.E. paid S.F. Balderstone & Sons, Dec. 8, 1879, for wallpaper, ceiling paper, borders, and hanging;

S.F. Balderston & Sons, dealers in wall papers & window shades

.37 receipted bill: J.E. paid S.H. Formosa, Dec. 24, 1879, for painting 228 Stampers St., paint, lights of glass, putty

S.H. Formosa, painting in all its branches, decorative house, sign, and fresco painter

Folder 3: Bills and receipts, 1880-1881 (94x44.38-.52)

.38 receipted bill: Library Trust Com., Gtown Prep Mtg. [Germantown Preparatory Meeting], paid Cooper, Jones & Cadbury, Jan. 1, 1880, for plumbing work at Coulter St. house: draining house, putting in slop sink, lead pipe, trap lid, etc.

Cooper, Jones & Cadbury, brass founders and manufactures and dealers in plumbers’ supplies

.39 receipted bill: J.E. paid George Hirst, Jan. 1, 1880: for walling up fire place, repairing plastering, materials, at 228 Stampers St.

George Hirst, builder and jobbing bricklayer, heaters, ranges, and bake ovens furnished and put in

.40 receipted bill: J. E. paid George W. Fulmer, Jan. 8, 1880, for repairs to 228 Stanford St.: carpenter work, boards, fencing, nails, closet catches, sash cord, door keeper, ribits [sic], rim locks, carting

[not printed billhead]

.41 receipted bill: J.E. paid S.F. Balderstone & Sons, April 22, 1880, for wallpaper, and border, and hanging;

S.F. Balderston & Sonss, dealers in wall papers & window shades

.42 receipted bill: W. Kite, Coulter St., Germantown, paid Thackara, Buck & Co., June 1, 1880, for repairing fixtures and a new burner;

Thackara, Buck & Co., manufacturers of gas fixtures, bronzes, &c.

.43 receipted bill: Friends Free Library paid Blakemore & Sherman, Germantown, June 12, 1880, for repairs to trap, something about water, strap and wash cock;

Blakemore & Sherman, Germantown, plumbers, gas and steam fitters;

Illustrated with picture of “medal awarded for our patent folding washstand,” awarded by U.S. Centennial Commission, 1876

.44 receipted bill: Friends Library paid William Barnes, Germantown, July 1, 1880, for paving brick, sand, and labor of bricklayer and laborer

William Barnes, Germantown, stone mason and bricklayer

.45 receipted bill: J.E. [name given as John Evans] paid Rea & Riley, July 15, 1880, for work on Stampers St., including charges for nails, strap and T hinges, etc.

Rea & Riley, carpenters and builders, stores fitted up, bulks put in

.46 receipted bill: F. R. Cope paid William Davis, Germantown, Oct. 1, 1880, for cleaning oil heater and putting in drain[?]; with note to return receipt to J.E.;

William Davis, Germantown, Davis’s Heater and Range Works [with list of furnaces, heaters, and other goods]

.47 receipted bill: J.E. paid Charles McCarty, Germantown, Dec. 1, 1880, for painting outside wood work and tin roof of house on Coulter St.;

Charles McCarty, successor to Jos. Chapman, plain and decorative house, sign and fresco painter and glazier [this information also printed on back of bill];

Stamped on bill: “May be called through Bell Telephone …”

.48 receipted bill: William Kite paid H. Joseph Pelstring, Germantown, Dec. 31, 1880, for repairs to coal bucket at library; soldering tin roof and work on a pipe at Kite’s house

[not printed billhead]

.49 receipted bill: J.E., treasurer to trustee, paid Levi B. Stokes, Germantown, April 21, 1881, for lumber, labor, nails, all for William Kite

[not printed billhead]

.50 receipted bill: J.E. paid L.P. Kelelry & Co., for cleaning cesspools at 231 Lombard St. and 226 Stampers’s Alley;

On billhead of Board of Health, Philadelphia; printed form

.51 receipted bill: F. R. Cope, for William Kite, paid William Davis, Germantown, August 1881, for new boiler, new water back, setting range bricks; taking out drum and cleaning heater;

William Davis, Germantown, Davis’s Heater and Range Works [with list of furnaces, heaters, and other goods]

.52 receipted bill: J.E. paid Cooper, Jones & Cadbury, Aug. 10, 1881, for time forcing out hydrant, per bill of L.O. Howell, Jr.;

Cooper, Jones & Cadbury, brass founders; manufacturers, importers and dealers in plumbers’ steam and gas fitters’ materials; [with list of goods “always on hand,” including bath tubs, marble slabs, cast iron pipe, etc.; principals were W.S. Cooper, T.J. Jones, J.W. Cadbury, J. Cadbury, and J. Evans; have telephone communication]

Folder 4: Bills and receipts, 1882-1885 (94x44.53-.73)

.53 receipted bill: J.E. paid John Borden & Bro., April 1, 1882, for tin pout, flushing, repairs to roof and spout, new tin roof, gutters, repairing chimney, and other goods and services;

John Borden & Bro., manufactures of ranges, heaters, gas ovens, bath boilers, registers, sinks, etc., etc., plumbing, gas fitting, brick work and repairs of all kinds, drain pipe furnished and put in; manufacturers of G.G. Thomas’ patent ventilator and chimney top

Illustrated with picture of a chimney with iron railing around the top

.54 receipted bill: J.E. paid A.T. Pooley, Germantown, May 12, 1882, for grading terrace at Mr. Kyte’s;

A.T. Pooley [and Co. is crossed out], contractors for macadamizing & paving; quarries: Rittenhouse Street and Pittville

.55 receipted bill: Frances Stokes paid William Davis, Germantown, Oct. 1, 1882, for new heavy heater drums, cutting out cold air flues, etc.; with note from William Kite that “the work charged in this bill was done to the house in Coulter St. …”;

William Davis, Germantown, Davis’s Heater and Range Works [with list of furnaces, heaters, and other goods]

.56 receipted bill: Friends Library paid Levi B. Stokes, Germantown, Dec. 28, 1882, for hanging sash and cords at Wm. Kite’s

[not printed billhead]

.57 receipted bill: J.E. at Wm. Kite’s paid Levi B. Stokes, Germantown, June 20, 1883, for planks, lumber, fencing, nails, painting, etc.

[not printed billhead]

.58 receipted bill: J.E. paid George W. Wills, Germantown, [date on back: Oct. 4, 1883], for work done for William Kite on Coulter Street: wallpaper, ceiling paper, borders, sizing and hanging, with record of which rooms were papered and how much paper was used in each room;

Geo. W. Wills, Germantown, plain and decorative paper hanger, paper hangings and windows shades

.59 receipted bill: J.E. paid S.F. Balderstone & Sons, Dec. 1, 1883, for wallpaper and border, and hanging;

S.F. Balderston & Sonss, dealers in wall papers & window shades; [principals: S.F., M. and T.C. Balderston]

.60 receipted bill: J.E. paid John Marris, March 17, 1884, for fencing and for putting up fence in rear of 231 Lombard St.; payment received by J. Martin;

[not printed billhead]

.61 receipted bill: J.E. paid George Barnes, Germantown, May 27, 1884, for paving brick, and labor of bricklayer and laborer

George Barnes, Germantown, stonemason and bricklayer

.62 receipted bill: J.E. at Wm. Kite’s paid Levi B. Stokes, Germantown, July 4, 1884, for planks, lumber, nails, painting, labor

[not printed billhead]

.63 receipted bill: James Sheerant paid Casey & Bonnin, Aug. 1, 1884, for bill rendered [nothing specified];

Casey & Bonnin, successors to Mizeal English, dealers in paper hangings [ billhead printed by Dornan]

.64 receipted bill: Cooper, Jones, & Cadbury paid The Odorless Excavating & Manufacturing Co., Aug. 10, 1884[?], for cleaning well at 226 Stampers St., permit #1451; ½ bill to Mr. Linden[?]

The Odorless Excavating & Manufacturing Co., privy wells, sinks, cesspools, sewers, ponds on vacant lots, &c., cleaned …;

Illustrated with picture of pump and tank, with two laborers; printed form

.65 receipted bill: J.E., for William Kite, paid William Davis, Germantown, November 1884, for new galvanized iron smoke pipe and other items for furnace;

William Davis, Germantown, Davis’s Heater and Range Works [with list of furnaces, heaters, and other goods]

.66 receipted bill: J.E. paid Levi B. Stokes, Germantown, Jan. 1, 1885, for flooring, hemlock, nails, labor, hardware, sash cord, all for William Kite

[not printed billhead]

.67 receipted bill: J.E. paid John B. Goold, Jan. 10, 1885, for conductor, pipe, shoe, repairs, etc.

John B. Goold, tin, gravel and slate roofer, [also heaters and ranges]

.68 receipted bill: J.E. paid A.C. Brown, Jan. 17, 1885, for repairing hydrant at 228 Stampers St.; paid by Cooper, Jones & Cadbury;

A.C. Brown, plumber and gas-fitter; Abram C. Brown, hydraulic ram plumber; pumps, rams & hydrants, lead & iron pipes, water closets & wash basins, & copper lightning rods;

Illustrated with pictures of a pump, a hydrant, and something else

.69 receipted bill: William Kite, Coulter St., paid A.C. Brown, May 15, 1885, for cleaning drain stopped with grease;

A.C. Brown, plumber and gas-fitter; Abram C. Brown, hydraulic ram plumber; pumps, rams & hydrants, lead & iron pipes, water closets & wash basins, & copper lightning rods;

Illustrated with pictures of a pump, a hydrant, and something else

.70 receipted bill: J.E. paid Louis P. Keller, May 8, 1885, for removing contents of well or cesspool;

Louis P. Keller, privy wells, sinks, cesspools, sewers, ponds on vacant lots, etc., cleaned by the odorless system …;

Illustrated with picture of horse team pulling tank labeled Odorless Excavating; printed form

.71 receipted bill: J.E. paid John B. Goold, May 21, 1885, for repairing piazza roof and painting;

John B. Goold, tin, gravel and slate roofer, [also heaters and ranges]

.72 receipted bill: J.E. paid J.C. Hirst, Dec. 18, 1885: for bricks, mortar, and repairing foundation and walls of privy at 226 Stampers St.

J.C. Hirst & [Bro. – crossed out], builder and jobbing bricklayer, heaters, ranges, and gas ovens furnished and put in, terra cotta drains laid, &c.

.73 receipted bill: J.E. at Wm. Kite’s, paid Levi B. Stokes, Germantown, Dec. 21, 1885, for yellow pine and work

[not printed billhead]

Folder 5: Bills and receipts, 1886-1890, no date (94x44.74-.88)

.74 receipted bill: William Kite paid William Davis, Germantown, Jan. 1, 1886, for repairs to furnace and range, setting fire bricks, fitting and cleaning;

William Davis, Germantown, Davis’s Heater and Range Works [with list of furnaces, heaters, and other goods]

.75 receipted bill: J.E. paid Michael McShain, Nov. 10, 1886, for supplying and fixing water closet, cellar door, &c., at 226 Stampers St.

Michael McShain, carpenter and builder

.76 receipted bill: Hannah B. Evans paid City of Philadelphia, Dec. 15, 1886, for surveying, measuring, and resetting curb

City of Philadelphia, printed form; used by Arthur McGinn, surveyor and regulator, Third District; payment received by E. B. Lewis

.77 receipt: J.E. paid rents of houses at 226 and 228 Stampers St., July 22, 1887, “being one half of said premises belonging to the estate of W.[?] C.[?] Evans, payment received by Chas. Rhoads, executor and trustee under will of C.[?] Evans

[not printed billhead]

.78 receipted bill: J.E. paid Cooper, Jones & Cadbury, Aug. 10, 1887, for clearing hydrant, work done by L.O. Howell, Jr.;

.79 receipt: J.E. paid for one half of net income derived from houses 226 and 228 Stampers St. (held in common with heirs of Thomas Evans), Jan. 20, 1888; receipt signed by Joseph Scattergood, Treasurer, Westtown Boarding School

letterhead stationery of Office of the Treasurer of the Westtown Boarding School

.80 receipted bill: J.E. paid Abram C. Brown, May 22, 1888, for a new hydrant at 228 Stampers St.; and for digging up front stop box;

Abram C. Brown, plumber and gas-fitter;

Illustrated with picture of something [perhaps a gas fixture?]

.81 memorandum listing rents collected, water rent, taxes, etc., July 1, 1888

[not printed billhead]

.82 receipted bill: J.E. paid John C. Hirst, Sept. 6, 1888: for bricks, mortar, sand, and for repairing wall of cellar doorway and front pavement at 226 Stampers St.

John C. Hirst, builder and jobbing bricklayer, heaters, ranges, and gas ovens furnished and put in

.83 receipt: J.E. paid Westtown Boarding School income from houses owned jointly by heirs of Thomas Evans and Trustees of the school; Jan. 12, 1889, signed Joseph Scattergood, Treasurer, W.B.S.

[not printed billhead]

.84 receipted bill: J.E. paid M. Thomas & Sons, Jan. 29, 1880, for [sale or purchase] of railroad stock;

M. Thomas & Sons, auctioneers, sales of stocks and loans and real estate; principals were J. Harbeson Barnes, John H. Lofland, Samuel S. Ellis

.85 receipt: J.E. paid for share of two houses on Stampers Street for the year 1889, Jan. 6, 1890, received by Jn. W. Biddle, on behalf of the Westtown Committee;

letterhead stationery of Office of the Treasurer of the Westtown Boarding School

.86 receipted bill: J.E. paid Abram C. Brown, April 1, 1890, for digging up and repairing leak in alley at 226 and 228 Stampers St.;

Abram C. Brown, plumber and gas-fitter;

Illustrated with picture of a diagram of something [perhaps a gas fixture?]

.87 receipted bill: J.E. paid John C. Hirst, May 6, 1890: for bricks, cement, sand, and for repairing yard, alley, and front pavements at 228 Stampers St.

[not printed billhead]

.88 receipt: R. B. Barnes received payment for papering 3 rooms and stairway at 226 Stampers St., no date

[not printed billhead]

Folder 6: Tax receipts, 1873-1887

.89 receipt: Frank Eastburn paid John T. Platt, collector, Germantown, Dec. 2, 1879, for poor tax for Coulter St.;

Office of the Collector of Poor Tax of the Township of Germantown; printed form

.90a-d receipts: Charles Matlack paid John T. Platt, collector, Germantown, Nov. 11, 1881; May 23, 1882; June 27, 1882; and March 25, 1885 (for 1884), for poor tax for Coulter St.;

Note: .90a also has the name Frank Eastburn on it

Office of the Collector of Poor Tax of the Township of Germantown; printed forms

.91a-y receipts: various people paid taxes to Office of Receiver of Taxes, Philadelphia. 1873-1888 [more than one receipt for some years]; printed forms

The taxes were paid on properties on Stampers Street/Alley and Coulter Street. The names on the bills are as follows:

Thomas B. Evans et al.;

Hannah B. Evans;

Frank Eastburn;

Hannah R. Evans;

Charles Matlack

Folder 7: Water and sewer bills

.92 Thomas and Hannah Evans paid City of Philadelphia, 1875, for construction of sewer on south side of Stampers Street, between 2d and 3d Streets

[printed form]

.93a-p various people paid the Department for Supplying the City with Water, City of Philadelphia, for water bills, 1873-1883 (more than one receipt for some years);

[Printed forms];

Water was supplied to houses on Stampers and Coulter Streets.

Bills were paid by

Thomas B. Evans;

Dr. Evans;

J. Evans;

Frank Eastburn;

J. Evans (trustee)

.94a-f various people paid the Philadelphia Water Department, for water bills, 1884-1887 (more than one receipt for some years);

[Printed forms];

Water was supplied to houses on Stampers and Coulter Streets.

Bills were paid by

Friends;

J. Evans;

.95a-b J. Evans paid Department of Receiver of Taxes, Bureau of Water, City of Philadelphia, 1888-1889, for water rent on 226 and 228 Stampers Alley

[printed forms]

Folder 8: Germantown Library Book Fund

.96a-b lists of amounts received from Jonathan Evans, Treasurer of Germantown Library Book Fund, 1876-1885; the first list is signed by Francis R. Cope, and the second by Josiah W. Leeds, both signing as Treasurer of Friends Library, Germantown

[note: The Friends Free Library is in a building erected in 1874; it is part of the Germantown Friends School, and also serves the Germantown community.]

Folder 9: Checkbook register: Wistar annuity

.97 Jonathan Evans, Trustee of John Wistar’s Annuity:

Checkbook from Provident Life and Trust Company, Philadelphia; with records of checks written, deposits made, and interest received; also some checks payable to Wistar or to Evans; also some receipts from Wistar, acknowledging payment of annuity left him under will of Catherine Evans;

Bookseller’s label: William Mann, Blank Book Maker, Stationer and Steam Power Printer, Philadelphia

Folder 10: Checkbook register, Jonathan Evans, no. 1, 3/1/82

.98 stubs for checks 304-402, July 1, 1882-March 1, 1883.

Evans recorded to whom a check was written, the date and amount, and often for what the check was written: doctor’s visit; horse and carriage hire; donations to charities (North Carolina Boarding School, Children’s Country Week, Indian School); returns of loans; taxes; house repairs; a library table; mattress; Pennsylvania Blind Asylum for weaving carpet; expenses on English patents; etc.

Folder 11: Checkbook register, Jonathan Evans, no. 3, 5/29/84

.99 stubs for checks 456-553, July 10, 1883-May 29, 1884.

As above, opening with several expenses incurred in Newport; also gas bills; groceries; tailor’s bill; a baby coach from Wanamaker; house repairs; ice; shoes; Children’s Country Week; Germantown Sewing[?] Society; dentist’s bill; etc. One check remains, showing account was with Provident Life & Trust Company,

Folder 12: Checkbook register, Jonathan Evans, no. 4, 11/12/85

.100 stubs for checks 554-828, May 31, 1884-Nov. 12, 1885.

As above, with checks written for shoes, taxes, settlement of English patents, house and clock repairs, Friends Review, ice, horse shoeing, lawyer’s fee, butter, Children’s Country Week, etc.