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The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Schneider, David.

Title: Bills and receipts

Dates: 1869-1882

Call No.: Col. 414

Acc. No.: 96x142

Quantity: 55 items

Location: 34 J 2

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

David Schneider owned a mine near Emaus, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, during the last half of the 19th century. His surname was frequently spelled Snyder.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection of bills and receipts belonged to mine owner David Schneider of Emaus, Pennsylvania. Most items document his personal purchases and sales. While he sold oats and wheat, he bought other items such as coal, lumber, bricks for a fireplace, porcelain, pottery, cooking utensils, glassware, roofing slates, paint, and gravestones, as well as such furniture as beds, mirrors, chairs, and washstands. Schneider apparently made several home improvements to either his own home or the property he rented, including remodeling the kitchen and replacing gutter spouts and sinks.

He was assessed school, road, and transportation of goods taxes. Also included is the vendue of his estate, which was held during his lifetime.

ORGANIZATION

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

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

PROVENANCE

ACCESS POINTS

Topics:

Auctions.

Bricks - Prices - 19th century.

Coal - Prices - 19th century.

Dwellings - Maintenance and repair.

Furniture - Prices - 19th century.

House furnishings - Prices - 19th century.

Lumber - Prices - 19th century.

Paint - Prices - 19th century.

Plumbing - Prices - 19th century.

Rental housing.

Sepulchral monuments.

Slate roofing - Prices - 19th century.

Tax collection.

Miners.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 34 J 2

Folder 1:

96x142.1 H. Guth & Co. delivered coal to David Snyder, Feb. 1, 1861

96x142.2 receipted bill, Jacob Schneider paid C. H. Reinhold[?] for two gravestones, Iron Hill, March 30, 1861

96x142.3 David Snyder received money from estate of Abm. Birkenstock as guardian of Elmira Birkenstock, April 5, 1861

96x142.4 receipted bill, David Snyder paid Malbury [or Malburg] & Hagenbuch[?], Allentown, March 14, 1862, for furniture: bedsteads, dressing bureau, wash stand, chairs, sink, sideboard, dining table, etc.

96x142.5 receipted bill, David Snyder paid E. Hinckley[?], Allentown, Oct. 17, 1862, for coal

96x142.6 receipted bill, David Snyder paid I. & W. R. Fresden, Allentown, Feb. 28, 1863, for scantling

96x142.7 receipt, A. D. Mory, Saucon Valley, Nov. 13, 1863, received money from David Snyder for weal [i.e. veal? meal?]

96x142.8 receipted bill, estate of Mrs. Jacob Snyder paid A. A. Freyman for medical services, Coopersburg, Feb. 26, 1864

96x142.9 receipt, Freyman & Laws received money from David Snyder per hands of Geo. Reinhard, Coopersburg, Jan. 17, 1866

96x142.10 note from David Schneider to Thomas Berkenstock, Jan. 6, 1868, notifying Berkenstock that the lease on his property in Upper Saucon township, Lehigh County, would terminate on April 1, 1868

96x142.11 David Snyder in account with the Saucon Iron Co., 1868-1869, Hellertown, April 6, 1869

96x142.12 receipt, Thomas Drumbore[?] receipt money from David Sneider, Coopersburg, Oct. 30, 1869

96x142.13 receipt, M. J. [illegible] received money from David Snyder, Allentown, Feb. 28, 1870

96x142.14 bill, David Solmeide[?] bought wheat and oats of David Snyder, June 30, 1870

96x142.15 “ore from Schneider mine during six months ending Sept. 30, 1870,” amount of ore removed each month, for total of over 4000 tons

96x142.16 receipt, David Schneider paid county and state tax for 1870, signed by Addison Groman, collector for Upper Saucon township, Allentown, Nov. 17, 1870

96x142.17 “ore received from Schneider mine,” Nov. 1870-March 1871

96x142.18 receipted, David Snyder paid O. R. Hoffman for stove and pipe, Allentown, March 31, 1871

96x142.19 receipted bill, David Schneider paid Wm. Reimer, Allentown, March 22, 1871, for muffins [i.e. muffin tins,] coffee and tea pots and cups, sugar bowls, water jugs, cream jugs, bakers, bowls, tumblers, Rockingham spittoon and water jug, lamps, a chamber set, etc.

96x142.20 receipted bill, David Schneider paid Berkemery Lutz[?] & Co., Allentown, April 1871, for furniture: parlor suite, chamber suite, parlor stand, looking glass, bedstead, chairs, extension table, cupboard, sink, washstand, glass, etc.

96x142.21 receipt, David Layton paid Wierbach[?] & Jacoby for slate, Saucon, Nov. 3, 1871

96x142.22 David Schneider in account with the Saucon Iron Co., Oct. 1871-April 1872

Folder 2:

96x142.23 Saucon Iron Co. account with David Schneider, “for seave[?] on ore,” 1872, Hellertown, Pa., Oct. 9, 1872

96x142.24 receipt, David Snyder paid J. W. Seiberling for medical services, Limeport, Nov. 1, 1873

96x142.25 receipt in case of E. F. Sleckel vs. David Snyder, dept for roofing slates, money received by Samuel Kammerer for Sleckel, May 28, 873

96x142.26 receipt, James Reinhard, collector, received payment of David Snyder for tonnage tax on ore hauled from his mines up to Oct. 14, 1873, paid Emaus, April 21, 1874

96x142.27 receipt in case of James Boehm and Jeremiah Stemer vs. David Snyder, Peter Wickert paid for costs, Allentown, Nov. 7, 1878

96x142.28 receipt, Joel Ritter was paid by David Snyder for various jobs, including painting and glazing[?], Emaus, Oct. 25, 1875

96x142.29 receipted bill, David Snyder paid Charles Kichline for lumber, Allentown, Oct. 8, 1875

96x142.30 receipt, Joel Ritter was paid by David Snyder for various jobs, including painting and paper hanging, Emaus, May 28, 1875

96x142.31 tax bill, David Snyder paid for school and road tax for year 1874, signed by collector James Reinhard, Emaus, March 12, 1875

96x142.32 receipted bill, David Schneider paid G. H. Jones for boards, sills, carpenter’s work, etc., Oct. 8, 1875

96x142.33 receipt, David Taylor paid Jobst Kammerer & Co. for coal, Emaus, Nov. 4, 1879

96x142.34 receipt, Charles Schneider paid on behalf of David Schneider for lime, bought of Abrm. Heller, Upper Saucon, April 7, 1876

96x142.35 receipt, Charles Schneider paid Jobst Kammerer & Co. for coal, Emaus, July 24, 1877

96x142.36 receipt, Charles Snyder paid for lumber sawn for David Synder, money received by William Hast[?], Nov. 12, 1877

96x142.37 receipt, David Schneider paid Jobst Kammerer & Co. for coal, Emaus, July 24, 1877

96x142.38 receipt, David Schneider paid Abm. Ziegenfuss[?] for costs of a case, Emaus, Sept. 19, 1877

96x142.39 receipt, David Snyder paid county tax for 1874, signed by Isaac Zyner[?], collector, Nov. 12, 1877

96x142.40 receipt in case of James Booker vs. David Snyder, signed John D. Stiles, Jan. 2, 1878

96x142.41 tax receipt, David Snyder paid for school tax for 1877 on property in Upper Saucon township, signed James Reinhard, collector, Emaus, Feb. 27, 1878

96x142.42 receipted bill, David Schneider paid Jobst Kammerer & Co. for coal, Emaus, Sept. 17, 1878

96x142.43 receipt, David Snyder paid W. H. [illegible] for fire bricks, Emaus, Dec. 23, 1878

96x142.44 tax receipt, David Snyder paid for special tax on ore from his mines for 1877 and 1878, signed James Reinhard, collector, Emaus, Mar. 12, 1879

96x142.45 tax receipt, David Snyder paid for school tax for 1878 on property in Upper Saucon township, signed James Reinhard, collector, Emaus, Mar. 12, 1879

96x142.46 tax receipt, Winfield Stephen paid for David Snyder for county tax for 1879, signed A. Groman, collector, Upper Saucon, Nov. 28, 1879

96x142.47 receipt, J.[?] S.[?] Shneider paid John G. N[illegible] for shafting at the land[?], Emaus, Dec. 1880

96x142.48 bill, Lerch and Co. owe Wm. Nast for sawing chestnut logs into planks, Sept. 1881

On back: receipt, David Snyder paid the above bill, Saucson, Jan. 19, 1882

96x142.49 receipt bill, A. Lerch & Co. paid [probably by David Schneider] John Blank for sawing, Saucon Valley, Dec. 1881

96x142.50 receipt, David Snyder paid E. H. Sterner for contract for a kitchen, Emaus, April 28, 1882

96x142.51 receipt, David Schneider paid C. A. Zellner for gutter spouts, Emaus, May 16, 1882

96x142.52 results of an auction at the home of David Schneider, which was conducted during his lifetime, on or after August 29, 1882; the results include the name of buyer, what was bought, and the price; includes tools, kitchen wares, harness, horse blankets, chairs and some other furniture, a window frame, carpeting, a stove, a sink, a wagon, a sleigh, etc.

96x142.53 “I received from Charles Schneider,” money indicated, but not signed or dated

96x142.54 receipted bill, David Schneider paid Dillinger & Reinhard for bushels [of coal?], Limeport, Sept. 13, probably 1882

[note: the bill is written that Dillinger & Reinhard bought of Schneider, but they signed as having been paid, so presumably Schneider bought from them]

96x142.55 “David Schneider in acct. with Saucon Iron Co.,” April-Sept., no year