The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE  19735

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:          Glentworth, George                 

Title:               Papers

Dates:             1812-1813

Call No.:         Col. 456

Acc. No.:         74x189

Quantity:        29 items

Location:        9 A 5

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

George Glentworth was a pharmacist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the first half of the 19th century. 

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

These bills, receipts, and photos, including two glass plate negatives, relate to the construction of a house and store located on the northeast corner of Chester and Race Streets in Philadelphia, erected by George Glentworth in 1812 and 1813. Many bills are for such goods and services as hardware, lumber, digging the cellar, bricklaying, window glass, marble window sills, doors, plastering, and painting.  Photos are reprints of 19th century images depicting the exterior of the building.           

 

 

ORGANIZATION

 

The bills 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.  Photographic prints must be used before access will be given to the glass plate negatives.

           

 

PROVENANCE

           

Purchased from Baldwin’s Book Barn.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            Building - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - 19th century.

            Architecture, Domestic.

            House construction - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - 19th century.

            Dwellings.

            Lumber - Prices.

            Hardware - Prices.

            Photographs.

            Invoices (Acknowledgements).

            Receipts.

            Glass plate negatives.

           

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 9 A 5

 

[note: all accession numbers begin with 74x189; all bills addressed to George Glenworth]

 

Folder 1:

 

[no number]      wrapper, “amount of these[?] for building the house corner of Chester St. and Race”

 

.1         receipted bill from Alex Ramsey, for paving, stone, boards, door, shutters, etc.

 

.2         receipted bill from J. Workman, for lumber (oak, heart, clear sap, cedar)

 

.3         receipted bill from Smith & Harding, for lumber (oak joist, heart pine, cedar plank, etc.)

 

.4         receipted bill from Frederick Smith, for stone

 

.5         receipted bill from Ridgway & Evans, for lumber

 

.6         receipted bill from Baker & Wayne, for hardware (latches, locks, hinges, etc.) and sash weights

 

.7         receipted bill from B. & J. Linton, chiefly for nails

 

.8         receipted bill from William Faries, for gravel and sand, digging cellar and well

 

.9         receipted bill from Adam Henchman, for bricks

 

.10       receipted bill from Alex Ramsey, for measuring the cellar dug by William Faries

 

.11       receipted bill from Warner & Gorgas, for lath

 

.12       receipted bill from Shepherd & Tolan, for scantling and lath

 

.13       receipted bill from John K. Coppick(?), for stone work

 

.14       receipted bill from Coppick & Ridgway, for laying bricks, lime, arching and squaring privy

 

.15       receipted bill from Samuel Grant, for lights

 

.16       receipted bill from John Griffith, for marble work

 

.17       receipted bill from William Faries, for hauling and digging

 

.18       receipted bill from John Daniel Elliott, for various kinds of glass, includes diagrams of shapes of glass

 

.19       receipted bill from John Daniel Elliott, for lights

 

.20       receipted bill from John K. Coppick(?), for laying hearths and arching and squaring sink

 

.21       receipted bill from William Gault, for hinges, etc.

 

.22       receipted bill from William Freas, for lime

 

.23       receipted bill from John Daniel Elliott, for glass

 

.24       receipted bill from John Daniel Elliott, for glass

 

.25       measurement of plastering work done by Conrad & Helling, statement from William Thackara(?), Jr., money received by Edward Evans

 

.26       receipted bill from William Fling, for painting

 

.27       receipted bill from Ridgway & Evans, for lumber

 

.28       receipted bill from A. Crawford, for lime

 

.29       receipted bill from Keyser & Gorgas, for lumber

 

 

Folder 2:

 

[no numbers]    modern prints from the glass plate negatives in folder 3; one photo of the house and shop was taken from across the street, and a horse and wagon are in the foreground; the other photo is a closer view of the house, with the name Glentworth over the door, and a good view of the shop window;

as well, the folder contains modern prints from some other negatives which are not part of this collection; it is unclear what building is pictured in these prints, but it may be of a building next to the Glentworth house

 

 

Folder 3:        

 

[no numbers]    two glass plate negatives, taken in the late 19th century, of the house built by Glentworth in 1812-1813; researchers must use prints in folder 2 before being granted access to these glass plate negatives

 

 

Index to acc. 74x189.1-.29, Col. 456

 

Baker & Wayne .6

 

Conrad & Helling .25

Coppick(?) & Ridgway .14

Coppick(?), John K. .13, .20

Crawford, Alexander .28

 

Elliott, Daniel .18, .19, .23, .24

Elliott, John & Daniel .18, .19, .23, .24

Evans (of Ridgway & Evans) .5, .27

 

Faries, William .8, .10, .17

Fling, Wm.  .19, .26

Freas(e), Wm.  .22

 

Gault, William .21

Glentworth, George .1-29

Glentworth, George (Dr.)  .2, .9, .25, .28

Gorgas (of Keyser & Gorgas) .29

Gorgas (of Warner & Gorgas) .11

Grant, Samuel .15

Griffith, John .16

 

Harding (of Smith & Harding) .3

Helling (of Conrad & Helling) .25

Henchman, Adam .9

 

Keyser & Gorgas .29

 

Linton, B. & J. .7

 

Moore, John .13

 

Ramsey, Alex. .1, .3-5, .10, .21, .28

Ridgway (of Coppuck & Ridgway) .14

Ridgway & Evans .5, .27

 

Shepherd & Tolan .12

Shepherd, William .12

Smith & Harding .3

Smith, Frederick .4

 

Thackara, Wm. (Jr.) .25

Tolan (of Shepherd & Tolan) .12

 

Warner & Gorgas .11

Wayne (of Baker & Wayne) .6

Workman, J. .2