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: Scharff family.

Title: Accounts

Dates: 1847-1862

Call No.: Col. 466

Acc. No.: 74x363

Quantity: 29 items

Location: 34 K 3

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

The Scharff family apparently consisted of three school-age orphans, Emma, John, and William, who lived in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, during the mid-19th century. Their guardian was John Mosser, and the executor of their inherited estate was Jacob Zartman. All were enrolled in Meyerstown Academy. John also went to Franklin and Marshall College.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection contains bills, receipts, and an expense book documenting goods and services purchased for members of the Scharff family. Most bills were for food, clothes, dry goods, or schooling. The bills for school mention subjects studied, progress, and tuition. The expense book was kept by Jacob Zartman, and it documents the amount paid for the various goods and services noted on the bills and receipts.

ORGANIZATION

The items are in accession number order. A name index is at the end of this 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 William Pennybaker.

ACCESS POINTS

Topics:

Invoices.

Expense accounts.

Education - Finance.

Dry-goods.

Food prices - 19th century.

Clothing and dress - Prices - 19th century.

Shoes - Prices.

Taxation – Pennsylvania – Lebanon County.

Receipts (Acknowledgments).

Students.

Additional author:

Zartman, Jacob

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 34 K 3

Folder 1:

.1 “Jacob Zartman, this book for account for John and Emma Scharff, 1847” [inscription inside front cover]

Account book covers 1847-1858, and includes records of purchases made by Zartman for the Scarffs, including William; among the items purchased were clothing, books, boots and shoes, boarding, hats, tuition, a likeness (probably a photograph), earrings, Bibles, dental work, etc.

.2 receipted bill, form Myerstown Academy for tuition for J. L. & E. R. Scharff, June 23, 1847; paid by Jacob Zartman, July 16, 1847

.3 receipted bill for book purchased from Weigly& Bockius by Mr. Beerbower, Sept. 22, 1847

.4 settled with John Mosser for John L. Scharff and Emma R. scharff, March 27, 1848

.5 receipt for tuition of J. L. & E. R. Scharff, Myerstown Academy, signed H. Beerbower, April 1, 1848

.6 receipt for tuition of J. L. & E. R. Scharff, Myerstown Academy, signed H. Beerbower, June 30, 1848, sent to Mr. Zartman

.7 shoe and boot account of estate of Isaac Scharff with Henry R[illegible], paid by Jacob Zartman, July 18, 1848

.8 receipt for tuition of J. L. & E. R. Scharff, Myerstown Academy, signed H. Beerbower, October 14, 1848; sent to Mr. Zartman

.9 receipt for tuition of J. L. & E. R. Scharff, Myerstown Academy, signed A. W. Middlemiss(?), paid by Jacob Zartman, March 26, 1849

.10 tuition for John Scharff received from Jacob Zartman, signed E. Breidenbough, Myerstown, August 22, 1849

.11 Jacob Zartmand and Ed Brecht bought of Samuel Bockius, Myerstown, August 25, 1849, muslin, thread, handkerchief, etc.

.12 receipt for tuition of John L. Scharff, Myerstown Academy, signed H. Cline, principal, paid by Jacob Zartman, December 27, 1849

.13 receipt for tuition of John L. & Emma Scharff, Myerstown Academy, signed H. Cline, principal, addressed to Mr. Zartman, March 25, 1850; includes notes on what classes they took and their conduct

.14 bill of goods purchased by Jacob Zartman for John and William Scharff from Samuel R. Bockius, Myerstown, 1850-1851; for textiles, buttons, thread, cloth cap, shoes

.15 receipt for tuition and books for Jno., Emma, and William Scharff, Myerstown Academy, signed H. Cline, addressed to Jacob Zartman, February 22, 1851

.16 note, with bill for tuition of John and William Scharff, H. Cline to Jacob Zartman, no date; Cline explains why he is adding a charge for fuel and expresses his disappointment that Zartman is withdrawing the Scharff boys from his school

.17 note about boarding of John L. and William Scharff, no date

.18 paper used for doing arithmetic (probably figuring accounts), John Lukes, 1852 written in one corner

.19 bill, Emma Scharff bought of Jacob Schock & Co., St. John, June 6, 1855, textiles, whalebone, thread

.20 note: William away July 5-26; something about school on June 19, 1852(?)

.21 note, John Mosser to Jacob Zartman, Myerstown, January 5, 1857, please pay J. L. Scharff and supply him while at F. and M. [i.e. Franklin and Marshall] College

.22-.23 note, John L. Scharff acknowledges receipt of money from Jacob Zartman “on order of my guardian John Mosser,” Myerstown, March 21, 1857 and March 27, 1857(?)

.24 note and receipt from John L. Scharff to Mr. Zartman, thanking him for sending money; tells of arrest of Mr. Bachman, the president of the Lancaster City Bank, February 11, 1857

.25 bill, at head: Isaac Zoeser, 1858, for sawing wood, a tyrkey, wheat, corn, oats, rye, etc.

.26-.29 state and county tax bills addressed to John L. Scharff for the years 1859, 1960, 1861, and 1862, from Jackson township, Lebanon County

Index to Col. 466, acc. 74x363.2-.29 (no index to account book)

Bachman .24

Beerbower .3

Beerbower, H. .5, .6, .8

Bockius (of Weigley & Bockius) .3

Bockius, Samuel R. .11, .14

Breidenbough, E. .10

Cline, H. .12, .13, .15, .16

Lancaster City Bank .24

Lebanon County .26-.29

Middlemiss(?), A. W. .9

Mosser, John .4, .21-24

Myerstown Academy .2, .5-6, .8-9, .12-13, .15

R[illegible], Henry .7

Scharff, Isaac .7

Scharff, Emma .1, .2, .4-.9, .13, .15, .19

(also spelled Sharff; also E. R., Emma R.)

Scharff, John L. .1- .2, .4-.10, .12-.17, .21-24, .26-29

(also spelled Sharff; also referred to as J. L., John)

Scharff, William.14-17, .20

(also spelled Sharff)

Schock, Jacob, & Co. .19

Sharff - see Scharff

Stine, Daniel .7

Weigley & Bockius .3

Zartman, Jacob .1-2, .5-16, .21-24

Zoeser, Isaac .25