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: Babbitt, Jacob.
Title: Waste
book
Dates: 1814-1816
Call No.: Doc. 430
Acc. No.: 81x44
Quantity: 1 volume (100 pages)
Location: 31 D
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT
Jacob Babbitt was a shipping
merchant in
SCOPE AND CONTENT
Contains receipts and disbursements relating to Babbitt's shipping activities as well as items purchased for personal use. Entries feature such things as insurance on cargo, postage, and amounts owed for labor performed on frigates, schooners, brigs, etc. Such objects as shoes, a pen knife, ribbon, ink, buttons, umbrellas, dry goods, sugar, coal, and young ducks are mentioned.
LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS
The materials are in English.
RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Purchased from Gordon Wright
Colket.
ACCESS POINTS
Topics:
Shipping
-
Business records -
Insurance.
Textile fabrics - Prices - 19th century.
Shoes - Prices.
Dry-goods - Prices.
Account books.
Merchants.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 31 D
Name index and object
list:
Name index to Doc. 430
(acc. 81x44) (including names of ships)
Arnold,
Stephen 59
Babbitt,
Jacob 2-4, 12-13, 16, 18, 23, 26, 28,
30, 32, 35, 38-41, 44, 47, 51, 53-54, 57, 61- 62, 67-68
Bosworth,
Benjamin B. 5, 7, 34, 61-62
Brutus
(schooner) 37
Bullock,
Nathan 13
Burges,
James P. 9, 28, 31, 45, 51, 60-61
Clara
(schooner) 37
Church,
Thomas 52
Cook,
W. 6
Davis,
R. 36
DeWolf,
Packard & DeWolf 54
DeWolf,
Charles, Jr. 2, 6, 33-34, 42-43, 45, 49,
52, 55-56, 60
DeWolf
, George 19, 35, 50
Dyer,
B. & C. 67
Eliza
Ann (brig) 53, 62, 68
Fales,
J. 60
French,
Zech. 54, 59
Grand
Association of Majors 56
Gray
(of Smith & Gray) 49
Gray,
Wm. (Hon.) 49
Green,
Ezekiel 42, 46, 48-49, 53-55, 57, 61,
68
Greenleaf,
Am. H. 59
Howe,
Geo. 36, 38
Johnson,
Jno. 27
Luther,
S. 34, 67
Maria
Louisa (brig) 11-12, 18
Mary
(schooner) 35, 46, 48
Mayberry,
Thomas 11
Miller,
Doctor 55
Morice,
D. N. 37, 41, 53, 68
Olive
Branch (schooner) 53, 62, 68
Packard
(of DeWolf, Packard & DeWolf) 54
Peck,
John 35
Reynolds,
Wm. 7
Sally
(brig) 41-42, 47, 49, 51, 53-55, 57,
61, 64, 67
Smith
& Gray 49
Smith,
W.C. 31
Spalding,
Zadoc 42, 57
Sylvester,
Jos. 30
Triv.
(Ship) 32
Wardwell,
J. 52
Webb,
Burling 45
Object list:
buttons
(silver) 36
cassimere 7
flannel 46
hat 22, 38, 45
ivory 56
knife,
pen 58
linen 36, 65
nankeen 9
pistol 23
shoes 8, 15, 17, 58, 66
silk 7
table 8
tobacco 11
umbrella 37, 63
watch 58