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:          [unknown]                               

Title:               Daybook

Dates:             1858-1859

Call No.:         Fol. 35

Acc. No.:         80x100; 81x3.1-.8

Quantity:        1 volume (400 pages) and 8 items

Location:        5 B 2

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

The name of the company which ran this store is unknown.  The accounts of Charles Kennedy are from W. Fox.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Contains the daily record of a Slateford, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, company store.  The entries show purchases of consumer goods, particularly food, by employees of the company.  Also shown are the purchases of the company's product, school slates.  End of the month distribution of wages is noted as well.  Also included are eight bills from the company store addressed to Charles Kennedy.  The bills document purchases of such hardware as drills, shafts, chisels, and shoe sets.        

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

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

           

 

PROVENANCE

           

Both accessions purchased from Paul P. Glenn.

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            Company stores - Pennsylvania - Slateford.

            Schools - Furniture, equipment, etc.

            Wages - Stone industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Slateford.

            Food prices - Pennsylvania - Slateford.

            Hardware - Prices - 19th century.

            Tools - Prices - 19th century.

            Daybooks.

 

Additional author:

            Kennedy, Charles.

           

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 5 B 2

 


Name index to bills addressed to Charles Kennedy, part of Fol. 35  (acc. 81x3.1-.8)

[indexes to purchasers of slate and to workmen follow this]

 

Adams    .6-7

 

Decker    .7

Dildine    .2-4, .6

Dildine, J.    .5

Dildine, James   .8

Dildine, Pete   .7

Devoor, W.    .2-3

Drake     .3, .6-7

 

Fell     .2-4, .6-7

Fell, Jacob   .5, .8

 

Garrison, J.   .4-7

Garrison, Jesse   .7-8

George     .4

 

Hall    .7

 

Kennedy, Charles    .1-8

Kennedy, Daniel    .8

 

Labar, Lon    .2-4, .6-7

Lahar, W.      .4

 

Ridgeway    .4, .7

 

Shanks, D.    .8

 

Wice, Warren      .8

Wideman     .2-4, .6

Wideman, Joseph   .5, .7-8

Winders, George   .8

Winters    .2

Winters, Geo.   .5

 


Index to names of purchasers of slates in Fol. 35, acc. 80x100

 

Allen, J. W.       44, 53, 66, 79, 99, 125, 241

 

Balamin, Hill &   Co.    375

Bell, James        262, 267, 279, 316, 355, 375

Bennet & Semple    219

Brodhead, Theodore 371

 

Cook, Merritt & Brown  76, 81, 91, 103, 107, 113, 128, 150, 273, 284, 293, 309, 315, 325, 333

 

Darling, Thomas 37

 

Hamman, H. E. 17, 141

Hibblen, E.      292, 338

 

Lahar, Amos        59

Lance, Jesse R.    59, 79

 

Mellick, Samuel    393

 

Ray Brothers  9, 15, 22, 26, 30, 39, 44, 47, 55, 64, 67, 137, 155, 159, 176, 188, 190, 198, 208, 217, 240, 245, 254, 310, 315, 334, 386, 391, 395, 397

Ricker, Charles & Co.     192

 

Seguine, William P.       73

Semple, H. B. & Co. 51, 52, 57

[Slateford] Factory     47, 57, 60, 79, 99, 220

Smithwork [Slateford]    192

 

Tucker, J. C. & Co.  [no page number listed]

 

Walker & Eilenberger        362

Williams, John     188, 196, 203, 205, 212, 222, 236, 254, 274, 278, 370

Wycoff, D. H.     57, 197, 220, 253, 293, 317, 371

 


 Workmen listed in Fol. 35 (acc. 80x100)

 

Adams Geo.   370

Adams: Wm.   255, 285, 320, 346, 370, 398

 

Bartholomew 32, 48, 49, 67, 68, 92, 116, 140

Bartholomew, Lewis  68, 92, 116

Brach, James       32

Bryan, A.  68, 183, 200, 225, 398

Bryan, Aaron 32, 48, 92, 116, 140, 163, 255, 285, 320, 346, 370

Bryan, John    48, 68, 92, 116, 140, 163, 183, 346, 370, 398

 

Decker, Z.       370, 398

Devore, Wm.   32, 48, 49, 67, 68, 92, 116, 255, 285, 370

Dilldine, David  32

Dilldine, James  49, 67, 68, 92, 116, 140, 163, 225, 255, 285, 320

Dilldine, Peter  398

Drake, J.B.    32, 48, 49, 67, 68, 92, 116, 183, 200, 320, 346, 370, 398

 

Evans, Con.    32

 

Fell, Jacob  32, 48, 49, 67, 68, 92, 116, 140, 163, 183, 255, 285, 320, 346, 370, 398

Fox, William  49, 67, 255

 

Garrison, Jesse  68, 140, 163, 183, 200, 225, 285, 320, 246, 370, 398

Garrison, John  225, 255, 285, 370, 398

Garrison, Lemuel  163, 200, 225, 255, 285, 320, 346, 370

Garrison, S.      183

George, Henry      255, 285, 320

 

Hall, Charles   370, 398

Hunt Wm. L.   140, 163

 

Kennedy, C.  32

Kennedy, Dan’l     32, 48, 68, 92, 116, 140, 163, 200, 225, 255, 285, 320, 398

Kennedy, Dave  346, 370, 398

Kennedy, G. W.    116

Kennedy, Geo. W.  32, 38, 92, 116, 140, 163, 183, 200, 225, 255, 285, 320, 346, 370, 398

Kennedy, H.  32, 48, 68, 92, 116, 140, 163, 183, 225, 255, 285, 320, 346, 370, 398

Kennedy, Jac.  116, 140, 163, 183, 200, 225, 255, 285, 320, 346, 370

Kennedy, Jer. 32, 48, 68, 92, 116, 140, 163, 183, 200, 225, 285, 320, 346, 398

 

Lahar, A.     183, 285, 346, 370, 398

Lahar, Alonzo 32, 48, 49, 67, 68, 92, 116, 140, 163, 200, 225, 320

Lahar, Wm. F. 32, 48, 68, 225, 255, 285, 320, 346

Lance, Jesse R.   67

 

Ridgeway, D.   225, 320, 346, 370, 398

Ridgeway, Geo.   200, 225, 255

Ridgeway, Hewitt(?)  285

Rowe, Henry  200, 225

Rowe, Lewis   48, 68, 92, 116

Rowe, Wm. L.   49, 183

 

Seguine, William P.   32, 67, 68, 92, 116, 140, 183, 200, 225, 285, 320, 346, 398

 

Wideman, Jas.  32, 48, 49, 67, 68, 92, 116, 140, 163, 183, 200, 225, 255, 285, 320, 346, 370, 398

Wideman, Sydenham  116, 140

Williams, John     285

Winters, George   32, 48, 49, 68, 92, 116, 140, 163, 200, 225, 255, 285, 320, 370

Wise, Warren  32, 48, 68, 92, 116, 140, 163, 183, 200, 225, 255, 285, 320, 346, 370, 398

 

Zeigenfuss, J.  116

Zeigenfuss, John  32, 48, 68, 92, 116, 140, 183, 200, 225, 255, 285, 320, 398

Zeigenfuss, Peter  32, 48, 67, 68, 92, 140, 163, 200, 225, 255, 285, 320