The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
Henry Francis du Pont
5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur,
Delaware 19735
Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF
THE COLLECTION
Creator: Grover, Thomas D. (Thomas
Davis), 1840-1907.
Title: Bills, receipts, and papers
Dates: 1850s-1896
Call No.: Col. 362
Acc. No.: 77x279
Quantity: 532 items (one box)
Location: 34 K 1
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
Thomas Davis Grover lived in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He was born in 1840, the son of Eliza Miles
and Thomas Jefferson Grover. He married
Mary Pennypacker in 1864. They had a
daughter and two sons. In the 1870 and
1880 censuses, his profession was listed as carpenter, but it is possible that
he owned a well-established general contracting business and employed several
men to do carpentry and masonry work.
The business may have also included painting and repairing carriages. In the 1900 census, he was listed as a fire
insurance agent. He was apparently well
educated and financially secure, holding stock and being a member of the Men's
Literary Union among other clubs. Grover
died in Phoenixville in 1907.
Mary Pennypacker Grover was the daughter of
Elizabeth Buckwalter and Matthias Showalter Pennypacker. She was born in 1840 and died in 1903.
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
This collection contains over 600 items pertaining
to Thomas D. Grover, consisting primarily of printed and manuscript receipts
for cash transactions and some invoices.
A number of items have printed billheads. Grover purchased stationery supplies; dishes
and glasses; paint and varnishing supplies; hardware; various linens and
textiles; lumber; iron; and large quantities of carriage parts such as wagon
wheel spokes, wheel rims, springs, axle clips, and shaft couplings. Tax bills, receipts for payment of taxes and
for payment of fire insurance premiums, payments of funeral dues to various
mutual relief associations, a couple of magazine subscriptions, and other
documents are also found in the collection.
Some items are in the name of Thomas Grover’s brother Robert Agnew
Grover, in the name of his wife, or in the name of his father-in-law Matthias
S. Pennypacker.
ORGANIZATION
Arranged chronologically. The finding aid only lists the name of the
person or company from whom a bill or receipt was received; the goods mentioned
in any bill are not described in the finding aid.
LANGUAGE OF
MATERIALS
The materials are in English.
RESTRICTIONS
ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Purchased from Paul Glenn.
ACCESS POINTS
Topics:
Independent
Order of Good Templars. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania.
Knights of Pythias. Sankanac Lodge No. 58
(Phoenixville, Pa.)
Carpentry - Pennsylvania
- 19th century.
Carriages and
carts - Maintenance and repair.
Dry-goods - Prices.
Education -
Finance.
Finance, Personal -
Pennsylvania - 19th century.
Fire insurance premiums - Pennsylvania - Phoenixville.
Fraternal
organizations – Pennsylvania.
Hardware - Prices.
Literature - Societies, etc. - Pennsylvania - Phoenixville.
Masonry - Pennsylvania -
19th century.
Paint materials
- Prices.
Real property
tax - Pennsylvania - 19th century.
Tableware -
Prices.
Tax assessment -
Pennsylvania - 19th century.
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 34 K 1
Box 1 of 1:
Folder 1: no date, 1850s-1890s [dates incomplete]:
arranged by name of business, but manuscript bills are filed first in folder
costs of shutter catches, coat hooks,
etc., not dated, but mainly of interest for drawings of carpentry work (.648);
from B. F.
Beam[?], for feet of oak, ash, pine, no date (.637);
M. Grover, receipted bill, mentions
a horse (.635);
J. Price & Son, to Mrs. E. B.
Pennypacker, for textile fabrics, no date (.636);
Jas. Refsynder
in act. with T. D. Grover, no date, mentions wages, rent and other charges
(.640);
Receipt signed J. S.
Dismant[?], mentioning Robert Grover and others (.644)
William King, grocer and dealer in
liquors, Philadelphia, 187-, 5 bills (.236, .237, .238, .300, .404);
Joseph Lukens, wallpaper, house and
sing painter, grainer & glazier, Phoenixville, 187- (.412);
Miller & Sullivan, printers,
Phoenixville, 18--; illustrated with picture of printing press (.638);
Philadelphia & Reading Rail Road
Co., 186-, 4 bills (.161, .164, .186);
Partial receipt for school tax in
Phoenixville (.647);
Reed &
Price, First National Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia, Feb. 6, 186- (.143);
John O. K.
Robarts, pharmaceutist, Phoenixville (.641);
C. Schrack & Co., manufacturers
of coach body, carriage, cabinet and other varnishes and steam putty, dealers
in paint, [etc.], Philadelphia, March 12, 185- and May 27, no year (.44, .235)
Robert Simmers, grower and dealer in
truck, fruits, poultry, butter, eggs, provisions, Phoenixville, 187- and no
date; one printed billhead and two manuscript bills (.642, .643, .234); on back
of printed bill: figures for tin roofing of parsonage;
Wm. & A.J. Snyder, saddlery
hardware & coach trimmings, Philadelphia, June 15; illustrated with picture
of stirrup and other items (.158);
Star Tontine Association,
Philadelphia: application for certificate: blank form, 189- (.551);
Richard G. Stotesbury, saddlery
hardware, coach & harness furniture, Philadelphia, 186-, six bills (.15,
.75, .92, .232, .645, .646,)
Folder 2: 1863
Two
receipts for payment of taxes, Sept. 23 and Nov. 4, 1863 (.1, .2)
Folder 3: 1864: January-May
Receipt
for payment of taxes for 1864, Phoenixville (.233);
Receipts:
Jas. Crossman was paid, Phoenixville, Feb. 1, 1864 (manuscripts) (.4, .5);
“The
Independent Phoenix”: subscription receipt, Phoenixville, Feb. 18, 1864 (.6);
Receipt:
Samuel[?] Breman[?] was paid, Phoenixville, Feb. 23, 1864 (manuscript) (.7);
Receipt:
John Griffert[?] was paid, March 30, 1864 (manuscript) (.8);
E. Price, Phoenixville,
receipted bill, March 31, 1864 (manuscript) (.9);
Benjamin Green,
carpetings, window shades, oil cloths, &c, Philadelphia, April 1, 1864
(.10);
Edward Snowdon,
dealer in queensware, china and glass, Philadelphia, April 2, 1864; illustrated
with picture of ewer and basin (.12);
John F. Young,
fancy and staple dry goods, Philadelphia, April 3, 1864 (.13);
E.L. Caswell,
Phoenixville, April 12, 1864 (manuscript) (.49);
E.M. Suplee,
April 20, 1864 (manuscript) (.11);
Trustees of the
Baptist Church of Phoenixville, receipt for pew rent for M. S. Pennypacker,
Phoenixville, May 8, 1864 (.14);
Receipt signed
by O. Price & Son, Schuylkill, May 16, 1864 (.16);
C. Schrack &
Co., manufacturers of coach body, carriage, cabinet and other varnishes and
steam putty, dealers in paint, [etc.], Philadelphia, June 8, 1864 (.17);
Folder 4: 1864: July-December
Receipt signed by Sam’l Moses per
I.G.[?] Moses, Phoenixville, July 8, 1864 (manuscript) (.19);
Tax bill for Robert Grover, July 11,
1864 (.20);
Receipt: Sam’l Moses paid for bill
sent to R. A. Grover, July 12, 1864 (manuscript) (.21);
Receipted bill: Jesse King paid July
13, 1864 (manuscript) (.22);
Receipted bill:
E. Price, Phoenixville, July 22, 1864 (manuscript) (.24);
Receipt: J.
Price & Son, Schuylkill, July 22 and 23, 1864 (manuscripts) (.23, .122);
“The Independent Phoenix”:
subscription receipt, Phoenixville, July 23, 1864 (.27);
C. Schrack &
Co., manufacturers of coach body, carriage, cabinet and other varnishes and
steam putty, dealers in paint, [etc.], Philadelphia, July 25, 1864 (.25);
Richard G.
Stotesbury, saddlery hardware, coach & harness furniture, Philadelphia,
July 25 and Aug. 2, 1864 (.26, .28);
Trustees of the
Baptist Church of Phoenixville, receipt for pew rent for Mathias Pennypacker,
Phoenixville, Aug. 14, 1864 (.29);
Received: Joel
Fink paid, Phoenixville, Aug. 22, 1864 (manuscript) (.30);
Howard Express
Company, Phoenixville [written over Philadelphia], Aug. 30, 1864 (.31);
Philadelphia
& Reading Rail Road Co., Sept. 17, 1864 (.32);
Receipt: L.
Oberholtzer paid on account, also signed C. Powers, Sept. 19, 1864 (manuscript)
(.33);
Bill from Reuben
Keeley to Grover and Brother, Sept. 26[?], 1864 (manuscript) (.34);
Philadelphia
& Reading Rail Road Co., Sept. 28 and Oct. 11, 1864[?] (.35, .186);
Tax receipt,
Phoenixville, Oct. 29, 1864 (.36);
Note
from Andrew Gil[illegible], Charlestown, Dec. 2, 1864 (manuscript), (.136);
Folder 5: 1865: January-August
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
Chester County: receipt for payment, Jan. 2, 1865 (.39);
J. Price & Son, Schuylkill, Feb.
3 and 7, 1865 (manuscripts) (.41, .42);
Part of a bill, 1864-Feb. 25, 1865
(manuscript) (.69);
J. Price & Son, Schuylkill,
March 6, 1865 (manuscript) (.43);
Levi Oberholtzer, M.D., druggist,
Phoenixville, March 18, 1865, illustrated with picture of his store and with a
phoenix arising from flames (.45);
Reeves, Cornett & Co., Jan.
1-March 28, 1865 (manuscript) (.37);
Receipt for taxes, Phoenixville,
March 31, 1865 (.100);
Richard G.
Stotesbury, saddlery hardware, coach & harness furniture, Philadelphia,
April 1, 1865 (.46);
H. & B.F.
Bean, April 1, 1865 (manuscript) (.47);
Tax bill,
Phoenixville, April 11, 1865 (.48);
Levi
Oberholtzer, druggist, Phoenixville, May 24, 1865 (.50);
Tax bill,
Phoenixville, July 15, 1865 (.51);
J. Price &
Son, Schuylkill, July 31, 1865 (manuscript) (.52);
Franklin Taylor,
Collector of Internal Revenue, Chester County, Penn., July 31, 1865 (.53);
A.B. Emery,
Phoenixville, Aug. 1, 1865 (manuscript) (.55);
bill to John
Crowford, from Thos. D. Grover, Phoenixville, Aug. 4, 1865 (manuscript) (.56);
R.G. Stotesbury,
Philadelphia, Aug. 5, 1865 (.57);
F. Vogel, Phoenixville, Aug.
8, 1865 (manuscript) (.58);
Trustees of the
Baptist Church of Phoenixville, receipt for pew rent for Mathias Pennypacker,
Phoenixville, Aug. 11, 1865 (.59);
R.G. Stotesbury,
Philadelphia, Aug. 12, 1865, receipt, with revenue stamp (manuscript) (.60);
Philadelphia
& Reading Rail Road Co., August 1865 (.54);
Folder 6: 1865: September-December
R.G. Stotesbury,
[Philadelphia], Sept. 15, 1865, receipt (manuscript) (.61);
Joel Fink, no
place, Sept. 16, 1865, receipt (manuscript) (.64);
E.M. Serplee[?],
no place, Sept. 16, 1865 (manuscript) (.65);
Philadelphia
& Reading Rail Road Co., Sept. 18, 1865 (.66);
C. Schrack &
Co., manufacturers of coach body, carriage, cabinet and other varnishes and
steam putty, dealers in paint, [etc.], Philadelphia, Sept. 15 and 19, 1865
(.62, .67);
Levi
Oberholtzer, druggist, Phoenixville, Oct. 5, 1865 (.68);
Richard G.
Stotesbury, saddlery hardware, coach & harness furniture, Philadelphia,
Oct. 27 and November, 1865 (.70, .71);
Henry Loucks,
lumber & coal, Mont Clare, Montgomery Co., Nov. 3, 1865 (.72);
Trustees of the
Baptist Church of Phoenixville, receipt for pew rent for Mathias Pennypacker,
Phoenixville, Nov. 19, 1865 (.73);
H. & B.F.
Bean, Nov. 22 and 29, 1865, to Robert A. Grover (manuscript) (.74, .77, .78);
J. Price &
Son, Schuylkill, Nov. 29, 1865 (manuscript) (.76);
David Euen, Post
Office, Phoenixville, Dec. 21, 1865, receipt for p.o. box rent (.79);
Tax receipt,
Phoenixville, Dec. 15, 1865 (.81);
Evan
Vanderslice, Phoenixville, Dec. 16, 1865 (but paid March 22, 1867) (manuscript)
(.82);
Philadelphia
& Reading Rail Road Co., Dec. 27, 1865 (.83);
Richard G.
Stotesbury, saddlery hardware, coach & harness furniture, Philadelphia,
Dec. 27 and 30, 1865 (.80, .84);
Folder 7: 1866
Richard G. Stotesbury,
Philadelphia, January 1866 (.3);
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
Chester County: receipt for payment, Jan. 3, 1866 (.85);
Tax receipts,
Phoenixville, Jan. 4, 1866 (.86, .87);
Lewis Thompson
& Co., marble slabs, fancy tables, etageres, &c, veneers, balusters,
newels, [etc.], Philadelphia, Jan. 6, 1866 (.88);
Reeves, Cornett
& Co., Jan. 11, 1866 (manuscript) (.89);
R.G. Stotesbury,
Philadelphia, January 25, 1866 (manuscript) (.90);
Jacob Lineimyer, no place,
Feb. 6, 1866 (manuscript) (.91);
Wm. & A.J.
Snyder, saddlery hardware & coach trimmings, Philadelphia, Feb. 1, 1866;
circular illustrated with picture of stirrup and other items (.93);
Franklin Taylor,
Collector of Internal Revenue, [Chester County], Penn., Feb. 24, 1866 (.94);
Richard G.
Stotesbury, saddlery hardware, coach & harness furniture, Philadelphia,
March 5 and 12, 1866 (.95, .96);
tax bill,
Phoenixville, Benjamin High, collector, March 24, 1866 (.97);
check drawn on
National Bank of Phoenixville, payable to Joseph T. Faringer, signed Thos. D.
Grover, March 27, 1866 (.98);
Thomas D. Grover
promises to pay B. F. Bixler,
Phoenixville, March 30, 1866 (manuscript) (.99)
R.G. Stotesbury,
Philadelphia, April 2, 1866 (.101);
Doctor A. Williams,
Phoenixville, April 7, 1866 (manuscript) (.102);
C.P. Shannon, no
plade, April 13, 1866, receipt for payment by R.A. Grover (manuscript) (.103);
Richard G.
Stotesbury, saddlery hardware, coach & harness furniture, Philadelphia,
April 19, 1866 (.104);
Franklin Taylor,
Collector of Internal Revenue, [Chester County], Penn., April 23, 1866 (.105,
.106);
J. Price &
Son, Schuylkill, April 26, 1866 (manuscript) (.107);
Philadelphia
& Reading Rail Road Co., April 26, 1866 (.108);
Schrack &
Co., Philadelphia, April 16, 1866 (manuscript) (.109);
Richard G.
Stotesbury, saddlery hardware, coach & harness furniture, Philadelphia,
April 26 and May 2, 1866 (one is manuscript, others on printed billhead) (.110,
.111, .112);
Thomas D. Grover
promises to pay Evan Vanderslice, Phoenixville, May 3, 1866 (manuscript) (.113);
Richard G.
Stotesbury, saddlery hardware, coach & harness furniture, Philadelphia, May
5, 1866 (.114);
Tax receipt,
signed B. Hallman[?], Phoenixville, May 7, 1866 (.115);
Richard G.
Stotesbury, saddlery hardware, coach & harness furniture, Philadelphia, May
14 and June 7, 1866 (.116, .118);
H. & B.F.
Bean, Pawlings Bridge, June 17, 1866 (manuscript) (.119);
Jesse King,
Phoenixville, June 23, 1866 (manuscript) (.120);
R.G. Stotesbury,
coach & harness trimmings & mountings, &c, Philadelphia, July 1866
(.121);
C. Schrack &
Co., Philadelphia, July 31, 1866 (manuscript, with remnant of revenue stamp)
(.123);
Trustees of the
Baptist Church of Phoenixville, receipt for pew rent for T. Grover &.
Pennypacker, Phoenixville, Aug. 4, 1866 (.124);
tax bill, James
Refsynder, collector, Aug. 11, 1866 (.125);
Joel Fink,
Phoenixville, Aug. 16, 1866, receipt (manuscript) (.126);
R.G. Stotesbury,
coach & harness trimmings & mountings, &c, Philadelphia, Sept. 3,
1866 (.128);
Howard &
Co.’s Express, Phoenixville [written over Philadelphia], Sept. 13, 1866[?]
(.127);
Joel Fink,
[Phoenixville],Oct. 1865-Sept. 15, 1866, (manuscript) (.63);
C. Schrack &
Co., manufacturers of coach body, carriage, cabinet and other varnishes and
steam putty, dealers in paint, [etc.], Philadelphia, Sept. 20, 1866 (.129);
R.G. Stotesbury,
coach & harness trimmings & mountings, &c, Philadelphia, October
1866 (.131);
H. U. Price,
Phoenixville, Oct. 1, 1866 (manuscript) (.130);
A.B. Emory for
Board of Election Officers to the Town Council of the Borough of Phoenixville,
Oct. 9, 1866, short letter (manuscript) (.132);
R.G. Stotesbury,
Philadelphia, October 9, 1866 (manuscript) (.133);
N. & G.
Taylor Co., tin plate, copper sheet, iron, metals, emery files, borax, &c,
Philadelphia, Oct. 13, 1866 (.134);
E.L. Caswell,
Phoenixville, May 31-Nov. 6, 1866 (manuscript) (.117);
Thos. D. Grover,
Phoenixville, promises to pay A. Williams, M.D., Nov. 26, 1866 (manuscript)
(.135);
N. & G.
Taylor Co., Philadelphia, Dec. 5, 1866 (.137);
Richard G.
Stotesbury, coach and carriage furniture, Philadelphia, Dec. 12, 1866 (.138);
I.J. Brower
& Co., Phoenixville, Dec. 13, 1866 (manuscript) (.139);
C. Schrack &
Co., Philadelphia, Dec. 31, 1866 (.140);
Folder 8: 1867
E.L. Caswell,
[Phoenixville], Jan. 1865-Jan. 14, 1867 (manuscript) (.40);
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
Chester County: receipt for payment, Jan. 7, 1867 (.38);
Richard G.
Stotesbury, saddlery hardware, coach & harness furniture, Philadelphia,
Jan. 26, 1867 (.141);
Tax receipt,
Phoenixville, Amos Bossert, collector, Feb. 5, 1867 (.142);
H. U. Price,
Phoenixville, March 1, 1867 (manuscript) (.639);
Dobson, Quay,
and Williams, Phoenixville, short letter to Thos. D. Glover informing him of
his election to office of Judge of Elections, March 15, 1867 (manuscript)
(.144);
I.J. Brower
& Co., Phoenixville, March 27, 1867 (manuscript) (.145);
John Griffert,
no place, April 1, 1867 (manuscript) (.146);
Isaac B.
Rhoades, druggist, Phoenixville, April 12, 1867 (illustrated with picture of
store of Levi Oberholtzer) (.147);
tax bill, West
Chester, signed by D.[?]W.[?] Kurtz, assessor, April 18, 1867 (.148);
Reeves & Starkey,
Phoenixville, April 20, 1867[?] (manuscript) (.149);
J. S. Brooks, no
place, April 22, 1867 (manuscript) (.150);
check drawn on
National Bank of Phoenixville, payable to J. S. Brooks, signed Thos. D. Grover,
April 30, 1867 (.151);
S.H. Conway, no
place, May 1, 1867, bill for milk (manuscript) (.152);
tax receipt,
signed B. Hallman[?], Phoenixville, May 13, 1867 (.153);
Geo. W. Blabon
& Co., oil cloth manufacturers & commission merchants, Philadelphia,
May 21, 1867 (.154);
J.M. Stotesbury,
carriage goods (successor to Richard G. Stotesbury), Philadelphia, May 21, 1867
(.155);
check drawn on
National Bank of Phoenixville, payable to M. B. Yarnall, signed Thos. D.
Grover, June 13, 1867 (.156);
C. Schrack &
Co., Philadelphia, June 15, 1867 (manuscript) (.157);
Wm. & A.J.
Snyder, Philadelphia, July 6, 1867; (manuscript) (.159);
Wm. & A.J.
Snyder, saddlery hardware & coach trimmings, Philadelphia, July 10, 1867,
(.160);
I.J. Brower
& Co., Phoenixville, July 18, 1867 (manuscript) (.162);
M. Lines,
varnishes and japans, Philadelphia, July 18, 1867 (.163);
tax bill, James
Refsynder, collector, July 30, 1867 (.165);
Henry S. Evans,
Office of the Village Record, Aug. 19, 1867: receipt for subscription (.167);
Wm. & A.J.
Snyder, saddlery hardware & coach trimmings, Philadelphia, Aug. 19, 1867,
(illustrated with stirrup and other items) (.168);
Dyer & Bro.,
Phoenixville, Aug. 29, 1867 (manuscript) (.169);
check drawn on
National Bank of Phoenixville, payable to Dyer & Bro., signed Thos. D.
Grover, Aug. 29, 1867 (.170);
M. Lines,
Philadelphia, Sept. 10 and 19, 1867, short letters about a bill (manuscripts)
(.171, .172);
Wm. & A.J.
Snyder, Philadelphia, Oct. 1, 1867; (manuscript) (.173);
Henry Loucks,
Mont Clair, Oct. 3, 1867 (manuscript) (.183);
Wm. & A.J.
Snyder, saddlery hardware & coach trimmings, Philadelphia, Oct. 9, 1867,
(illustrated with stirrup and other items) (.174);
Thos. D. Grover,
Phoenixville, Oct. 8, 1867, to Town Council of Phoenixville, short letter on
behalf of Board of Election Officers, with list of names and other things on
back (manuscript) (.175);
Henry Roske[?],
Phoenxville, Oct. 9, 1867 (manuscript) (.176);
Samuel
Krimmer[?], Phoenixville, Oct. 9, 1867 (manuscript) (.177);
Jos.
Stringluff[?], no place, Oct. 12, 1867 (manuscript) (.178);
Dr. A. Williams,
Phoenixville, Oct. 17, 1867 (manuscript) (.179);
John J.
Varcaden[?], Phoenixville, Oct. 18, 1867 (manuscript) (.180);
Jacob
Buckwalter, no place, Oct. 28, 1867 (manuscript) (.181);
National Bank of
Chester County, West Chester, Oct. 31, 1867, signed by Wm. W. Jefferis, cashier
(.182);
M. Lines,
varnishes and japans, Philadelphia, Nov. 6, 1867 (.184);
Phoenixville
Post Office, David Euen, p.m. [postmaster], for rent of box Jan.-Dec. 1867
(.185);
R.G. Stotesbury,
Philadelphia, [month difficult to read] 1, 1867, short letter (manuscript)
(.166);
Folder 9: 1868
Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Chester County: receipt for payment, Jan. 9, 1868 (.188);
D.B.
[illegible], Phoenixville, Feb.[?] 14, 1868 (manuscript) (.201);
Wm. Nyce,
Phoenixville, March 20, 1868 (manuscript) (.189);
George S.
Phillips, Phoenixville, March 21, 1868 (manuscript) (.190);
Isaac T.
Epright, wheelwright and coach maker, Phoenixville, April 1, 1868 (illustrated
with small picture of a coach) (.192); also April 10[?], 1868 (manuscript)
(.191);
Samuel
Krimmer[?], Phoenixville, April 11, 1868 (manuscript) (.193);
Dyer & Bro.,
Phoenixville, June 1, 1868 (manuscript) (.194);
tax receipt,
signed A.B. Thomson, collector, no place, June 3, 1868 (manuscript) (.195);
P. & H.[?]
McGuckean[?] & Co., no place, June 8, 1868 (manuscript) (.196);
B.R. Thomas,
Phoenixville, June 8, 1868, short note to Jas. Refsynder, with names on back,
and a drawing of something (manuscript) (.197);
check drawn on
National Bank of Phoenixville, payable to Thos J. Grover, signed Thos. D.
Grover, June 9, 1868 (.198);
tax bill, James
Refsynder, collector, and receipt for taxes, July 13 and 27, 1868 (.199, .200);
P. & H.[?]
McGuckean[?] & Co., no place, Sept. 15, 1868 (manuscript) (.202);
receipt for
taxes, James Refsynder, collector, Sept. 21, 1868 (.203);
John Griffith,
cottage, cabinet, parlor, office, and kitchen furniture, chairs, &c,
Phoenixville, Oct. 27, 1868, illustrated with settee and chairs (.204);
John J.
Cascaden, Phoenixville, Nov. 5[?], 1868, request to pay Samuel Ennis
(manuscript) (.205);
H.U. Price,
Phoenixville, Nov. 6, 1868 (manuscript) (.206);
[illegible],
Phoenixville, Nov. 7, 1868 (manuscript) (.207);
D.M. Brower,
Phoenixville, Dec. 1, 1868 (manuscript) (.208);
Dyer & Bro.,
Phoenixville, Dec. 19, 1868 (manuscript) (.209);
Suplee &
Pennypacker, no place, Dec. 19, 1868 (manuscript) (.210);
Pennypacker,
Evans & Reeves, Phoenixville, Dec. 19, 1868 (manuscript) (.211);
H.U. Price,
Phoenixville, Dec. 19, 1868 (manuscript) (.212);
Dr. A. Williams,
Phoenixville, Dec. 19, 1868 (manuscript) (.213);
Folder 10: 1869
A.B. Emory,
Phoenixville, January 1869, (manuscript) (.214);
George S.
Phillips, Phoenixville, March 10, 1869 (manuscript) (.215);
National Bank of
Phoenixville, sighed by H. Lloyd, cashier, March 15, 1869 (.216);
tax receipt,
signed A.B. Thomson, collector, no place, March 16, 1869 (manuscript) (.217);
Thomas D. Grover
requests H. & B.F. Bean to pay Evan Vanderslice, Phoenixville, March 24,
1869, with other notes on back (manuscript) (.218);
Q.W. Williams,
Phoenixville, march 30, 1869 (manuscript) (.219);
check drawn on
National Bank of Phoenixville, payable to M.C. Pennypacker, signed Thos. D.
Grover and E.L. Caswell, March 31, 1869 (.220);
C.P. Shannon, no
place, receipt of money from R. Agnew Grover, April 1, 1869 (manuscript)
(.221);
A.B. Emory,
Phoenixville, April 2, 1869, (manuscript) (.222);
tax receipts,
signed A.B. Thomson, collector, no place, June 1 and 3, 1869 (manuscript)
(.223, .224);
M.C.
Pennypacker, stock and exchange broker, Phoenixville, June 28[?], 1869 (.225);
Lodge Deputy G.
W. Chief Templar’s Commission, Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, I.O. of G.T.
[Independent Order of Good Templars], signed by L.E. Wright, G.W.S., Lancaster,
July 10, 1869, illustrated with seal of the organization (.226);
Stotesbury &
Kennedy, Phoenixville, July 19, 1868, to Innes & Grover (manuscript)
(.227);
Benjamin Thomas,
Phoenixville, Sept. 16, 1869 (manuscript) (.228);
S.H. Conway,
Phoenixville, Oct 5, 1869, bill for milk (manuscript) (.229);
tax receipt,
signed A.B. Thomson, collector, Phoenixville, Oct. 12, 1869 (.230);
Office of G.W.S.
of Pa., Lancaster, Oct. 13, 1869, from L. Ellen Wright, G.W.S., illustrated
with seal of the organization [Independent Order of Good Templars] (.231);
Folder 11: 1870-1871
Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Chester County: receipt for payment, signed by Samuel
Moses, Jan. 8, 1870 (.239);
Office of G.W.S.
of Pa., Lancaster, Jan. 20, 1870, from L. Ellen Wright, G.W.S., illustrated
with seal of the organization [Independent Order of Good Templars] (.240);
James Henderson,
Phoenixville, March 5, 1870, payment for flour (manuscript) (.242);
receipt for
taxes, James Refsynder, collector, March 12, 1870, with illustration of
allegory of commerce (.241);
Suplee &
Pennypacker, no place, Dec. 22, 1868-March 15. 1870 and April 1, 1870
(manuscripts) (.187, .256);
W.W. Waitneight,
for Sankanac Lodge No. 58, K of P [Knights of Pythias], Phoenixville, April 7,
1870 (manuscript) (.245);
Office of G.W.S.
of Pa., Lancaster, April 1870, from L. Ellen Wright, G.W.S., illustrated with
seal of the organization [Independent Order of Good Templars] (.244);
Suplee &
Pennypacker, no place, May 2. 1870 (manuscript) (.246);
Wm. & A.J.
Snyder, Philadelphia, May 7, 1870, (manuscript) (.247);
Banking House of
M. C. Pennypacker, Phoenixville, May 20, 1870: promise to pay, signed Thos. D.
Grover, May 2-, 1870 (illustrated with state seal of Pennsylvania and other
figures) (.248);
D.W.Kolbe, surgical
and orthopaedical instruments, artificial limbs, Philadelphia, May 24, 1870,
for a spine support, with revenue stamp (illustrated with artificial leg and
arm) (.249);
tax receipt,
Phoenixville, signed by J.[?]W.[?] Kurtz, collector, June 1, 1870 (.250);
Reeves &
Starkey, [Phoenixville], June 3, 1870 (manuscript) (.251);
W. & H.
Schresben[?], June 13, 1870 (manuscript) (.253);
tax bill, signed
A.B. Thomson, collector, Phoenixville, July 23, 1870 (.254);
Pennypacker
& Sowers[?], Phoenixville, July 30, 1870 (manuscript) (.255);
Dyer & Bro.,
Phoenixville, Aug. 3, 1870 (manuscript) (.257);
Office of G.S.
of Pa., Lancaster, Oct. 11, 1870, from L. Ellen Wright, G.S., illustrated with
seal of the organization [Independent Order of Good Templars] (.258);
Phoenixville
Post Office, signed by postmaster, Jan. 1871 (.259);
H.U. Price,
Phoenixville, Jan. 1, 1871 (manuscript) (.272);
Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Chester County: receipt for payment, signed by Samuel
Moses, Jan. 11, 1871 (.262);
Euen &
Lamborn, Phoenixville, Jan. 13, 1871, subscription to “The Messenger” (.263);
Office of G.S.
of Pa., Lancaster, Jan. 16, 1871, from L. Ellen Wright, G.S., illustrated with
seal of the organization [Independent Order of Good Templars] (.264);
H. & B.F.
Bean, Pawling, Feb. 16, 1871 (manuscript) (.266);
Tax receipt,
Phoenixville, March 4, 1871, signed B. High, collector (.267);
Tax receipt and
tax bill, Phoenixville, Amos Bossert, collector, March 6 and April 10, 1871
(.268, .271);
Enos Hause[?],
Birchrunville, April 18, 1871 (manuscript) (.270);
B. Church
[Baptist Church?], March 1, 1870-May 1, 1871, dues (manuscript) (.243);
Reeves &
Starkey, [Phoenixville], May 4, 1871 (manuscript) (.273);
Notice dated May
31, 1871, about removal of bodies from an unnamed burial ground (manuscript)
(.274);
Enos Hause, Wilson’s
Corner, June 3, 1871 (manuscript) (.275);
tax receipt,
signed A.B. Thomson, collector, Phoenixville, June 9, 1871 (.252);
H. & B.F.
Bean, Pawling, Feb. 16-July 13, 1871 (manuscripts) (.265, .276);
[illegible] B.
Church, Apri 1-Aug. 1, 1871, dues (manuscript) (.269);
Reeves &
Starkey, [Phoenixville], Oct. 13, 1871 (manuscript) (.277);
Tax bill and
receipt, Phoenixville, Aug. 17 and Oct. 6, 1871, F. M. Yeager, collector (.278,
.279);
Phoenixville
Post Office, signed by postmaster Dobson, Jan.-Dec. 31, 1871 (.261);
Folder 12: 1872-1873
Phoenixville
Post Office, Jan.1871-Jan. 1, 1872 (.260);
Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Chester County: receipt for payment, signed by Samuel
Moses, Jan. 3, 1872 (.290);
F.[?]J.[?]
Calhoun, Phoenixville, Feb. 1, 1872, shoes and boots (manuscript) (.280);
Tax receipt,
Phoenixville, March 6, 1872, Thomas Gillespie, collector (.281);
Tax bill, April
16, 1872, Amos Bossert, assessor (.282);
Pennypacker
& Sowers[?], [Phoenixville], May 15, 1872 (manuscript) (.286);
Suplee &
Pennypacker, no place, May 15. 1872[?] (manuscript) (.512);
Tax receipt,
Phoenixville, May 16, 1872, Thomas Gillespie, collector (.283);
A Williams, M.D.,
Phoenixville, May 16, 1872 (.284);
J. & H. Vanderslice[?],
Phoenixville, May 16, 1872 (manuscript) (.285);
Tax bill and
receipt, Phoenixville, July 25 and Dec. 10, 1872, Thomas Gillespie, collector
(.287, .288);
Euen &
Lamborn, Phoenixville, Dec.[?] 28, 1872, subscription to “The Messenger”
(.289);
H.U. Price,
Phoenixville, Jan. 1, 1873 (manuscript) (.292);
Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Chester County: receipt for payment by Agnew R. Grover,
signed by Samuel Moses, Jan. 9, 1873 (.293);
summons from
Sheriff Davis Gill, West Chester, Feb. 1, 1873 (.294)
Dr. L. Quick,
Phoenixville, Feb. 3, 1873 (manuscript) (.295);
Barton D. &
Willie D. Evans, Office of the Village Record, West Chester, May 12, 1873
(.296);
Young Men’s
Literary Union, Phoenixville, June 2, 1873, for dues (.297);
Ferrule Permit,
Phoenixville, June 19, 1873, for inserting a ferrule into the water main,
signed J.G. Moses, treasurer (.298);
check drawn on
The Farmers’ and Mechanics’ National Bank of Phoenixville, June 27, 1873,
payable to L.A. Tyler, signed Thos. D. Grover; with revenue stamp; illustrated
with head of woman (.299);
tax receipt, township
of S.W.P., July 1873, signed by county treasurer (.301);
Caswell &
Moore, stoves, tinware, lamps, roofing, spouting, plumbing & gas fitting,
[etc.], Phoenixville, Nov. 21, 1871-Aug. 7, 1873 (illustrated with picture of a
cooking stove) (.302);
check drawn on
National Bank of Phoenixville, payable to Caswell & Moore, signed Thos. D.
Grover, Aug. 7, 1873 (.303);
Thos. D. Grover
promises to pay M.C. Pennypacker, Aug. 14, 1873 (.304);
tax bill,
Phoenixville, Sept. 10, 1873, Thomas Gillespie, collector (.307);
Pennypacker
& Sowers[?], [Phoenixville], Sept. 15, 1873 (manuscript) (.305);
tax receipts,
Phoenixville, Sept. 30 and Oct. 15, 1873, Thomas Gillespie, collector (.306,
.308);
Thos. D. Grover
promises to pay Caswell & Moore at the National Bank of Phoenixville, Nov.
8, 1873 (.309);
water rent,
Phoenixville, Nov. 13, 1873, signed by W. W. Waitneight, superintendent
(illustrated with three classical women) (.310);
Good Templars’
Mutual Benefit Association, Mortuary Assessment, Gt. Bend Village, Dec. 6, 1873,
signed by secretary N.D.B. Chase (.311);
I.J. Brower,
drugs, paints, oils, varnishes, window glass, putty, &c, Phoenixville, Dec.
30, 1873 (.312);
H. & B.F.
Bean, lumber, coal, iron, horse shoes, nails, [etc.], Pawling, dated Dec. 31`,
1873 but covers Feb. 16, 1871-March 24, 1874 (.314);
Phoenixville
Post Office, signed by postmaster Dobson, Jan.-Dec. 31, 1873 (.313);
Folder 13: 1874
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
Chester County: receipt for payment by R. Agnew Grover, signed by Samuel Moses,
Jan. 6, 1874 (.316);
Thos. D. Grover promises to pay Wm.
Adams, Phoenixville, Feb. 4, 1874 (manuscript) (.317);
Joseph Brady & Co., oysters,
clams, terrapin, snappers, Philadelphia, Feb. 9, 1874 (.318);
water rent,
Phoenixville, Feb. 21, 1874, signed by W. W. Waitneight, superintendent
(illustrated with three classical women) (.319);
George Green for
Phoenix Mutual Relief Association, March 10, 1874 (manuscript) (.320);
tax bill,
Phoenixville, April 13, 1874, S.D. Hunter, collector (.321);
Pennypacker
& Sowers[?], [Phoenixville], May 4, 1874 (manuscript) (.322);
water rent,
Phoenixville, May 9, 1874, signed by W. W. Waitneight, superintendent
(illustrated with three classical women) (.323);
check drawn on
Iron Bank of Phoenixville, May 16[?], 1874, payable to estate of Joseph Pennypacker,
(illustrated with a steam engine with a wheel) (.324);
Davis &
Binder, Daily Pottstown Ledger, June
1, 1874 (illustrated with picture of man setting type) (.325);
Samuel Kreamer,
dry goods, groceries, and general merchandise, Phoenixville, June 12, 1874
(.326);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Phoenixville, July 19, 1874, bill to William Kiding for
expenses for Henry Rennard’s wife, deceased (.327);
tax receipt,
township of S.W.Phoenix, July 20, 1874, signed by county treasurer Philips
(.328);
tax receipt,
Phoenixville, July 25, 1874, Thomas Gillespie, collector (.329);
Mrs. Dan’l
Laferty, Daily Pottstown Ledger, June
1, 1874 (illustrated with picture of man setting type) (.330);
tax bill,
Phoenixville, Aug. 25, 1874, Thomas Gillespie, collector (.333);
water rent,
Phoenixville, Sept. 9, 1874, signed by W. W. Waitneight, superintendent
(illustrated with three classical women) (.331);
tax receipt,
Phoenixville, Sept. 15, 1874, Thomas Gillespie, collector (.332);
L. Quick, M.D.,
Phoenixville, Oct. 1, 1874 (.334);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, Oct. 1, 1874, request for
payment because of death of John T. Yarrington of Carbondale, from president
S.B. Chase (.335);
M. Auge, for
subscription to True Witness,
Norristown, Oct. 3[?], 1874 (.336);
tax receipt,
Phoenixville, Oct. 6, 1874, Thomas Gillespie, collector (.337);
Pennypacker
& Sowers[?], [Phoenixville], Oct. 6, 1874 (manuscript) (.338;
water rent,
Phoenixville, Oct. 6, 1874, signed by W. W. Waitneight, superintendent (illustrated
with three classical women) (.339);
William King,
grocer and dealer in liquors, Philadelphia, Oct. 28, 1874 (.340);
E.A. Berry,
Phoenixville, Dec. 7, 1874, bill to Phoenixville Baptist Church, for services
as sexton (manuscript) (.341);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, Oct. 1, 1874, dues, but also a
report of money received for John T. Yarrington, from president S.B. Chase
(.342);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, [Phoenixville], Dec. 15, 1874, for expenses for William Riding’s
wife, deceased (.343, .344);
William King,
grocer and dealer in liquors, Philadelphia, Dec. 19, 1874 (.345);
Phoenixville
Post Office, signed by postmaster Dobson, Jan.-Dec. 31, 1874 (.315);
Folder 14: 1875
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Phoenixville, Jan. 6, 1875, for expenses for Charles
Bohme’s wife, deceased (.347, .348, .349);
Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Chester County: receipt for payment by R. Agnew Grover,
signed by Samuel Moses, Jan. 8, 1875 (.350);
water rent,
Phoenixville, Jan. 13 and 29, 1874, signed by W. W. Waitneight, superintendent
(illustrated with three classical women) (.351, .352);
William King,
grocer and dealer in liquors, Philadelphia, Jan. 29, 1875 (.353);
[?]. M.
Oberholtzer, Phoenixville, Feb. 13, 1875 (manuscript) (.354);
William King,
grocer and dealer in liquors, Philadelphia, Feb. 25, 1875 (.355);
W. W.
Waitneight, Phoenixville, March 4, 1875, receipt for use of Temperance Hall for
Lookout Lodge, I.O. of G.T. (manuscript) (.358);
Tax bill,
Phoenixville, W.W. Waitneight, assessor, March 15, 1875 (.359);
William King,
grocer and dealer in liquors, Philadelphia, March 23, 1875 (.356);
Tax receipt,
Phoenixville, W.W. Waitneight, assessor, March 25, 1875 (.357);
L. Quick, M.D.,
Phoenixville, April 1, 1875 (.360);
Pennypacker
& Sowers[?], Phoenixville, April 7, 1875 (manuscript) (.361);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Phoenixville, April 13, 1875, for expenses for Henry
Hallman, Sr., deceased (.362, .363);
J.W. Pennypacker
& Son, lumber, coal, kindling-wood, [etc.], Phoenixville, April 19, 1875
(.364);
Tax bill, John
[?] Tencate, assessor, April 20, 1875 (.365);
water rent,
Phoenixville, April 29, 1875, signed by W. W. Waitneight, superintendent
(illustrated with three classical women) (.366);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Phoenixville, May 10, 1875, for expenses for Caleb
Stackhouse’s wife, deceased (.367, .368);
Pennypacker
& Sowers[?], Phoenixville, May 18, 1875 (manuscript) (.369);
William King,
grocer and dealer in liquors, Philadelphia, May 27 and June 4, 1875 (.370, .371);
tax receipt,
Phoenixville, Thos. Gillespie, collector, June 5, 1875 (.372);
Pennypacker
& Sowers[?], Phoenixville, June 5, 1875 (manuscript) (.373);
William King,
grocer and dealer in liquors, Philadelphia, June 29, 1875 (.374);
water rent,
Phoenixville, July 10, 1875, signed by W. W. Waitneight, superintendent
(illustrated with three classical women) (.375);
tax receipt,
[Chester County], J. E.[?] Philips, treasurer, July 19, 1875 (.376);
Pennypacker
& Sowers[?], Phoenixville, July 28, 1875 (manuscript) (.377);
Caswell &
Moore, stoves, tinware, lamps, roofing, spouting, plumbing & gas fitting,
[etc.], Phoenixville, July 31, 1875 (illustrated with picture of a cooking
stove) (.378);
deposit slip,
Iron Bank of Phoenixville, Aug. 3, 1875 (.379);
Phoenixville Gas
Light and Fuel Co., to Baptist Church, Sept. 1, 1875 (.380);
tax notice,
Phoenixville, Thos. Gillespie, collector, Aug. 9, 1875 (.381);
water rent,
Phoenixville, Oct. 15, 1875, signed by W. W. Waitneight, superintendent
(illustrated with three classical women) (.382, .383);
Young Men’s
Literary Union, Phoenixville, Nov. 1, 1875 (.384);
Caswell &
Moore, stoves, tinware, house-furnishing and lamp goods, Phoenixville, Nov. 4,
1875, short letter (illustrated with picture of lamp burners) (.385);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Phoenixville, Oct. 6, 1875, for expenses for John Kennedy,
deceased (.386, .387);
William King,
grocer, Philadelphia, Nov. 15, 1875 (.388);
Wilkinson &
Bro., stoves, …, tin, sheet-iron, wood, wood ware, plumbing, [etc.],
Phoenixville, Nov. 16, 1875 (.389);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, Nov. 24, 1875, dues, from
president Simeon B. Chase (.390);
L.J. Widdicombe,
Phoenixville, Dec. 6, 1875 (manuscript) (.392);
William King,
grocer, Philadelphia, Dec. 9, 1875 (.393);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, receipt signed by Geo. Green, Dec. 27, 1875 (.391);
Phoenixville
Post Office, signed by postmaster Dobson, Jan.-Dec. 31, 1875 (.346);
Dr. A. J. Clark,
“The Issue, and Who Made It” [broadside], after March 17, 1875 (.291);
Folder 15: 1876
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, Jan. 1, 1876, mortuary
assessment and dues (.396);
Grand Lodge K.
of P. [Knights of Pythias] of Pennsylvania, Jan. 3, 1876 (with blind embossed
seal of Sankanac Lodge No. 58, K of P, Phoenixville) (.397);
Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Chester County: receipt for payment by R. A. Grover,
signed by Samuel Moses, Jan. 7, 1876 (.396);
water rent,
Phoenixville, Jan. 12, 1876, signed by W. W. Waitneight, superintendent
(illustrated with three classical women) (.397);
William King,
grocer and dealer in liquors, Philadelphia, Jan. 13, 1876 (.400, .402);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, Jan. 22, 1876, assessments on
deaths of Elias Oberholtzer and Rachel Williams, both of Cambria Station
(.401);
J.B. Landis,
Mont Clare, Feb. 1, 1876, to Phoenixville Baptist Church (manuscript) (.403);
tax receipt,
Phoenixville, Thos. Gillespie, collector, Feb. 4, 1876 (.405);
William King,
grocer, Philadelphia, March 14, 1876 (.406);
tax bill,
Phoenixville, March 6, 1876, W. W. Waitneight, assessor (.408);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, March 17, 1876, assessments on
deaths of George F. Smith of St. Peters and Amos Skeen of Schuylkill township,
Chester County (.407);
John O. K.
Robarts, job printing, Phoenixville, April 1, 1876 (.409, .410);
Lewis Gibbs,
Phoenixville, April 5, 1876 (manuscript) (.411);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, April 6, 1876, receipt signed by Lewis Gibbs, (.413);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, April 17, 1876, including death
assessments for Hannah Wolcott of Lykens and James Lytle of Erie (.414, .415);
tax bill,
[Chester County], April 19, 1876, T.L. Richards, assessor (.416);
water rent,
Phoenixville, April 27, 1876, signed by W. W. Waitneight, superintendent
(illustrated with three classical women) (.417);
National Bank of
Phoenixville: Thos. D. Grover promises to pay William T. Morris, May 5, 1876
(.419);
Thos. D. Grover,
Phoenixville, May 18, 1876, to Phoenixville Baptist Church, for work
(manuscript) (.420);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, May 1876, mortuary assessment;
and June 14, 1876: death assessments for John M. Howell of Phoenixville and
Mary E. White of Elmira, N.Y. (.418,
.421);
J.S. Walters,
ice company, Phoenixville, July 1, 1876 (illustrated with picture of eagle
holding American flag) (.423);
tax receipt,
Phoenixville, July 5, 1876 (.424);
National Bank of
Phoenixville: Thos. D. Grover promises to pay J.W. Pennypacker & Son, July
6, 1876 (.425);
water rent,
Phoenixville, July 29, 1876, signed by W. W. Waitneight, superintendent
(illustrated with three classical women) (.426);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, July 1876, mortuary assessment;
and Aug. 1, 1876: death assessments for Luther Slider of Norristown and Amasa
Chase of Great Bend Village (.422,
.428);
J.S. Walters,
ice company, Phoenixville, Aug. 1, 1876 (illustrated with picture of eagle
holding American flag) (.427);
Jno. Griffith,
Phoenixville, Aug. 24, 1876 (manuscript) (.429);
J.S. Walters,
ice company, Phoenixville, Sept. 1, 1876 (illustrated with picture of eagle
holding American flag) (.431);
National Bank of
Phoenixville: Thos. D. Grover promises to pay J.W. Pennypacker & Son, Sept.
4, 1876 (.432);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, Sept. 1876, mortuary
assessment; (.430);
J.S. Walters,
ice company, Phoenixville, Oct. 1, 1876 (illustrated with picture of eagle
holding American flag) (.433);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, Oct. 7, 1876, mortuary
assessment; and Oct. 14, 1876: death assessment for Fredrick Wittick of Erie
(.434 is a manuscript; others are printed forms) (.434, .435, .436);
tax receipt,
Phoenixville, Nov. 7, 1876 (.437);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, Nov. 14, 1876, mortuary
assessment; and December 1, 1876: death assessments for Frederick Doubrink of
Reading, and Mrs. Annie O. Lachman of Royersford (.438, .486);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Dec. 1 and 28, 1876, receipts for various people, (.439,
.440, .441, .442);
Phoenixville
Post Office, signed by postmaster Dobson, Jan.-Dec. 31, 1876 (.395);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, [no month] 1876, mortuary
assessment; (.394);
Folder 16: 1877
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, Jan. 1, 1877, mortuary
assessment; (.443);
Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Chester County: receipt for payment by Agnew R. Grover,
signed by Samuel Moses, Jan. 9, 1877 (.444);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, Feb. 1, 1877: death assessments
for Jacob Haws of Douglassville, and George Wanger of North Coventry; and March
1, 1877: mortuary assessment; (.445, .446);
tax bills,
Phoenixville, March 5/24 and 8, 1877, W. W. Waitneight, assessor (.450, .447);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, March 15, 1877: death
assessment for Rosina Kranich of Norristown; (.448);
deposit slip:
National Bank of Phoenixville, March 22, 1877 (.449);
J.W. Pennypacker
& Son, March 27, 1877 (manuscript) (.451);
J.A. Calhoun,
Phoenixville, April 2 and 5, 1877 (manuscripts) (.452, .453);
Joseph
Fitzwater, Phoenixville, April 7, 1877, receipt (.454);
tax bill, Phoenixville,
April 10-11, 1877 (.456);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, Apr. 15, 1877, mortuary
assessment; and May 7, 1877: death assessment for Jane A. Kenney of Laceyville
(.455, .457);
tax receipts,
Phoenixville, May 22, 1877 (.458, .459, .460);
J.W. Pennypacker
& Son, lumber, coal, kindling-wood, [etc.], Phoenixville, May 24, 1877
(.461);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, June 4, 1877, death assessment
for Samuel D. Ingham of Mehoopany (.462);
Borough Water
Works, Phoenixville, June 5[?], 1877 (.463);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, June 7, 1877, mortuary
assessment; (.464);
Mrs. E.D. Davis’
Dyeing Establishment, Phoenixville, June 11, 1877, for cleaning and dyeing
feathers and kid gloves (.465);
Grand Lodge K.
of P. [Knights of Pythias] of Pennsylvania, July 3, 1877, representative’s
certificate (with blind embossed seal of Sankanac Lodge No. 58, K of P,
Phoenixville) (.466);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, July 4, 1877, mortuary
assessment; (.467);
tax receipt,
Phoenixville, July 6, 1877 (.468);
water rent,
Phoenixville, July 9, 1877, F.B. Rhoads, superintendent (illustrated with woman
carrying sheaf of grain) (.469);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, July 10 and Aug. 13, 1877,
death assessments for Catharine Carpenter of Mount Joy; Jane E. Knapp of
Skinner’s Eddy; Charles G. Holloway of Amity; and Francis Goshow of Spring
City; and Aug. 10, 1877: mortuary assessment (.470, .471, .472);
tax receipt,
Phoenixville, Sept. 7, 1877 (.473);
Joseph Lukens,
Phoenixville, Sept. 10, 1877 (manuscript) (.474);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, June 4, 1877, death assessments
for Martha E. Griffith of Pughtown; Mary Wilson of Hokendauqua, and David Q.
Geiger of Pottstown (.475);
Joseph Lukens,
wallpaper, house and sign painter, grainer & glazier, Phoenixville, Sept.
29, 1877, to Baptist Church trustees (.476);
Mrs. J. B.
Conway, Phoenixville, Oct. 1, 1877, for wallpaper (manuscript) (.477);
tax receipt,
Phoenixville, Sept. 7, 1877 (.478);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, Oct. 20 and Nov. 22, 1877:
mortuary assessments; and Oct. 22 and Dec. 1, 1877, death assessments for
Susann Baver of Washington; Lewis D. Lafferty of Uwchlan; Frederick Ferryman of
Lebanon, and Nathan Pennypacker of Uwchlan (.479, .480, .481, .485);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Dec. 1, 1877, receipts (.482, .483, .484);
tax receipt,
Phoenixville, Dec. 6, 1877 (.487);
folder 17: 1878-1879
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, Jan. 1 and 7, 1878: mortuary
assessment; and death assessments for Annie Bush of Pottstown Landing, and
Peter Ferry of Lebanon (.489, .492);
Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Chester County: receipt for payment by R. Agnew Grover and
Thos. D. Grover, signed by Samuel Moses, Jan. 4, 1878 (.490, .491);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, Feb. 1 and 7, 1878: mortuary
assessment; and death assessments for Mary A. Fryer, of Pottstown, and Albert
Gray of Williamstown (.493, .494);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Feb. 11, 1878, receipts (.495, .496);
tax receipt,
Phoenixville, Feb. 11, 1878 (.497);
water rent,
Phoenixville, Feb. 11, 1878, F.B. Rhoads, superintendent (illustrated with
three classical women) (.498);
Caswell &
Moore, stoves, tinware, lamps, roofing, spouting, plumbing & gas fitting,
[etc.], Phoenixville, Feb. 20, 1878 (illustrated with picture of a cooking
stove) (.499);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, March 1, 1878: mortuary
assessment; (.500);
Joshua F. Bush,
Phoenixville, March 2, 1878 (manuscript) (.501);
tax bill,
Phoenixville, March 4, 1878 (.505);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, March 4, 1878: death
assessments for Thomas Rodgers of North Wales, and John Heffllefinger of
Newburg (.502);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, March 9, 1878, receipt (.503);
tax receipt,
Phoenixville, March 21, 1878 (.504);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, April 1 and 4, 1878: mortuary
assessment; and death assessments for Wilmer Mutchner of Norristown; Rosanna
Shenton of Pottstown; and Frank M. Goff of Wilkesbarre [sic](.506, .507);
C.B. Scott &
Co., furniture, parlor suits, lounges, mattresses, and bedding, Philadelphia,
April 8, 1878 (.508);
Philadelphia
& Reading Railroad Co., April 10, 1878 (.509);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, May 1, 1878: mortuary
assessment; (.510);
water rent,
Phoenixville, May 9, 1878: receipt (illustrated with allegory of commerce)
(.511);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, June 10 and 20, 1878: mortuary
assessment; and death assessments for Frank S. McClimans of Adamsville, and
Lydia Bedger of Union Forge (.513, .514);
tax receipt,
Phoenixville, July 3, 1878 (.515);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, July 20, 1878: mortuary
assessment; and death assessments for John K. Jenkins of Honesdale , and
Margaret Rumberger of Williamstown (.516, .517);
water rent,
Phoenixville, July 30, 1878: receipt (illustrated with allegory of commerce)
(.518);
[?] S. Butter,
no place, Aug. 12, 1878, receipt (manuscript) (.519);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, Aug. 20 and 24, 1878: mortuary
assessment; and death assessment for J.B. Scovill of Susquehanna (.520, .521);
tax bill,
Phoenixville, Sept. 14, 1878 (.522);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Dec. 20, 1878, receipt (.523);
Phoenixville
Post Office, signed by postmaster Dobson, Jan.-Dec. 31, 1878 (.488);
J.W. Pennypacker
& Son, Jan. 28, 1879 (manuscript) (.524);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Feb. 14, 1879,
(.525, .526);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, March 15 and April 15, 1879:
death assessments for Lavinia Jones of East Donnegal; and Garret D. Hunsicker
of Lower Providence; and mortuary assessment (.527, .528);
tax bill, April
16, 1879 (.529);
Temperance
Mutual Benefit Association, Great Bend Village, April 17, 1879: death
assessments for Frederick Rudolph of Norristown; and Henrietta Nophsker of
Falmouth (.530);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, April 17, 1879,
(.531);
John H. Kreamer,
Phoenixville, July 23, 1879, receipt for work in Morris Cemetery (manuscript)
(.532);
Annie J. Euen,
Phoenixvile, Dec. 9, 1879, bill for tuition (manuscript) (.533)
Folder 18: 1880-1889
John H. Kreamer,
Phoenixville, Sept 14, 1880, receipt for gravestones for Mathias and Elizabeth
Pennypacker (manuscript) (.534);
Charles J.
Field, hardware and tools, Philadelphia, Dec. 11, 1880, letter to T.D. Grover
(illustrated with a tool including a ratchet) (.535);
J.W. Pennypacker
& Son, lumber, coal, kindling-wood, [etc.], Phoenixville, April 5, 1881,
for charges in Nov.-Dec. 1880 (.536);
J.V.[?] March,
Phoenixville, May 1, 1881, for stonework (manuscript) (.547);
Jos. Lukens,
Phoenixville, Nov. 23, 1881, for painting (manuscript) (.537);
Wm. T. Morris,
Phoenixville, Nov. 26, 1881, for brickwork (manuscript, but written on back of
printed promissory note from Farmers & Mechanics’ National Bank) (.538);
Wm. T. Morris,
Phoenixville, Jan. 20, 1882, for work on house (manuscript) (.539);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Phoenixville, March 3, 1882, funeral dues for Nathan Spare,
deceased (postcard) (.540);
Wm. T. Morris,
Phoenixville, March 4, 1882, for stone work (manuscript) (.541);
E.M. Seitz, eng.
[engineer?], Phoenixville, Sept. 4, 1882; request for work on Perkiomen Bridge
(manuscript) (.545);
Receipt for
box-rent, Jan. 1883, signed J.R. Dobson, Postmaster (.542);
water rent,
Phoenixville, March 17, 1883 (illustrated with picture of a pump or cistern)
(.543);
Chas. F. Weber,
furniture and bedding, Philadelphia, May 21, 1883 (illustrated with color
picture of man and woman standing next to a settee) (.544);
Joseph Lukens,
Phoenixville, [no month] 22, 1885: printed receipt form (illustrated with
picture of Chinese junk) (.546);
Mrs. J. T.
Phillips, Phoenixville, Jan. 19, 1886: receipt (manuscript, but written on back
of printed promissory note from Farmers & Mechanics’ National Bank) (.548);
check drawn on
National Bank of Phoenixville, June 10, 1889, payable to J.W. Pennypacker &
Son (.549);
H.B. Weachter,
Lansdale, Pa., [nursery stock], Oct. 8, 1889: printed form with list of trees,
roses, vines, shrubbery, plants (.550)
Folder 19: 1890-1893
check drawn on
National Bank of Phoenixville, Feb. 27, 1890, payable to Pennypacker &
Kennedy (.552);
tax
receipt, Phoenixville, Sept. 30, 1890 (.553);
to
J.W. Pennypacker & Son, lumber and coal, Phoenixville, Oct. 1, 1890 (.554);
Penn Mutual Fire Insurance Company
of Chester County: receipt for payment for the year 1891, Dec. 19, 1890 (.555);
Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Chester County: receipt for payment, Jan. 6, 1891 (.558);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Phoenixville, Jan. 5 and 10, 1891, notice of and receipt
for payment of funeral dues for Wm. Shaffer, deceased (.556, .559);
Thos. B. Dewees
& Co., Feb. 9, 1891: receipt (manuscript) (.560);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Phoenixville, Feb. 28, 1891, receipt for funeral dues for
Mrs.[?] Leidy[?], deceased (.561);
Washington
Wensel, Phoenixville, March 26, 1891, short letter to Thomas Grover: please pay
A.S. Vanderslice for material or water used for plaster (manuscript) (.562);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Phoenixville, March 31, 1891, receipt for funeral dues for
Mr.[?] Dousher[?], deceased (.563);
W.P. Keeley
& Son, Phoenixville, April 3, 1891: receipt to Thos. Grover for millwork
furnished for Wood & Ellis (.564);
A.S.
Vanderslice: receipt for payment for water rent, specifically for water used to
plaster buildings; and receipt for regular water rent, April 3, 1891 (.565,
.566);
John Erb,
Phoenixviller, April 8, 1891, bill for blacksmith work (manuscript) (.567);
Dodge & Co.,
Jersey City, [New Jersey], June[?] 6 and June 9, 1891 (.557, .568);
J.M. Wilkinson,
Phoenixville, Dec. 8, 1891 (manuscript) (.569);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Phoenixville, Dec. 22, 1891, receipt for funeral dues for
P. O’Brien and W.[?] F.[?] Gillamor][?] deceased (.570);
Geo. C.
Brarnbach[?], Phoenixville, Jan.[?] 3, 1892 (manuscript) (.571);
tax bill, [West
Chester County], May 3, 1892 (.572);
Kennett Advance,
job printing, Kennett Square, Pa., Aug. 12, 1892: bill for advertising
political card (.573);
Pennypacker
& Kennedy, lumber and coal, Phoenixville, Sept. 14, 1892 (.574);
tax receipt,
Phoenixville, Sept. 29, 1892 (.575);
Phoenix Iron
Co., no place, Nov. 29, 1892 (manuscript) (.576);
Thomas D. Grover
promises to pay Pennypacker & Kennedy, written on form from National Bank
of Phoenixville, Jan. 20, 1893 (.577);
John Gilmore,
Phoenixville, Feb. 9, 1893, bill to Robert Grover for ironing sleds
(manuscript) (.590);
Farmers and
Mechanics’ National Bank of Phoenixville, Feb. 23 and April 7, 1893, in account
with Thomas D. Grover (.578, .579);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Phoenixville, April 7, 1893: receipt for funeral dues for
Geo.[?] Siler[?] (.580);
Adams Express
Company, Phoenixville, April 13, 1893 (.581);
water rent,
Phoenixville, April 29, 1893 (.582);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Phoenixville, May 1, 1893: receipt for funeral dues for
Chester Rossiter and Mrs. Wilkinson (.583);
Thomas D. Grover
promises to pay S. Robison March, written on form from National Bank of
Phoenixville, May 18, 1893 (.584);
Farmers and
Mechanics’ National Bank of Phoenixville, May 19, 1893, in account with Thomas
D. Grover (.585);
Chas. J. Field,
Philadelphia, June 7, 1893: receipt (illustrated with various decorative
borders) (.586);
J.B. Dewees
& Co., stoves, tinware and house furnishing goods, Phoenixville, June 16,
1893, short letter (.587);
Phoenixville
Post Office, July 1893, stamped R.A. Henderson, postmaster (.588);
The National
Bank of Phoenixville, July 13, 1893, in account with R.A. Grover (.591);
W.B.[?]
Denerese[?] & Co., no place, July 22, 1893: receipt for plumbing (.492);
David Barnes[?],
trustee[?], Pencoyd, Aug. 3, 1893: short letter (manuscript) (.594);
E.J.
Pennypacker, surveyor, conveyancer and real estate agent, Phoenixville, Aug.
[or Sept.] 8, 1893 (.589);
tax receipt,
[West Chester County], Aug. 29, 1893 (.593);
Wash Wensel,
Shenandoah, Sept. 25, 1893: short note about payment for plastering, with
receipt signed Mrs. Harriet Wensel (manuscript) (.594);
tax receipt,
Phoenixville, Sept. 26, 1893 (.595);
Harry Sloyer,
coal, flour, feed, hay and grain, Phoenixville, Sept. 26, 1893 (.596);
Alfred Fogg of
Clyde, Cook Co., Ill., general agent for Excelsior Burglar Alarm (Cleveland,
Ohio), gives T.D. Grover the agency for Chester County, Dec. 1, 1893 (.597);
R. A. Grover
promises to pay Thomas D. Grover, written on form from National Bank of
Phoenixville, Dec. 28, 1893 (.598);
Robt. Farley,
M.D., Phoenixville, Dec. 28, 1893 (.599);
Folder 20: 1894-1896
The National Baptist, Philadelphia, Jan.
1894: subscription receipt (.600)
Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Chester County: receipts for payment, Jan. 9, 1894 (.601,
.602);
Penn Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Chester County: receipt for payment, Jan. 10, 1894 (.603);
Thomas D. Grover
promises to pay Pennypacker & Kennedy, and S. Robison March, written on
forms from National Bank of Phoenixville, Jan. 27, 1894 (.604, .605);
water rent,
Phoenixville, Feb. 15, 1894 (.606);
Miller &
Sullivan, printers and publishers, Phoenixville, March 14, 1894 (.607);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Phoenixville, March 21, 1894: receipt for funeral dues for
M. Laney[?] and S. Shaip[?] (.608);
R. A. Grover
promises to pay Thomas D. Grover, written on form from National Bank of
Phoenixville, April 5, 1894 (.609);
Thomas D. Grover
promises to pay Pennypacker & Kennedy, and S. Robison March, written on
forms from National Bank of Phoenixville, April 30, 1894 (.610, .611);
E.J.
Pennypacker, no place, May 16, 1894, receipt (illustrated with hand holding
curtain) (.612);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Phoenixville, May 25, 1894: receipt for funeral dues for L.
Gibbs (.613);
Thomas D. Grover
promises to pay William P. Keeley & Son, written on form from National Bank
of Phoenixville, June 19, 1894 (.614);
Pennypacker
& Kennedy, lumber, coal, wood, Phoenixville, July 7, 1894 (.615);
Thomas D. Grover
promises to pay Pennypacker & Kennedy, and S. Robison March, written on
forms from National Bank of Phoenixville, Aug. 1, 1894 (.616, .617);
Dotterer &
Hodge, Phoenix Marble Works, [also] granit work, monuments, tombs, mantels,
[etc.], Phoenixville, Aug. 6, 1894 (.618);
J.H. Loucks, no
place, Sept. 1, 1894 (manuscript) (.619);
tax receipt,
county and state taxes, Sept. 1, 1894 (.620);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Phoenixville, Oct. 6 and Nov. 5 and 9, 1894: notice of
funeral dues for Robert H. Davie, also receipts for payments for funeral dues
for Robert Davie and Mary Greenhouer[?] (.621, .622, .623);
Pennypacker
& Kennedy, lumber, coal, wood, Phoenixville, Dec. 4, 1894 (.625);
Hugh Whitesides,
Phoenixville, Dec. 1894, request to pay someone else for brick (manuscript)
(.624);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Phoenixville, Dec. 31, 1894: receipt for payment for
funeral dues for Mrs. Faringer[?](.626);
Penn Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Chester County: receipt for payment, Jan. 7, 1895 (.627);
Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Chester County: receipts for payment, Jan. 11, 1895 (.628,
.629);
Phoenix Mutual
Relief Association, Phoenixville, Feb. 6, March[?] 13, March 25, 1895: receipts
for payment for funeral dues for W. A. Ganster[?], Mr. Brower, E. Emery, and
Mrs.[?] Slant[?] (.630, .631, .632);
Theodore R.
Quay, Phoenixville, April 13, 1895: receipt for a payment for an account with
E.J. Pennypacker (manuscript, in three pieces) (.633);
Allen Wolfinger,
fine furniture, hair and other mattresses, oil cloth, window shades,
undertaking, Phoenixville, Oct. 15, 1896 (.634)