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: Knabb,
Peter, Jr., 1771-1844
Title: Receipts
Dates: 1801-1836
Call No.: Col. 660
Acc. No.: 76x98.7, .19, .20,
.22-.38, .44-.49, .316
Quantity: 27 items
Location: 34 J 4
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
Peter Knabb, Jr.
(1771-1844) lived in Oley township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Peter Knabb,
who emigrated from Germany with his two brothers around 1737. The elder Peter died in 1799 at the age of
74, leaving his widow Maria Elizabeth and several children. Peter Jr. was a farmer, a member of Spies’s Church, and a Berks County commissioner from 1819
to 1822. He was married to Susannah Sarah
Herbein; their children were Susanna, Jacob, Sarah, William,
and Nathan.
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
A small collection of receipts for Peter Knabb, Jr., and other family members. Eight receipts (most on printed forms) are
for payment of Berks County taxes, 1806-1808.
Five receipts are for subscriptions to a newspaper
published by John Ritter; these are dated 1825-1836, and mention Maria/Mary Herbein and Maria Knabb. Four items are written in German; two are
signed Elizabeth Knabb, who also signed one English
language receipt. One receipt is for
payment of a subsistence fee for Samuel Guldin, who
was in jail in May 1822. One receipt is
for sawing done for the Hill church, while another documents the purchase of
window glass for a church. Another
receipt documents payment to a school.
One receipt is for blacksmith work, while another is from a doctor, J. F.
Baum, for medicine and attendance in 1819.
In 1828, Knabb was a road juror for Reading,
charged with viewing and laying out roads.
As well, there is a call to jury duty issued to Peter Knabb, on a printed form sent by sheriff Daniel Kerper, in April 1826.
Knabb and Daniel Zacharias[?] were executors
of the estate of George Babb, and one receipt refers to that.
ORGANIZATION
Divided by type and then arranged chronologically.
LANGUAGE OF
MATERIALS
The materials are in English and German.
RESTRICTIONS
ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
From
the Bates sale.
ACCESS POINTS
People:
Knabb family.
Herbein family.
Topics:
Jury duty.
Newspapers - Pennsylvania.
Prisoners -
Pennsylvania.
Taxation -
Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Receipts.
Farmers.
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 34 J
4
All accession numbers begin with 76x98.
Folder 1 of 1:
Tax receipts:
.28 August 8, 1806: Knabb, collector of
Oley township, paid $146 in county tax for the year 1806, receipt signed by J.
K. Messersmith, treasurer, Reading, Berks County
Treasury Office;
Printed form
.27 November 22, 1806: Knabb, collector
of Oley township, paid $14.66 in county tax for the year 1806, receipt signed
by J. K. Messersmith, treasurer, Reading, Berks
County Treasury Office;
Printed form
.48 December 15, 1806: Knabb, collector
of Oley township, paid $65 in county tax for the year 1806, receipt signed by
J. K. Messersmith, treasurer, Reading, Berks County
Treasury Office;
Printed form;
.38 January 5, 1807: Knabb, collector of
Oley township, paid $52.50 in county tax
for the year 1806, receipt signed by J. K. Messersmith,
treasurer, Reading, Berks County Treasury Office;
Printed form;
.34 April 23, 1807: Knabb, collector of
Oley township, paid a total of $23.20 in county tax for the year 1806, receipt
signed by J. K. Messersmith, treasurer, Reading, Berks
County Treasury Office;
Printed form;
On back: receipt for payment of $19 in part of exempt
fine
.46 May 7, 1807: Knabb, collector of
Oley township, paid a total of $64.94 in county tax for the year 1807, receipt
signed by J. K. Messersmith, treasurer, Reading,
Berks County Treasury Office; (gives breakdown of what was paid); (something
written on back as well);
Printed form;
.47 October 13, 1807: Knabb, collector
of Oley township, paid $480 in county tax for the year 1876, receipt signed by
J. K. Messersmith, treasurer, Reading, Berks County
Treasury Office;
Printed form;
On back: receipt for payment of $20 for part of duplicate
county tax for 1807; that receipt is signed by both John K. Messersmith
and Daniel Messersmith
.37 Dec. 26, 1807: Knabb,
collector of Oley Township, paid $28 for exempt fine and $35.90 in county taxes
for year 1807, signed by both John K. Messersmith and
Daniel Messersmith
[not a
printed form]
Grand Jury
summons:
.316 Peter
Knabb, Jr., farmer, is summoned to Grand Jury to be held in Reading on August 7;
from Daniel Kerper, sheriff, dated April 5, 1826;
Printed
form
Printed receipts:
.35 Maria Knab (name Peter Knab also appears) paid $1 for newspaper, signed Jno. Ritter, Adler-Druckery,
Reading, Sept. 15, 1825;
Printed
form
.22 Maria Herbein paid $3 for newspaper,
signed Jno. Ritter, Adler-Druckery,
Reading, Jan. 5, 1830;
Printed
form
.33 Mary Herbein paid Johann Ritter und
Comp. $1 for newspaper, signed Chs. Kepler, Adler-Druckery, Reading, Sept. 1, 1830;
Printed
form
.30 Wm. Knabb, per Pet. Knabb, paid Johann Ritter und Comp. $1 for newspaper,
signed Jno. Ritter, Adler-Druckery,
Reading, Jan. 2, 1835;
Printed
form, illustrated with an eagle, and with decorative border
.31 Wm. Knab, per Pet. Knab, paid Johann Ritter und Comp. $1 for newspaper, signed
Louis Ritter, Adler-Druckery, Reading, May 6, 1836;
Printed
form, with decorative borders
Miscellaneous
receipts and papers:
.44 receipt in German, dated January 1801 on one side (with a
mention of £15);
On the other
side: Elisabeth Knab signed to acknowledge receipt of
£15 from Peter Knabb, Jr., January 1, 1802;
.25 receipt
dated November 10, 1801, for $148, signature not clear
.26 receipt:
Elisabeth Knab was paid forty Spanish dollars or £15
by Peter Knabb, Jr., Dec. 25, 1804
.49 receipt:
Elisabeth Knab was paid £15 by Peter Knabb, Jr., July 1807
.32 receipt:
Peter Knabb paid D. Berholet[?]
for sawing to the Hill Church, Dec. 24, 1810; on back: no. 32
.45 receipt:
Peter Knabb paid Martin Fritz[?] for smith work, Feb.
4, 1811; on back: no. 36
.7 receipt:
Mr. Knabb paid Geo. & Burneville[?]
Keim for glass for window sash, for the church,
Reading, June 13, 1811; on back: receipt for something else, crossed out
.36 receipt:
Peter Knab paid Daniel D. Keim
for use of Alsau[?] School House, Aug. 7, 1812; with
sums on back
.24 receipt
in German: April 15, 1815, signed Jacob Roy; name Daniel Zacharias[?] is
written in the text of the receipt
.29 memo:
mentions Daniel Zacharias[?] & Peter Knabb,
executors of George Babb, deceased; the name John Goodman also appears; dated
Aug. 16, 1816; on back: note in German, dated 1818
.19 receipted
bill: Peter Knabb paid J. F. Baum, for medicine and
attendance, March-April 1819; endorsed on back as bill Mr. P. Knabb to J. F. Baum
.20 receipt:
Knabb paid $5 on account of subsistence for Samuel Guldin in jail, signed Samuel Ritter, jailer, May 15, 1822
.23 receipt:
Peter Knabb paid for the amount overpaid him as a
road juror for viewing and laying out roads in Reading, signed Jno Ritter, July 26, 1828