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:          [unknown]                                           

Title:               Ledger

Dates:             1768

Call No.:         Doc. 326

Acc. No.:         86x173

Quantity:        10 pages

Location:        31 C

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

The keeper of this ledger seems to have been a merchant or retailer in New York.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Entries record debits and credits accrued by customers.  Each name has a corresponding customer number associated with it.  Products sold included: snuff, combs, indigo, tea, buttons, linen, calico, white silk, chintz, and other fabrics.  Individuals received credits for such items as fabrics, bread, barley, sundries, wine, comb, earthenware, and cash.

           

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

           

 

PROVENANCE

           

Purchased from Stephen A. Resnick.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            Business records - New York (State)

            Retail trade - History - 18th century.

            Textile fabrics - Prices - 18th century.

            Beverages - Prices.

            Food prices - 18th century.

            Account books.

            Ledgers.

           

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 31 C

 

 

 


Name index to Doc. 326 (acc. 86x173)

 

Alner, James         36

 

Barclay, David      31, 37

Bond, Sarah           39

Bull, Calet, Jr.        45

Bull, Elizabeth       32

Bull, Joseph         30, 32, 33, 38

Butler, Isaac        30

 

Corbacker, John      39

Corsa, Isaac        32, 33, 36, 38

Crompton, John     33

 

DeGrote, John         44

Delaplain, Joshua     39

De Peyster, William    36, 37

 

Ettenger, Jno.          36

 

Field, Anthony        36

Franklin, James       33, 39, 44

Franklin, Jon., Thos., & Samuel  30, 33

Franklin, Walter       30

 

Garison, Lambert    32, 38

Gharr, Wm.        44

Gleen, Anthony      31

Graham & Hunt     31, 38

Graham, Robert      31, 33, 36-39, 45

 

Hatfield, Abraham        31

Hildreth, Benjamin       37

Heustis the Bookman    33

Hoofnail, Michael        30

 

Kneeland, Eleaz.         36

 

Lawson, Wm.        38

 

Nixon, James       33

 

Pearsall & Willet       38

Pearsall, Thomas         39

 

Remsen, Peter       39

 

Sacket, Joseph, Jr.     39

Stout, Benjamin       31, 32

 

Taylor, Willet        37

Thomas, Thomas    37

Thurman, Alexander & Co.     38

Tiley, James        38

Tolman, Wm.       39

 

VanderVoort, Peter     37, 39, 44

Van Dyck, Francis        39

Van Klek Brothers        44

 

Ward, Stephen       30, 33, 44

Wardenbrook, William     38

Willet, Benjamin         31

Winn, Isaac              44

Wister, Caspar           36