The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
Henry Francis du Pont
5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur,
Delaware 19735
Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF
THE COLLECTION
Creator: Johnson, John
Title: Bills and receipts
Dates: 1811-1818
Call No.: Col. 528
Acc. No.: 80x156
Quantity: 26 items (one folder)
Location: 34 J 3
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
John Johnson was a ship captain, apparently on a
schooner named Governor McKean. Although
some of the bills are dated from Baltimore, research found a War of 1812
privateer named the Governor McKean sailing out of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
Collection contains bills and receipts addressed to
Capt. John Johnson between 1811-1818.
Items mentioned include taxes; such clothing as cambric shirts, coats,
and boots; food and liquor; a book, and a magazine subscription. Other bills and receipts are for wages,
including services for work on a barn, and manufacturing yards of blankets. Also noted are cordage, spikes, and stone
ballast.
ORGANIZATION
The bills and receipts are in chronological order.
LANGUAGE OF
MATERIALS
The materials are in English.
RESTRICTIONS
ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Purchased from Edward Craig.
ACCESS POINTS
Topics:
Shipbuilding.
Ships.
Schooners.
Food prices - 19th century.
Clothing and dress - Prices - 19th century.
Invoices.
Receipts (Acknowledgments).
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 34 J
3
All accession numbers begin with 80x156.
Folder 1 of 1:
.1 receipt: Capt. John Johnson paid John
Cass[?], Baltimore, May 10, 1811, for Cass’ wages and services on the schooner
Gov. McKean;
page was torn from
another sheet; on back: mathematical calculations
.2 receipted bill: Capt. [blank] paid
James Belt[?], Baltimore, May 15, 1811, for peach brandy, whiskey, tumblers,
mustard, and a book[?]; money received by [illegible initials] Belt;
written on back: Paid
.3 bill from John Craig, Baltimore, May
17, 1811, to schooner Governor McKean and owners, for 1 scow load of stone
ballast
written on back: Paid
.4 receipted bill: Capt. [blank] paid
James Piper, Baltimore, May 19, 1811, for a coil of cordage; money received by
J. Starr[?]
written
on back: Paid
.5 receipted tax bill: John Johnson paid
county, city, poor, and health taxes in North Ward for 1811, dated Dec. 19,
1811, signed by Richard Truman, collector
.6 receipted bill: Capt. Johnston paid E.
& D. Abrams, Philadelphia, May 25, 1812, for coffee, sugar, starch, and a
bushel of fine salt;
With
math calculations on front and back of bill;
written twice on back:
Paid
.7 receipt: John Johnson paid McCormick
Rogers in full for all debts, August 21, 1813;
written on back: Paid,
also Febray
.8 bill, from Ann Pusey to Captain
Johnson, October 1813, for sawing feet of lath;
On back: note from Ann
Pusey to Johnson, Jan. 1, 1814, requesting that he paid the bill to Samuel
Wilson.
also written on back:
Paid
.9 bill, from S. Livingston to John
Johnson, for spikes and “clips & gugins to roler,” Dec. 1813;
written on back: Paid;
also subtraction of money
.10 bill, from Rudbys[?] Buckins & Co.,
to Capt. Johnson, Aug.-Dec. 1813, for many, many pounds of beef;
marked Paid
[see also .11 below]
.11 bill, from Peter Buckins & Co., to
Capt. Johnson, 1813-1814, goods not specified, but apparently belongs with .10
above;
written on back: Paid;
also Capt. Johnson, and monetary calculation
.12 bill from John C. Kein, to Capt. John
Johnson, February 2, 1814, for days of carpenters work on a new barn;
written on back: Paid;
Captn. John Johnson’s Bill;
paper watermarked with
three-leaf clover
.13 receipted tax bill: John Johnson paid
county, city, poor, and health taxes in North Ward for 1813, dated Aug. 20,
1814, signed by Jno. Pecken, collector
.14 receipted bill: Capt. J. Johnson paid
Samuel Reynolds, [place illegible], Sept. 23, 1814, for pair of blue cloth
talavera[?], making and trimming jacket for the Marines, and for buttons;
payment received by Joseph Roberts
.15 receipt: Jno. Johnson paid E. Bronson,
Philadelphia, Aug. 23, 1815, for a subscription to the United States’ Gazette for the Country;
Printed form; numbers on
back
.16 probably a tax bill, to Joseph Johnstone,
from city for 1815 N. ward
.17 receipted bill: John Johnson paid Thomas
Glenn, February 3, 1816, for unspecified work done since February 1813; Glenn
signed with his mark;
written on back: Paid;
.18 receipted bill: Captain Johnson paid R.
C. Green, February 8, 1816, for boots bought in December 1815
.19 receipted bill: John Johnson paid David
Stilwell, Mary 19, 1816, for various goods [the handwriting is not clear];
written on back: Captain Johnston,
Paid Sam. Stilwell;
.20 receipted tax bill: Joseph Johnson paid
1815 county and poor taxes for estate in North Ward, paid February 17, 1815,
signed Jno. Pechen, collector
written on back: Paid;
.21 bill from Joseph Hunt & Co.,
Hulmevill[?], March 29, 1816, to Capt. John Johnson, for manufacturing 25 yards
of blankets;
written on back: Paid;
Cap John Johnson
[there is a Hulmeville
in Bucks County, Pennsylvania]
.22 receipted tax bill: Robert L. Lindsay
paid 1815 city tax for N. Ward for estate of Jos. Johnson, May 6, 1818,
received by Wm. Stevenson Senr., collector
written on back: Paid;
.23 receipt: John Johnston paid J.
[illegible], August 17, 1816;
.24 receipted tax bill: J. Johnson paid 1816
county tax for N. Ward, paid July 9, 1817, signed Jno. Pechen, collector
.25 account of credit by cash received by
Thomas Foster from John Johnson, July 4-December 15, 1818: Johnson paid for
corn, wheat flour, apples, oats, pork, pigs, potatoes, buckwheat; account
continues on back
.26 receipted bill: Capt. Johnson paid
Abigail Wells for thread, buttons, and making shirts, on date