The
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: Black, Samuel
Title: Bills
and receipts
Dates: 1823-1878
Call No.:
Acc. No.: 76x90
Quantity: 15 items
Location: 34 K 4
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT
Samuel and William Black were
possibly tobacco merchants who worked in various parts of
SCOPE AND CONTENT
This small collection of bills and receipts documents purchases made by Samuel and William Black between 1823-1878. Items mentioned include magazine subscriptions, tobacco, real estate, food and beverages, hardware, schooling and books, as well as such dry goods as muslin, silk, and calico.
ORGANIZATION
Documents in chronological order. Index to names 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 Pennebaker.
ACCESS POINTS
Topics:
Tobacco - Prices - 19th century.
Dry-goods - Prices - 19th century.
Hardware - Prices - 19th century.
Real property.
Education - Finance - 19th century.
Periodicals - Prices - 19th century.
Bills.
Receipts (Acknowledgments).
Additional author:
Black, William.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 34 K 4
Note: all accession numbers begin with 76x90
.1 certificate, William Crook, sheriff, Lancaster, [Ohio], January 31, 1823, certifying that Samuel Black purchased 80 acres of land; the names Joseph Thomas and James Love are also mentioned
.2 receipt, Samuel Black paid P. Kenndy for schooling, April 7, 1824
.3 receipt, Samuel Black
paid or sold tobacco to I. & J.H. Lyons(?) [The person who prepared the
index read the name as Isaacs],
.4 bill, Samuel Black bought
of John Creed(?),
.5 receipted bill, Samuel Black bought of John Lyons(?), West Rushville, December 28, 1828, for shawl, coffee, whiskey, comb, cloth, buttons, hinges and screws, tobacco, etc.; several items were noted as being for people other than members of the Black family; bill was paid with tobacco
.6 receipted bill, Samuel Black bought of William Crist(?), no place, November 28, 1837, for textiles, comb, coffee, sickle, tobacco, sugar, copper, etc.
.7 receipt for subscription,
James Black,
.8 bill to Samuel Black from Beery & Ashbaugh, no place, February 3, 1840, for textiles, handkerchiefs, gloves, hose, ribbon, coffee
.9 receipt for subscription, William Black to Ohio Eagle, August 11, 1843, signed Casper Thiell (printed form)
.10 document relating to wheat on board a canal boat, with names William S. Black, Ainsworth & Willock, R. M. Ainsworth, John Effingen(?), Kramer & Cox, and others, December 27, 1848
.11 bill to William Black from Hood & Lewis(?), Rushville, March 31, 1847, for pair of pans and muslin
.12 receipt for subscription,
William S. Black to Ohio Eagle,
.13 note, Isaac Elder,
.14 receipt for subscription,
William Black to Ohio Eagle,
.15 statement of amount of William Black’s tobacco, and charges for coffee, tobacco, tea, salt, textiles, stockings, and pins
Index to
Ainsworth,
R. M. .10
Ashbaugh
(of Beery & Ashbaugh) .8
Beery
& Ashbaugh .8
Black,
James .7
Black,
Samuel .1-6, .8
Black,
William .9., .11, .15
Black,
William S. .10, .12-[.14]
Connell
& Roland .12
Cox
(of Kramer & Cox) .10
Creed,
John .4
Crist,
Wm. .6
Elder,
Isaac .13
Hood
& Lewis(?) .11
Isaacs(?),
J. & J. H. .3
Isaacs,
J. H. .5
Isaacs,
Jno. .5
Kennedy,
P. .2
Kramer
& Cox .10
Lave(?),
James .1
Martien,
William S. .7
McFadden,
G. .7
The
Presbyterian .7
Roland
(of Connell & Roland) .12
Thiell,
Thomas,
Joseph .1
Wetzler,
T. .14