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: Landon, George, d. 1831.
Title: Account
book
Dates: 1813-1831
Call No.: Doc. 580
Acc. No.: 72x329
Quantity: 1 volume (220 pages)
Location: 31 E
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT
George Landon (sometimes spelled
Landen) was a cabinetmaker and chairmaker in
SCOPE AND CONTENT
Records debits and credits accrued by Landon from 1813 to 1831. From August 1817 until 1819, the volume was used as a daybook; the remainder of the entries represent accounts. Landon performed such activities as turning table feet, mending wheels, painting furniture, fixing chairs and tool handles, and making chairs, rockers, blocks for bedsteads, shelving, umbrella handles, spinning wheels, and pliers. Types of wood mentioned include cherry, curly maple, and pine. Several local tavern keepers were among Landon's customers. Credits were given for loads of wood, flour, shoes, and a range of food items.
LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS
The materials are in English.
RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Purchased from Avis and Rockwell Gardiner.
ACCESS POINTS
Topics:
Cabinetwork.
Chairs - Prices.
Chairs - Repairing.
Furniture making.
Furniture painting.
Furniture industry and trade -
Furniture - Repairing.
Tools.
Agricultural implements - Maintenance and repair.
Wheels.
Farm produce.
Food prices - 19th century.
Lumber trade -
Business records -
Account books.
Cabinetmakers.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 31 E
Name index to Doc. 580
(acc. 72x329)
Abram,
Allen 28
Adams,
David 74, 190
Adams,
John 59, 116
(also spelled Addams)
Addams,
John - see
Alexander,
William James 68
Anderson,
James 131
Anderson,
Samuel 155
Anger,
Lyman 96, 183
Arbuckle,
Adam 57
Arbuckle,
Joseph 12
Arbuckle,
Mary 173
Arbuckle,
Richard 107
Arbuckle,
William 79, 146
Arbuckle,
William (junr.) 159
Armedon,
Henry 151
Baker,
Spencer 138
Ball,
Daniel 56
Ball,
Shelden 31
Barker,
Philo 195
Barnet,
Moses 80
Barney,
Seth 67
Barr,
James 77
Barr,
John L. 112
Barrett,
Don C. 186
Barrett,
0[illegible] 65
Barten,
William - see Barton
Barton,
William 70, 162
(also spelled Barten)
Beebe,
Doctor 82
Benjamin
Rush (
Bennett,
Ebenezer 189
Berten,
David - see Birten
Bidwell,
Seth 29
Bird,
Benjamin 26
Birten,
David 23, 79
(also spelled Berten)
Blackwood,
James 102
Blair,
James 140
Blair,
Smith 145
Boan,
John 39, 175
Bonnell
199
Bonnell,
'Thomas 108
Boo,
Black 60
Bradshaw,
Samuel 128
Brawley,
Francis 58, 142
Breight,
George 118
Breight,
Samuel 127
Brett,
John 118
Brewster,
Alexander 41
Brewster,
Stephen M. 4
Brindle,
John 44
Brindle,
Matthias 45
Browunt(?),
John 204
Brown,
Conrad 29
Brown,
Lemuel 205
Brown,
Robert 77
Brown,
Samuel 33, 219
Brown,
Samuel (Rev.) 139
Budd,
George (Capt.) 128
Bunten,
Samuel 42
Burling,
Ebenezer L. 102
Burns,
John 24
Burras,
H. B. 13
Busterholes
196
Byars,
Jacob 51
Caldwell,
David 37, 147
Caldwell,
James 90
Caldwell,
James A. (Jr.) 94
Caldwell,
John 59, 103
Caldwell,
John A. F. 109
Caldwell,
John G. 189
Caldwell,
John K. 141
Caldwell,
Robert 81, 106
Caldwell,
William 69
Calhoon,
Charles 168
Calhoon,
Stewart 90
Carter
(of Sage & Carter) 219
Cather,
John 80
Caughey
55
Caughey,
Andrew 62
Caughey,
Samuel 153
Chambers,
Benjamin 107
Chambers,
Ezekiel 111
Chambers,
James 158
Chase,
Daniel 99, 124
Church,
David 202
Clark,
Henry 40
Clark,
John 76, 86
Clark,
Patrick 135
Clement,
Richard 104
Clinton,
George 11
Clough,
Rufus 87
Coalmon,
Joseph C. 29
Cocheran,
John 62
Cogill,
Jonah 72
Comins,
James 8
Con
92
Conrad,
Joseph 11
Cooper,
Sylvestus 60
Coover,
Andrew 84, 120
Cottrin,
Asa 105
Crain,
Fowler 26
Crane,
Abiather 1
Crane,
Eliza 2, 202
Crider
203
Cristie,
Doctor 85
Crocker,
Ancient 47
Crouch
220, 221
Crouch,
Ansel 115, 164
Crouch,
Bob 221
Culbertson,
Andrew 112
Culbertson,
John B. 15
Cunningham,
Hugh 30
Curkpatrick,
James - see Kirkpatrick
Curkpatrick,
John 95, 102, 190
Curtis,
Cooly 83
Custerd,
Abraham 85, 145
Custerd,
William 141
Daniels,
Timothy 79
Daugherty,
Thomas 201
Daveson,
Francis 108
Daveson,
George 185
Daveson,
Robert 187
Davidson,
Andrew 40
Davidson,
Arthur 63
Davidson,
George 38
Davidson,
Polly 52
Davidson,
Robert 52
Davidson,
Thomas 91
Davidson,
Wm. 87
Davis,
Samuel 54
Day,
Jinks 161
Demer,
Joseph 130
Dempsey,
Watson 128
Dewey,
David M. 166
Dexter,
Daniel S. 47
Dickson,
John 14
Dillon,
Thomas 201
Dixson,
Thomas 101
Dobbins,
Capt. 192
Dobbins.,
Daniel 3
Donald,
William M. 64
Dougherty,
William 52
Drown,
Cyrel 133
Drown,
Whitfield 123
Duey
220, 221
Dumars,
James 87, 161
Duncan,
James 3, 167
Duncan,
Jonas 101, 179, 57
Duncan,
Samuel 97
Dunlap 69
Dunlap,
James 8
Dunlap,
John 94
Dunn,
Ambrose 67, 156
Dunn,
James 93
Dunn,
Simeon 121
Dunn,
Thomas 67
Dunn,
William 172
Dunnsmoor,
Adam 29
Eagle,
Jacob 89
Eaton,
(Rev.) 83
Ebersoal,
Christian 50
Ebersole,
Joseph 193, 195
Edwards,
William 49
Eggnue,
Samuel 86, 156
Eldridge,
Ebenezer 155
Elliot,
Andrew 58
Elliott,
George A. 151
English,
George 40
Erie
& Chautauque Co. 149
Erwin,
Robert 21
Evans,
John 74
Fairgo,
Thomas 86
Farnom,
William 97
Ferrin,
George 203
Fields,
William 197
Fleming,
William 56, 170
(also spelled Flemming)
Flemming,
William - see Fleming
Flemmon,
Benjamin 26
Flowers,
James 90
Foot,
Warren 54
Forster,
Frederick L. 169
Forster,
John 89
Forster,
Josiah 2
Forster,
Martin 148
Forster,
Thomas 5, 102
Forster,
Thomas (jnr.) 95
Forster,
William 75
Foster,
David 150
Fouzier,
David 94, 182
Freemon,
Lieut. 135
Fross,
Abijah 180, 191
Fuller,
Almond 27
Fuller,
Gallegher,
George 98, 110
(also spelled Galleher)
Gallegher,
George W. 160, 194
(also spelled Galleher)
Galleher
- see Gallegher
Gaskill,
Charles C. 220
Gates,
Charles 86
Gidens,
Silas 42
Gilbert,
Ezekiel 178
Gilbert,
Napp D. (Capt.) 138
Gillaspie
& Jackson 219
Gingery
84
Glazure,
Ira 52
Goodwin,
Mirum 169
Grager,
Jacob 17
Graham,
Ebenezer 39
Graham,
James 40
Graham,
Moses 76
Graham,
Samuel 18
Graham,
William 148
Grawotz,
Peter 83
Grawotz,
Thomas 71
Green,
John 103
Grey,
James 154
Grey,
John 28
Grey,
Robert 16
Grier
118
Grier,
Matthew (Jnr.) 189
Grubb,
Benjamin 55
Grubb,
John 16
Guy
50
Haggerty,
William 17, 60
Hall,
Benjamin 89
Hammot,
Peter S. V. 173
Hannah,
Ellihu L. 105
Harmon,
Robert 163
Harris,
Absolem 62
Harris,
John 12
Havling,
Barnebas 120
Hay,
James 24
Hay,
John 94
Haybarger,
George 39, 136
Hays,
Hays,
Samuel 96
Hazelet,
Archebald 167
Henderson,
Joseph 84
Hen(e)ry
141
Henery,
James 67
Henery,
John 76
Henery,
Joseph 32, 93, 165
Henry,
William 19
Herrington,
Isaac 64
Hess,
George 197
Hewit,
Elijah 18
Hideler,
Curtis 157
Hill,
George, & Co. 82
Hill,
George 82, 183
Hines,
George 39
Hinton
65
Hinton,
Griffey 45
Hinton,
Stephen 127
Hixon,
Jeremiah 85
Holmes,
Reed 73
Hoskins,
Bazil 7
Hoskins,
William 184
Hulbert,
Richard 6
Huntsbarger,
Isaac 144
Hurley,
William 43
Huse,
Thomas 44
Hutchinson,
Myron 205
Insel
188
Jacks,
Eliza 58
Jackson,
James 124
Jackson,
Lyman 83
Jackson,
Sheldon 200
Jackson,
Smith 163
Jacob,
Gilbert 176
James,
Thomas P. 168
Jewit,
Anson 172
Johns,
William (Doct.) 109
Johnson,
Joseph 58
Johnson,
Samuel 81
Johnson,
William C. 53
Joiner,
Zacheous 90
Jones
202
Jones,
Amos 63
Justice,
John 78
Keep,
Marcena 158
Keep,
Matthew 18
Kelley,
George 61
Kelley,
John 134
Kelley,
William 23, 63, 175, 219
Kellogg,
I. & G., &
Kelly,
Mary 31
Kelsoe,
Albert 183
Kelsoe,
Edwin 184
Kennady,
Thomas 50
Kincaid,
Robert 29
Kindpaw
47
Kinny,
Betsey 91
Kirkpatrick,
James 88, 172
Kirkpatrick
– see also Curkpatrick
Kule,
Yost 176
Laird,
Thomas 38, 198
Lamberton,
William 162
Landen
- see Landon
Landon
206, 219
Landon,
G. 219
Lapsley,
John C. 13
Large,
Robert 1
Laughead,
John 79
Laughead,
John B. 139
Lay,
Charles 100, 131
Lee,
Stephen 1
Lewis,
Benjamin 22
Linda,
Black 66
Lindsley
64
Lininger,
John 20
Lochery,
Henry 89
Lochlin,
James 65
Loid,
Aaron 88
Lord
& Perkins 188, 202
Love,
David 46
Low,
Ancient 45
Lowrey,
Andrew 36
Lyans,
Jacob 133
Magill,
John 204
(possibly should be McGill)
Mapes,
John 82
Marsh,
L. 115
Marten,
Joseph 28
Marten,
William 155
Martin,
Andrew 23
Martin,
John F. 48
Martin,
Samuel 145
May
2
Maynolds,
Gilbert 11
McCain
134
McCann,
Hugh 82, 121, 129
McCann,
John 69, 100
McCann,
Thomas 123
McClelland,
Robert 104
McClelland,
Samuel 54
McClure,
Daniel 56
McClure,
John 161
McComins,
Nathan 66
McConkey,
James 129, 186
McCord,
John 58, 142
McCrary,
David 68
McCrary,
Joseph F.(?) 87
McCrary,
Thomas 135
McCrary,
William 53
McCray,
Samuel 43
McCrerey,
Joseph W. 166
McCue,
Barnabas 35
McCullough,
Nathan 2
McCullough,
Robert 38, 125
(also spelled McCulough)
McCulough,
Robert - see McCullough
McDaniels,
Daniel 116, 195
(also spelled McDannell)
McDannell,
Daniel - see McDaniels
McGee,
John 42
[spelled
Megee]
McGill,
James 143
McGill,
John – see Magill
McKee
107
McKee,
Alexander (Jnr.) 132
McKee,
Holmes 61
McKee,
Thomas 106, 182
McKinny,
Rev. 146
McNair,
David 9
McNair,
William E. 92
McSparren,
Archibald 37, 171
Meaker,
John 108, 203
Megee
– see McGee
Mehathey,
Thomas 111
Mellen,
Thomas 144
Mellhorn,
John 203
Metcalf,
Jonathan 198
Michum
196, 220, 221
Miles,
George (jnr.) 5
Miles,
Samuel 161
Miller,
Thomas N. 205
Millor,
John 22
Millor,
John C. 88
Millor,
Thomas M. 34
Millor,
Wendell 127
Millor,
William 92
Mills,
John 143
Misner 198
Moody 140
Moore,
George 29, 41
Moore,
Isaac 26, 137
Moore,
James 60
Moore,
John 48
Moore,
John (inr.) 134
Moore,
John T. 25@ 191
Moorehead,
James 80
Moorehead,
John 21, 47
Moorehead,
Joseph 136
Moorehead,
Robert 97
Moorehead,
Thomas 33, 112
(also spelled
Moorehead,
Thomas (inr.) 181
Morris,
John 78, 126
Morrison,
Caty 129
Morse,
Silas W. 138
Morton,
James 107
Murdock
(of Stevens & Murdock) 117
Murry
15
Nap,
(Capt.) 71
Nason
105
Nelson,
Andrew 104
Nelson,
John 20, 34
Nicholson,
George 72
Nicholson,
John 32
Norcross,
Andrew 8, 189, 197
Norcross,
John 35
Nutting,
William 12
Oberry,
Sarah 61
Odonnal,
Cornelious 132
O'Donnell
- see Odonnal
Oliver,
Stephen 31
Orsbourn,
Samuel 26
Ossier,
David 54
Parker,
Edward 81
Parker,
Jonas 81
Parmelton,
John 127
Paul,
William 117
Pease,
Bradley M. 203
Perkins
(of Lord and Perkins) 188
Polick,
David 16, 150
Pollock,
Charles 204
Porter,
John R. 159
Porter,
Joseph 26
Potter,
Tilly 125
Randell,
John 132
Randell,
Joshua 59
Raynolds,
John 29
Reed,
Charles J. 10
Reed,
George W. 120
Reed,
James M. 48
Reed,
Rufus S. 49, [177]
Rees,
Black Bob 75
Rees,
Thomas (jnr.) 7
Riblet,
Henry 30
Riblet,
John 44, 134
Riblet,
John (Sen.) 143
Riblet,
Michael 30, 174
Riblet,
Sollamon 17
Rich
24
Richards,
John 155
Richardson,
Lieut. 86
Riddle,
John 103
Rite,
Edmun 178
Robbeson,
James 108, 156, 187
Robbeson,
John 78, 150
Robbeson,
Thomas 164
Robbison,
John - see Robbeson
Robeson,
James - see Robbeson
Robeson,
John (inr.) 181
(see also Robbeson)
Robinson
196, 204
Robinson,
Jas. 196
Russell,
Banjamin 28
Russell,
Hamlin 36
Russell,
John 99
Russell,
Wm 170
Ryan,
Lyddia 16
Sage
& Carter 219
Sage,
O. N. 219
Sallesbury,
John 158
Salsbury,
Mary 200
Salsbury,
Nathan 128
Salsmon,
William 88, 182
Salvedore
49
Sanford,
Giles, & Co. 113-115
Sanford,
Giles 193
Schantz,
George 29, 144
Scoot,
Francis 4
[surname should be Scott?]
Scoot,
Robert 181
[surname should be Scott?]
Scrozure,
William 106
Selden,
George 9
Selden,
Joseph 127
Sewel,
Ebenezer 11
Sharp
50
Shattuck,
Corning 148
Shattuck,
Joseph 85
Shuice,
(Rev.?) I
Sherwin,
Francis 135
Shields,
Andrew 171
Siddle
88
Sill,
Thomas H. 27
Silverthorn,
James 56
Smith,
Adam 136
Smith,
Garret P. 184
Smith
(Rev.) 185
Soles
201
Spears,
Alexander 86
Spots,
Henry 4
Standclif,
Eben 151
Standcliff
220, 221
Starrett,
Wm. 47
Sterrett,
David 111
Sterrett,
James M. 73, 152
Sterrett,
Joseph 66
Sterrett,
Micheal 91
Sterrett,
Robert 51, 119, 122
Sterrett,
Robert T. 55, 140
Sterrett,
Thomas 93, 147
Stevens
& Murdock 117
Stewart,
James 120
Stewart,
John 146
Stone,
John 18
Stone,
Silas 18
Stopher,
James 117
Stough,
John 48
Stratten,
Jonathan 53
Stuart,
Thomas 75
Stugeon,
Samuel 10
Stuntz,
George 65
Stuntz,
Stephen 18
Swan
112
Swan,
Richard 197
Sweeney
203
Swe[e]ney,
Charles 72
Swe[e]ney,
Henery 95
Swe[e]ney,
John 21
Tabor,
Beebe 219
Taggert,
Tallmage,
James 103, 172
Tarbell,
Jessee 46
Taylor,
John 121
Teel,
John 83
Timberlake,
Richard 18
Tukesbury
33
Tuttle
35, 141
Tyler,
Lewis 129
Undecipherable 122, 153
U.
S. Navy 86
Upham,
Nathan (Capt.) 105
Upper,
Jacob 92
Vance,
John 15, 158
Vance,
Thomas 89
Vaness,
Elizabeth 176
Vaughan,
Jacob G. 121
Vincient,
Garritson 31
Waggeoner,
Abraham 32
Walker,
John H. 188
Wallace,
Benjamin 42
Wallace,
John C. 2
Wallace,
Robert 62
Walter,
Sollamon 64
Ward,
William W. 147
Warren,
John 46, 115, 137
Warren,
S. 199
Warren,
William 109
Wassen,
David 25, 195
Wattles,
William W. 10
Webster,
Eli 164
Welden,
David 40
Weldon,
Samuel 165
Wells,
John 61
Wheeler,
William 72
White,
John F. 174
White,
John F.(?) (Capt.) 84
Whitlock,
Frederick 199
Wice,
Jacob 24
Widdle,
Christian 204
Widell,
John 157
Wilkins,
Thomas 65
Wilsey,
Isaac 165
William
Penn (steam boat) 163
Williams,
James 55
Williams,
(Rev.) 86
Willis,
Thomas 125
Wilson,
Charles 83
Wilson,
James B. 6
Wilson,
Robert 87
Wilson,
Thomas 36
Wilson,
William 81
Wiman,
Conrad 91
Wing,
John 59
Wittey,
William 45
Woodford,
Amos P. 66
Woolverton.
Stevhen 4
Yong,
Peter 68
Zimmermon,
John 74
Zinn
200
Zook,
Christian 167
Zook,
Henery 54
Zook,
Jacob 69
Zook,
John 157