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:          Waln, Robert, 1794-1825.                              

Title:               Daybook

Dates:             1816-1821

Call No.:         Doc. 574

Acc. No.:         69x149

Quantity:        1 volume (270 pages)

Location:        31 E

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

Robert Waln, Jr. was a merchant in Philadelphia, Pa.  He was also interested in literature and wrote satire.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Records daily financial transactions related to Waln's mercantile dealings as well as his household expenses, including profit and loss statements, payments to accounts, expenditures for ships sent overseas, wharfage fees, money invested in sugar and coffee speculation, lists of sundries purchased, amounts spent for tuition, items purchased from Fletcher & Gardiner (silversmiths), salaries paid to servants, etc.  Many transactions involved Stephen Girard, a banker.  Waln often recorded the occupations of those with whom he did business.

           

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

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

           

 

PROVENANCE

 

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont.

           

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

People:

            Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831.

 

Topics:

            Fletcher & Gardiner.

            Shipment of goods.

            Coffee - Commerce.

            Sugar - Commerce.

            Banks and banking - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.

            Shipping - Accounting.

            Ships - Cargo.

            Speculation.

            Business records - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.

            Wages - Domestics.

            Home economics - Accounting - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.

            Philadelphia (Pa.) - Commerce.

            Daybooks.

            Merchants.

           

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 31 E

 

 

Partial index to Doc. 574 (acc. 69x149)

 

Bank of North America   1

Bevan, John  65

Bready   26

Burton, Robert   8

 

Carter  39

Cassey, Jos   66

Craig   38

 

Davenport, George    8

Davenport, William   65

 

Earle, James   66

Evory, James   21

 

Fletcher & Gardner   29, 66

Fortell, James  8

 

George, R.   28

Girard, Stephen   56

 

Hall, Jno   19

Haydon, William   66

Hicks, Jenkins & Company   43

Hill, Jos   66

Humphrey & Turner  10

 

Leadbeater & Sheldon   66

Lehman & Smith   10

 

McKensie   27

McKensie, Richard   27, 67

 

Natt, Thomas   66

 

Patterson, Thomas   8

Pierce & Thackara   8

 

Roberts, James   44

Robeson, John   8

 

Snyder & Myers   8

Sparks, T. & R.   66

 

Taylor, John R.   44

Thomas, Moses   11

 

Voight, Henry   8

 

Ware, David   9