The Winterthur Library

The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE 19735

302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Wayne family

Title: Papers

Dates: 1834-1891

Call No.: Col. 454

Acc. No.: 73x18

Quantity: 1 box

Location: 34 K 1

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

William Wayne Evans was a doctor working in Paoli, Pennsylvania, in the 1840s. His relationship to other individuals represented in this collection, namely Isaac Wayne, William Wayne, and David Zook is unclear.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection contains primarily bills and receipts for personal and household goods and services purchased by members of the Wayne family of Pennsylvania between 1834-1891. Items bought include carpets, dry goods, seeds, stove pipes, furniture, jewelry, silverware, glassware, china, clothes, shoes, food, farm tools, books, magazine and newspaper subscriptions, wallpaper, wagon repairs, harnesses, lumber, hardware, property taxes, and household linens and utensils. Among the specific items mentioned that are of particular interest are a feather bed, a clothes stand, Venetian carpeting, a French sofa, stovepipes, a coach that had been painted and varnished, and various types of fabric, including muslin, damask, silk, and calico. Some of the printed billheads have engravings on them; shown are depictions of buildings, stoves, porcelain, farm tools, a coach factory, and logos such as an arm and hammer. This collection also contains several personal and business letters, as well as two silhouettes of unidentified members of the Wayne family that were cut at the Peale Museum, ca.1805-1820.

ORGANIZATION

Items are in accession number order.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

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

PROVENANCE

Purchased at Baldwin’s Book Barn.

ACCESS POINTS

Topics:

Carpets.

Carriage manufacturers and dealers.

Porcelain.

Glassware.

Pharmacy.

Hardware.

Lumber.

Silverware.

Stoves.

Wallpaper.

Dry-goods.

Agricultural implements.

Household linens.

Silhouettes.

Letters.

Invoices (Acknowledgements).

Receipts.

Additional authors:

Evans, William Wayne.

Wayne, Isaac.

Wayne, William.

Zook, David

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 34 K 1

Box 1:

Folder 1: William Wayne bills and receipts, 1848-1858 (acc. 73x18.1-.50)

For textiles, hinges and hooks, timothy seed, wallpaper, furniture, carpeting, silverware, jewelry, doors and blinds, table linen, round boiler, china, sugar, books, gilt cornices, etc.

Folder 2: William Wayne bills, receipts, and letters, 1855-1858 (acc. 73x18.51-.91)

for wagon repairs, gas tax, carpeting, guano, a pump, books, clothing, meat tub, rope, silverware, bedding, lumber, linseed oil, tea, etc.; includes business correspondence and an order from the Committee for the Detection of Stolen Horses

Folder 3: William Wayne Evans bills, receipts, and letters, 1847-1858 (acc. 73x18.92-.211)

for boarding, clothing and shoes, books (some medical), trunk, watch, wallpaper, plants and seeds, lumber, subscriptions to medical and other journals, wagons, a safe, charges for digging an ice house, taxes, a walnut crib, locks, nails, sewing rocker, etc.; letters are about business, property owned by Evan’s grandfather in Maryland, and a friend’s news

Folder 4: Isaac Wayne bills and receipts, 1847-1854 (acc. 73x18.212-.226)

For tailoring, boarding, stationery, textiles, subscriptions, tuition; also copies of legal documents relating to the estate of Isaac Wayne, executor being Joseph J. Lewis

Folder 5: David Zook bills and receipts, 1851-1856 (acc. 73x18.227-.230)

For subscriptions, crib mattress, feather bed, clothes stand

Folder 6: miscellaneous items, 1834(?), 1853-1858, 1891, no date (73x18.231-.244)

Receipt for Dr. Evan’s clothing bill; boarding bill for A. [illegible] Hayman; tax receipt for estate of Isaac Wayne; receipted bill to W. W. Green; expenditures on a barn; letter to a captain from John W. Jordan, Philadelphia, 1891 (about his Wayne ancestors; sending autographs for the captain’s collection); bills for boiler, kettle, etc, textiles, and furniture, all to unknown persons; request to tenant to vacate property; some military paper; wrapper for documents relating to authority of William Lewis to act for General Wayne (documents not included); blank check from Mechanics Bank of Philadelphia; partial issue of The Congressional Globe, March 13, 1858

Folder 7: silhouettes of unidentified man and woman (acc. 73x18.245)

Folder 8: original frames which held silhouettes

Index to receipts in Col. 454 (acc. 73x18.1-.274)

Albertson, Saml. L. .202

Allen's, W. & J., Cabinet Ware Emporium .239

Allison, J. H., & Co. .72, .229

Allison, J. H. .39

Apple, Wm. .77

Astor House .204

Atlantic & Ohio Telegraph Co. .87b

Atlee, Jas. C. .209

Baily & Brother .32

Bains, Geo. B. .109

Baird (of King & Baird) .34

Baker (of Hay & Baker) .1, .2, .4, .213, .219, .220

Baker, W. R. .102, .120

Barrett, Hibberd .7

Baugh, D. .188

Bell, Thos. M. .13

Bell, Thos. S. .87a

Bennett & Co. .126

Bennett, J. M. .126

Billings (of Presbury & Billings) .41, .55, .206, .207

Bishop, Charles .101, .153, .233

Bishop, Thom. .84, .203

Blakiston (of Lindsay & Blakiston) .99, .106, .108, .158

Bolton .243

Bowen & Meredith .161, .162

Bowen, Meredith & Co. .130

Brown, Lovells & Smith .47

Brown, J. C. .47

Bryan, M. 0. .116

Bryson .23

Bryson, James H. .64

Burton & Laning .20, .117

Calvert & McClane .30, .86

Campbell, John .166

Campion (of Moore & Campion) .26

China Hall .35

Christian, S. J. .56

Christman, Bolton, & Co. .30, .86

Coleman & Stetson .204

Collins, T. K. (Jr.) .43

Colwell & Co. .6

Congressional Globe, The .244

Cooper, Lewis .73

Cowell, Jno. V., & Son .16, .33

Cox, Hagar & Cox .54, .82

Davis, George .155

Davison, Joseph .210

Delany, Sharp .242

Doherty, Margaret .118

Doyle, Jhn. .152

Dunlap & Co. .132, .163

Dunlap, Wm. .51, .196

Edson (of Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson) .112

Entriken, Samuel .125, .170

Entrikin, George .91

Evans .82, .87b, .96, .111, .116, .118, .126, .168, .206, .207

Evans & Watson .133

Evans, Genl. .208

Evans, Henry S. .58, .59, .199, .217

Evans, J. D. .44

Evans, John D. .93

Evans, Mary .145

Evans, W. .110, .122, .163, .179

Evans, W. N. [W]? .99

Evans, W. W. .102, .103, .106, .108, .112, .120, .124, .138, .145, .158, .177, .187, .229

Evans, W. Wayne .92, .95, .101, .103, .109, .114, .115, .121, .128, .129, .131-133, .136, .139, .141, .143, .144, .146-149, .151-.153, .155, .156, .161, .162, .165, .166, .170, .171, .173, .175, .176, .180-184, .186, .189-193, .195, .197

Evans, Wayne .97, .98, .100, .104, .107, .113, .119, .123, .137, .142, .154, .159, .160, .169, .194, .196, .231

(also spelled Evens)

Evans, Wm .1, .125, .127, .135, .150, .172, .174, .178, .185, .188, .201, .202

Evans, William W. .93, .105, .140, .157, .164

Evans, Wm. Wayne .5, .134, .167, .198, .199, .209, .210

Evens - see Evans

Farrelly, John W. .209

Ford (of Melloy & Ford) .193, .197

Foulk, S. C. .48, .53, .70

French, Richards, & Co. .81

Fulton, James D. .119

Garber, Ann .92

Gardom, Geo. .8

Garrett & Co. .28

Girard House .41, .55, .206, .207

Golder, John .83

Graham's Magazine .227, .228

Grambo (of Lippincott, Grambo & Co.) .173

Grattan .196

Great Western Chair Manufactory .237

Green, W. W. .234

Griffith, James E. .201

Hagar (of Cox, Hagar & Cox) .54, .82

Haley .168

Haley, John .134

Harbert, Davis & Co. .179

Harris, Stephen (Dr.) .145

Hatch (of Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson) .112

Hay & Baker .1, .2, .4, .213, .219, .220

Hayman, A. W. .186, .232

Hayman, William .242

Henkels, George J. .177, .195

Hews, C. P. .12, .200, .205

Hill, Jos. .111, .122

Hipple, George G. .186, .232

Hoily, Margret .45

Hotel Metropolitan .112

Hotel Union Place .138

Howland, W.? .138

Hufty, J. .243

Jackson, Andrew .241

Jones, Frank? .241

Jones, Jos. .234

Jones, W. H. .67

Jordan, John W. .236b

Kerper, E. .68

Kerr, William J. .35

King & Baird .34

Kitselman, Davis .214

Knight, Wm. H. .89

Kohlenkamp, N. .149

Laning (of Burton & Laning) .20, .117

Lauden, Joseph [Lowden?] .94

Lawrence .203

Leland, Simeon, & Co. .112

Levy, L. J., & Co. .123

Lewis, Joseph .146, .182

Lewis, Joseph J. .76, .211, .221-226, .233

Lewis, M. R. .80

Lewis, William .242

Lindsay & Blakiston .99, .106, .108, .158

Lippincott, Grambo & Co. .173

Malin, H. G. .21, .78, .79, .105, .148, .157

Mann, Don .175

Massey, Jacob .65

Maule & Brother .57

McClane (of Calvert & McClane) .30, .86

McClees, M. .107

McClure, Wm. M., & Bro. .9, .10, .19, .25, .189, .190, .191

McKeever, Sarah .143

McLaughlin Brothers .35

Mechanics Bank .243

Melloy & Ford .193, .197

Mercantile Library Company .137, .169, .194

Meredith (of Bowen, Meredith & Co.) .130

Meredith (of Bowen & Meredith) .161, .162

Meredith, J. M., & Co. .159

Metropolitan Hotel .112

Moore & Campion .26

Morgan, Joseph .121

Morris, Paschall, & Co. .64

Morris, George W. .170

Morris, Jonathan T. .91, .115, .136

Morton, C. P. .75

Moyer, E. P., & Bros. .17, .18, .40

Moyer, John .156

Murphey & Yarnall .34

Neill, J. .85

Neill, W., & Co. .142

Neill, William .66, .96-98, .100, .113, .187, .231

Neill, William & J. .85

Newtown Square and Paoli Plank Road Company .146, .182

North American and United States Gazette .215, .216

O'Rielly, Henry .175

Orne, J. & B. .23

Ottey, Enoch .37, .230

Parke, James .77

Passmore, Deborah Ann .218

Pearce, Cromwell .160

Pennsylvania Farm Journal .130, .159

Pennybacker, N. V. .168

Pennypacker, Jacob .46, .192

Penrose, Mary .242

Pepper, Henry J., & Son .110

Perkins, A. R. .208

Perkins, Lyman .24, .114, .140, .141, .184

Philadelphia, Germantown & N.R.R. Co. .15, .38

Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rail Road Co. .221-226

Phoenix Coach Works .196

Presbury & Billings .41, .55, .206, .207

Printz, Jacob .62

Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson .112

Register & Examiner .161, .162, .199

Richardson, Isaac .63

Rives, John C. .244

Roberts, B. P. .164

Roberts, William .183

Robinson, John B. .36, .237

Robinson, Sarah .242

Ruth, George .172

Ruth, Margaret .171

Rutter, J. .88

Sachse .236a

Sanderson, William .22

Schofield, George .165

Schofield, Lane .131, .148, .154, .165

Shaw, Wm. J. .49

Sheppard & Van Harlingen .238

Sloan, Rebecca .198

Smith, Joseph C. .144

Smith, P. Frazer .145

Sons of Temperance .210

Springer, B. .231

Steel, J. W. .41, .55,.206, .207

Steele, William .11, .181

Steen, Hugh Z. .147

Stetson (of Coleman & Stetson) .204

Stiteler, Geo. .127, .128, .150, .151, .174, .176, .178, .180

Terhuen, A. H. .50

Thomas, M., & Sons .14

Thomas, William .185

Types of Mankind .173

Umberger, J. C. .126

Union Place Hotel .138

Van Harlingen (of Sheppard & Van Harlingen) .238

Van Harlingen, Perkins .212

Vaughan, Joshua, & Co. .74

Village Record .58, .59, .217

W., J. R. .27, .31

Wagner & McGuigan .20, .117

Waldemar, J. .61

Watson (of Evans & Watson) .133

Watson, Lewis .3

Wayne .1-4, .14, .16, .18, .27, .31, .32, .39-41, .71, .208

Wayne, Anthony (General) .89

Wayne, Elizabeth .214, .242

Wayne, Genl. .87a, .209, .242,

Wayne, I. .219, .220

Wayne, I. (Col.) .58, .215

Wayne, Isaac .134, .213, .218, .221-.226, .233, .236a

Wayne, Isaac (Conl.) .94, .212, .217

Wayne, W. .8, .9, .12, .13, .17, .28, .36, .37, .43, .45, .47-50, .52, .53, .56,.61, .68, .69, .80, .200, .205

Wayne, William .6, .7, .10, .11, .15, .19, .21-26, .29, .30, .33-35, .38, .42, .44, .46, .51, .54, .57, .59, .60, .62-67, .70, .72-79, .81-91, .203, .211

Weaver, George J., & Co. .69

West Chester Gas Company .52

Wheeler, J. C. & J. .138

White, Charles .11

White, J. P. .20, .117

Williams, B. I. .60

Willians, John G. .135

Wilson, Wm. .27, .29, .31, .71

Woodward, J. D. .211

Workicer, John .174

Worrall, Norris .218

Worrall, S. .42, .90

Worrell, Isaiah .129

Worts, Amaziah .104, 167

Worts, B. .167

Wright (of Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson) .112

Yarnall (of Murphey & Yarnall) .34

Young, Jas. .133

Zell, T. M. .139

Zook .229

Zook, D. .229

Zook, David .65, .67, .230

Zook, Hannah J. .227, .228

Zook, J. R.(?) .241

Zook, S. K. .175