The Winterthur Library

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: Wagner, William.

Title: Account book

Dates: 1813-1818

Call No.: Doc. 660

Acc. No.: 66x96

Quantity: 1 volume (136 pages)

Location: 31 F

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

William Wagner worked as a housebuilder in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was in a partnership with Jacob Frank.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Records Wagner's expenses from 1813 to 1818 as per his opening paragraph "all money which I expended are placed in this book except which is paid to the journeyman ... half of which expenditure Jacob Frank, Jr. is to bear." Costs of such materials as nails, lumber, bricks, shingles, loads of lime, and hatchet handles as well as land are documents. Such activities as painting, carting, altering planes, ironmongering, and digging are noted. Shirts, stockings, shoes, and boys' schooling are also 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 R.T. Trump & Co.

ACCESS POINTS

People:

Frank, Jacob, Jr.

Topics:

Building materials.

Hardware.

Tools.

House painting.

House construction.

Wages - Construction industry.

Real property - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.

Business records - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.

Account books.

Builders.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 31 F

Name index to Doc. 660 (acc. 66x96)

Abel 24

Adam (of Walters and Adam) 95

Albertson 132

Alexander 115

Andrew 83-85, 101, 106

Appel, V. - see Apple

Apple, V. 15, 17

(also spelled Appel)

Baker 15

Baker & Dilworth 64, 84, 113

Baker & Markle 20

(see also Baker & Merekle)

Baker & Merekle 32

(see also Baker & Markle)

Baker & Wayne 3, 23, 42

Baker, G. 27, 30, 88

Baker, M. 43

Baker, M., & Son 72, 88, 104, 105, 120

Baker, Michael 23

Baker, Michael, & Son 59, 70

Balbach, D. 11, 78, 102

Balbach, David 48, 53, 65, 96

Bank, N. Libertie [124, 128,] 136

Barbour, James 89, 117, 120

Barckley & Maderia 28

Barnes, J. 14

Bartleson, P. 90

Bartling 57

Bartling, C. 109

Beates 11, 63

Beates-Ridgway-Carrel 62

Beates, F. 62, 90, 120

Bedford 2, 8, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, 23-26, 37, 104

Bedford, T 41, 78

Beers 43

Belknap (of Taylor & Belknap) 117

Belrose, J. 88

Ben 73

Bennet & Tennent 49, 62, 84, 98, 112, 132

Bets, E. - see Betts

Betts, E. 6, 38, 79, 100, 111, 126, 133

Bevans, M. L. 5

Bickley 28

Bickley & Taylor 58

Biddel 12

Binder, W. 101

Birnguard, Andrew 56-59, 63, 80

Bob, Peter 17

Bonsal 1

Bonsal, John 94

Borden, S. 3, 4, 9

Boulby - see Bowlby

Bowlbey - see Bowlby

Bowlbey, E. 85

Bowlby 58, 20, 42

(also spelled Boulby, Bowlbey)

Brandif, D. 88

Brinton 1. 2,

Brinton, Burd & Wallace 3

Britton 11

Britton (of Smith & Britton) 36, 38, 75

Britton & Smith 53

Britton, W. 20

Brooker, Christian 134

Brown 129

Brown, E. 103

Brown, J. 132

Brown, J. C. 85

Bryan 131

Bryan & Vaux 113

Bryan, G. 124

(also spelled Bryen)

Bryan, Guy 124, 133

Bryen, G. - see Bryan

Bryen, W. P. 111

Buntings & Watson 7, 27, 48, 87

Burd 3

Burd (of Hale & Burd) 120

Burley 108

Burley & Henry 116, 117, 125

Burr 92

Burr (of Wright & Burr) 69, 79, 89, 91-93

Butler 51

Byrne (of Clopper & Byrne) 73

C., A. 106

Callahan 33

Carr, E. 11

Carrel, E. 91

Carson, W. 120, 129, 133

Carson, Wm. 122, 123, 125

Cecil 84

Cline 42

Clopper & Byrne 73

Collens, Ben 68

Conard & West 6

(see also Conrad & West)

Conaroe 97

Conrad & Lancaster 63, 76, 79

Conrad & West 30

(see also Conard & West)

Cope & Crothers 61, 62, 68, 75

Coper 68

Copes 92

Cox 5

Cranmer & Diamond 2

Cranmer, T. 1, 4

Crawford 3, 30, 59, 60, 77, 129

Crawford, A. 11, 114, 116, 125

Crothers (of Cope & Crothers) 61, 62, 68, 75

Cury 130

Danneker, C. 135

Danniel 16, 45, 47, 55, 61, 62, 74, 83, 84, 86, 88-91, 94, 96-99, 102, 103, 106-109, 112, 117, 122, 123, 125-130, 133, 134

Danniels, J. 32

David 43, 66

Davis 97, 125

Davis, S. 127

Denckla 51, 52

Denman 21, 29

Diamond (of Cranmer & Diamond) 2

Dickenson, J. 12

Dickenson, Jesse 92

Dilworth (of Baker & Dilworth 64, 84, 113

Dorsey, Doctor 17

Dougherty 47, 124

Dunlap 97, 113

Eckstein, J. 51

Edenborn, J. 9

Elick or Ellick 95, 96

Elmaher(?) 128, 134, 135

Evans 11, 29, 31, 101, 42, 73, 76

Evans (of Ridgway & Evans) 29, 4

Evans & Weaver 2, 15, 29

Evans, J. 42, 64

Evans, J. R 95

Evans, John 66, 78, 88, 107, 120, 124, 128

Eyre & Landel 57

Faries 46, 47, 58, 63, 66, 72, 89

(see also Ferris)

Faries, W. 44, 59, 66, 71, 94

Ferris 41, 45

(see also Faries)

Fezune 7, 9, 12, 17

Fezune & Co. 6

Fezune, J. 5, 8, 11, 24, 86

Fezune, John 5, 16

Firth, P. 86, 116

Fisher 31, 96, 104, 121

Fisher, J. 57

Fisher, John 57

Fisher, S. W. 73

Fitler, W. 107

Fitzwater 107, 130

Flin, R - see Flinn

Flinn, R 120-123, 125, 127, 128, 131-135

(also spelled Flin)

Fox S. 106, 133

Fox, Saml. 102

Frank 93, 100, 107

Frank & Wagner [1], 85, [91]

Frank, C. 9, 15, 20, 93, 97, 102, 105, 123, 131, 134, 135

Frank, Christian 75

Frank, J. 4, 6, 7, 13, [20, 23, 26-30, 32, 33, 41, 42, 44-46, 48, 51, 57, 61, 62, 64, 67, 69, 74, 75, 83, 86, 87, 89, 92, 96, 99, 106, 109, 115, 120, 123, 124, 136,]

Frank, J. (Jr.) 16

Frank, J[acob] (Senr.) 1, 27, [38]

Frank, Jacob [3, 13, 33, 39, 43,] 52, 53 [55,] 70, 78, [83, 125]

Frank, Jacob (Jr.) 18

Frieke 2

Garrigues, W. 22

Gilbert 76, 91

Gilbert (of Pederson and Gilbert) 75, 102, 105, 84, 90

Godshal 111

Godhsal, J. 132

Goldsmith 56, 87, 114, 136

Goodman 4, 25, 31, 61, 126

Gorgas (of Keyser & Gorgas) 42, 112

Gorgas & Keyser 98

Graff 20, 63, 87

Graff, F. 47, 73, 93, 108, 135

Grant & Stone 90

Green 117

Griffith, Doctor 1

Grim, P. 8

Grodivent 117

Grof - see Groff

Groff 32, 33, 36, 41

(also spelled Grof)

Groves, D. 12

Guier(?), John 59

Gulager 116, 129, 91-93, 98, 100, 107, 108, 113

(also spelled Gulegar, Culeger, Guliger)

Gulager, C. 130

Gulager, Wm. 58

Gulegar - see Gulager

Guleger - see Gulager

Guliger - see Gulager

Gustin, J. 60, 65

Gustin, John 60

Haga, G. 7

Haines 105

Haines, E. 20, 55, 83, 109

(also spelled Hains)

Hains, E. - see Haines

Hale & Burd 120

Hallowel - see Hallowell

Hallowel, W. 116

Hallowel, Wm. 48

Hallowell 1, 15, 30, 37, 83

(also spelled Hallowel, Halowell)

Halowell - see Hallowell

Hampton 71

Harding 5

Harding (of Smith & Harding) 15, 5, 21

Harkness (of Moore & Harkness) 74, 76, 78, 99, 128, 130

Harlan 130

Hartranst (of Moore & Hartranst) 116, 117, 120-124

Hawkens 4

Haydock 52, 57

Haydock, R., & Son 87

Hazelhurst 6, 16, 27, 37, 45, 52

Headerly 113, 125, 129

Henderson (of Wiant, Henderson and Levan) 127

Henry (of Burley & Henry) 116, 117, 125

Henry & Burley 121, 123

Herbert 75, 103, 69, 134

Hewit (of Wipple and Hewit) 5

Heyls 126, 135

Hilbornes 65, 115

Hilsey 3, 10, 72

Hodges 43

Hoffman, J. 31

Horn & Meredith 28-30

Houkley, F. 52

Howel 1, 2, 8, 10, 30, 49, 63

Howel, J. 87

Howel, John 114

Howel, R. 1, 111

Hubble 104

Hubble, T. 98

Huhn 46, 49, 58, 62, 71, 79, 85, 92, 97, 107, 111, 113

Huhn, A. 43

Huhn, Adam 42, 44, 45, 59, 61

Huhn, D. 46, 47, 49, 56, 60, 67, 70, 71, 76, 77, 85, 92, 93, 96, 98, 100, 103, 105, 116, 123, 125, 130, 136

Huhn, John 43-45, 56, 58, 87, 102

Hulce, S. 43

Hulufor(?) 121

Hunt, John 88

Hurley 56

Hurley, T. 112

Ireland 98

Ireland, A. 127

Israel, W. P. 9, 21, 31, 71, 78

Israel, Wm P. 100

Jackson, J. 131

Jarden, S. 8, 124

(also spelled Jorden)

John 55, 96

John & Elick 95

Jones 22

Jones (of Traverse & Jones) 120

Jones & Wead 5

Jones, D. 101

Jones, Dr. 55

Jones, S. 60

Jones, T. 97

Jorden 4, 38, 53

Jorden, S. - see Jarden

Joseph 55, 83

Jourden, D. 64

Juvenal, J. - see Juvenall

Juvenall, J. 24, 53, 84

(also spelled Juvenal)

Juvenall, Jacob 38, 55

Katz, George 47, 94

Kenedey 30

Kesler 102

Keyser 114

Keyser & Gorgas 42, 112

Kid, R. 14

Knight 3

Knight, J. 26

Knor, G. 1

Krebs 13, 15

Krebs, George 15

Keighler, J. 9, 51, 62

Keighler, Jacob 17

Lammot 103

Lancaster (of Conrad & Lancaster) 63, 76, 79

Lancaster, L. 70

Landel (of Eyre & Landel) 57

Lattimore 133

Laws, W. 3

Leadbeater 56

Leannard 73, 74, 76, 91

Leannard, M. 61, 64, 65, 67, 68, 70, 72-74, 78, 84, 86, 91

(also spelled Leanneard, Leneard)

Leanneard, M. - see Leannard

Lee 88, 91, 114, 115

Lee, W. 92

Lee, Wm. 85, 131

Leiper 7, 131, 132

Leiper, T. 57, 131

Leneard, M. - see Leannard

Levan (of Wiant, Henderson and Levan) 127

Levan, J. 101

Levering 32

Levering, A. 9

Levering, J. 32, 88

Levering, John 53, 66, 68, 76, 84, 87, 103, 131, 136

Lewis (negro) 24

Linton 53, 58, 135

Lippincut, R. 88

Loughead 68

Lybrand, G. 55, 105, 129, 135

Lukens 3

Little (of Moore-Little) 31

Maderia (of Barckley & Maderia) 28

Mahar 124

Markland, John 70

Markle (of Baker & Markle) 20

(see also Merckle)

Markle, J. 122

Massey 13, 16, 21, 28, 32, 41, 73

Massey, J. 1, 3, 10, 12, 46

Massey, J. W. 33, 55

Massey, James 37

Maul, Israel 115

Mayland, J. 66

Maylin's Mill 58

McCarter 28, 30, 127

McCarter, W. 123

McCarter, Wm. 76

McCrea 38, 108, 133

McCrea, J. 99, 132

McCurdy 108

McDermot 6

McGrota 1

Mechanics Bank 26 93, 129

Merekle (of Baker & Merckle) 32

(see also Markle)

Meredith 6, 8, 10, 12-15, 21, 22

Meredith (of Horn & Meredith) 28-30

Meredith, D. 8, 9, 21

Meredith, David 22

Meyers 91, 104

Meyers, G. 105

Michael 25, 76

Middleton, A. 109

Middleton & Wolley - see Middleton & Woolley

Middleton & Wolly - see Middleton & Woolley

Middleton & Woolley 4, 22, 31, 46, 62, 88, 111

(also spelled Wolley, Wolly)

Miley 93, 135

Milford 129

Miller & Van Beuren 103

Miller, D. 55

Miller, D. H. 15, 21, 86

Mingel - see Mingle

Mingle 56, 79, 107, 130

(also spelled Mingel)

Mintzer, Adam 20

Mintzer, John 22

Montgomery 12, 16, 22, 30, 37

Moore & Harkness 74, 76, 78, 99, 128, 130

Moore & Hartranst 116, 117, 120-124

Moore-Little 31

Moore, F. 1, 9

Moore, J. 1, 93

Morris, R. 50, 112

Nagle - see Naglee

Nagle, J. - see Naglee

Naglee 13, 42

(also spelled Nagle)

Naglee, J. 56, 77, 85, 98

(also spelled Nagle)

Nicholson 86

Nicholson, L. 62

Northern Liberties [N. Libertie] Bank [124, 128] 136

Pannel & Tennent 135

Paul 89

Paul & Williams 11

Paul, J. 37

Pechen or Pechin 92

Pedersen or Pederson 74, 75, 76

Pedersen & Gilbert 102, 75, 84, 90, 105

(also spelled Pederson & Gilbert)

Pederson and Gilbert - see Pedersen & Gilbert

Peirce 26

Pettit 46, 58, 94, 95

Pettit & Smith 90, 92-94, 96-98, 103, 112, 113, 124, 125, 129, 130, 135

Pettit, J. 42

Pettit, Jon 102

Philip 103

Point, J. 21

Pringle, J. 1

Rakestraw 84

Randolph & Shotwel 105, 112

Ray 6

Reall(?), Saml. 67

Reeves, J. 28

Remington, C. 64

Remington, J. B. 64

Remmington 32

Remmington, C. & J. 8

Remmington, J. 59

Remmington, J. B. 51, 89, 106, 126

Remmington, J. C. 85

Rex 107, 128

Rexford 25

Rhoads 57, 93, 131

(also spelled Rhodes)

Rhodes - see Rhoads

Rhoner 24, 25, 27-30

Rhoner, S. 29, 32

Rice 8, 20, 37, 63

Rice, W. 58

Rickett 79, 101

Ricket, J. - see Rickett

Rickett, J. 98, 106, 126, 129

(also spelled Ricket)

Rider, J. 24, 57, 58, 68, 74, 79

(also spelled Ryder)

Rider, John 48, 53, 56, 63, 70, 71

(also spelled Ryder)

Riehle 130

Riehle, W. 58

Ridgway 91, 62

Ridgway & Evans 4, 29

Ridgway, T. 70, 112

Rihards, M. 131

Robbins 33

Roberts 90, 129

Roberts, R. 85

Roberts, S. 135

Rogers 101, 105, 106, 115, 116

Rogers & Taylor 100

Rogers, J. 96, 135

Rogers, Josiah 96

Rogers, W. 113, 115

Rogers, William 114

Rose, T. 32

Rose, Thos. 84

Ruff, W. 93, 133

Ruff, Wm. 128

Ryder 50, 64, 79, 86, 99, 100, 106

(see also Rider)

Ryder, J. - see Rider

Ryder, John - see Rider

S., W. 100

Sailor 25

Scheaffer 12

Schot, J. 124, 133

Schreiner 14, 28, 31

(also spelled Schriner)

Schrach, J. 69

Schriner - see Schreiner

Sexton, J. S. 56

Sheldon 75

Shippen 14, 30, 52, 59

Shively, G. 21

Shoemaker 86

Shotwel (of Randolph & Shotwel) 105, 112

Shotwell 8

Simmons 52, 79, 95

Simmons & Son 48

Simmons, E. (jnr.) 48

Simmons, E., & Son 17, 59

Simmons, S. 27, 4, 56, 108, 133

Sims, Joseph 114

Sleeper, B. 79, 109, 127

Smith 64, 68, 74, 136

Smith (of Britton & Smith) 53

Smith (of Pettit & Smith) 90, 92-94, 96, 97, 98, 103, 112, 113, 124, 125, 129, 130, 135

Smith & Britton 36, 38, 75

Smith & Co. 36

Smith and Harding 5, 15, 21

Smith & Wood 64

Smith, Thos., & Co. 73

Smith, D. 41

Smith, D. B. 95, 134

Smith, E. 65, 116

Smith, J. 65

Smith, Jo 38

Smith, John 61, 67

Smith, Joseph 20, 38

Smith, N. 9

Smith, R. 134

Smith, S. 105

Snead, L. 46

Snell 132

Snell, R. 120

Snell, Robert 90

Springsteel - see Springsteen

Springsteen 27, 89

(also spelled Springsteel)

Springsteen, U. 24

Stainrook 41, 55, 85

(also spelled Stinerook, Steinrook)

Steinrook - see Stainrook

Stelwaggon 66, 83, 136

(also spelled Stilwaggon)

Stevenson, C. 94

Steward 3

Stewart 104, 105

Stiles 20, 23, 24, 28, 41, 89, 94

Stiles, D. 4, 88

Stiles, H. 130

Stiles, J 10, 65

Stiles, J. & D. 44

Stiles, James 23

Stiles, S. 90

Stille 12, 31, 121

(see also Stiles)

Stille, John 133

Stilwaggon - see Stelwaggon

Stinerook - see Stainrook

Stone (of Grant & Stone) 90

Story 69

Taylor 112-114, 117, 120, 123

Taylor (of Bickley & Taylor) 58

Taylor (of Rogers & Taylor) 100

Taylor & Belknap 117

Taylor, R. 90

Tennent (of Bennet & Tennent) 49, 98, 112, 132, 62, 84

Tennent (of Pannel & Tennent) 135

Thatcher 2

Torr 38, 42, 85, 87

(also spelled Toor)

Torr, J. 55, 78

Traquair, T. 106, 126

Traquair, Thos. 95, 97, 109

Traverse & Jones 120

Trotter, N. 64, 97

Truman 7

Tyson, J. 134

Vaux (of Bryan & Vaux) 113

Van Beuren (of Miller & Van Beuren) 103

Vn. Horn(?), J. 27

Vanstarhoven, C. - see Vanstarvoran

Vanstarvoran, C. 2, 4

(also spelled Vanstarhoven [Van Stavoren?] )

Vidlor(?) 21

Vogel 46, 48, 49, 56, 85, 104, 125, 128

Vogel, F. 26, 46-48, 57-62, 64, 65, 67-69, 71, 72, 123-129

Vogel, G. 22

Voight 2, 41

Vollars, Edward 23

Vollers 65

Vorheas 112

Vorheas, E. 124, 128

W., J. 91

W., J. N. 91

Wagner, A. N. 111

Wagner, George 91

Wagner, J. 13, 31, 32, 45, 63, 67, 68, 76, 77, 85, 108, 111, 122, 130-133

Wagner, Jacob 10, 12, 16, 17, 25-30, 32, 33, 37, 38, 42, 44-49, 51-53, 56, 67-78, 80, 82, 83, 85, 88, 94-96, 100-104, 106, 107, 111-113, 121-132, 134-136

Wagner, John 13, 44, 77, 104, 111

Wagner, W. 36

Wagner, Wm. inside front cover, 18, [4, 7, 13, 16, 23, 28-30, 32, 38, 39, 41, 42, 44-46, 48, 51-53, 57, 61, 64, 69, 70, 74, 75, 78, 86, 87, 89, 92, 96, 99, 106, 115, 120, 123, 124]

Wallace 3

Wallace, Robert 90

Wallington 49, 57, 112

Wallington, J. 134

Walter, Jacob 51, 98

(see also Walters)

Walters 17, 22, 83, 112

Walters and Adam 95

Walters, Jacob 111

(see also Walter)

Wampole 77

Wampole, Isaac 55, 103

Wampole, J. 14, 26, 42, 65, 69, 90, 75, 91, 115, 134, 136

Ware, D. 108, 109

Ware, R. 64, 80, 102

Warner 76

Watson 7

Watson (of Buntings & Watson) 7, 27, 48, 87

Watson & Bunting 8, 99

Watters, J. 38, 135

Watters., P. 79

Wayne 3

Wayne (of Baker & Wayne) 23, 3, 42

Wayne, W. 121

Wayne, Wm 83

Wead (of Jones & Wead) 5

Weaver 37

Weaver (of Evans & Weaver) 2, 15, 29

Weaver, H. 24, 27, 51, 52

Welsh 15

Welsh, J. 59

West 9

West (of Conrad & West) 30, [6]

West & Young 17

West, J. 1, 2

Weyman 32

White 5

Whiteman 29, 37, 53, 75

(also spelled Witeman)

Wiant, Henderson and Levan 127

Wiant, P. 131

Wier, S. E. 33

Wile, C. 2, 20, 41

William 10, 27, 43, 79, 89

William, Dr. 7

Williams (of Paul & Williams) 11

Williams, S. & J 76, 129

Wipple and Hewit 5

Witeman - see Whiteman

Witman 31

Witman, G. 14, 24, 51, 52, 56, 57, 66, 67

Witman, George 31

Woelford? [Wolford] 7

Woglom, A. 9, 127

Wolley (of Middleton & Wolley) 22

Wood (of Smith & Wood) 64

Workman, J. 129

Wright 68, 69, 71-76, 89, 91, 102, 104, 105

Wright & Burr 69, 79, 89, 91-93

Wright, F. 70-72, 75, 90, 101-103, 105-109, 111

Yard 111, 115, 136

Yarnal, E. 17

Young (of West & Young) 17

Young, J. 2, 10

Young, P. 98, 103

Zebly 63