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: Benjamin, Miles, d. 1853.
Title: Ledger
Dates: 1821-1828
Call No.: Mic. 665.5
Acc. No.: [none]
Quantity: 1 microfilm reel
Location: microfilm cabinet
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
Miles Benjamin was a cabinetmaker in Cooperstown,
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
Ledger book recording the work of Miles Benjamin,
1821-1828. He made or repaired bureaus,
tables, bedsteads, other furniture and cabinetwork. Musical instruments, food, furniture, and raw
materials are some of the items mentioned.
ORGANIZATION
The ledger is on frames 230a-406 of the microfilm
reel.
LANGUAGE OF
MATERIALS
The materials are in English.
RESTRICTIONS
ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Original in the
ACCESS POINTS
Topics:
Furniture -
Retail trade -
Business records -
Ledgers.
Cabinetmakers.
NAME INDEX TO
MIC. 665-5, LEDGER OF MILES BENJAMIN
(frames
230a-406)
Abbey, Horace 228
Adams,
John 302
Ainsworth, Darius 21
Aldredge 26
Allen 84,
279
Allen
& Molther 340
Allen, Jeremiah
17, 219, 312
Allen, Thomas
85
Almy, Walter
202
Amelia
& Lord 174
Ansel 55
Apler(?) &
Aplin,
John 157, 286
Artillery 184
Asplin, William 16
Atwell, R.
C. 134
Auger, Peter 220
Averill 53, 71, 84, 322
Averill, H. 128
Averill, Horatio 145, 314
Averill, James 151
Averill, L. 128
Averill, Lewis 164, 351
Averill, W.
H. 89
Avery 174,
208, 224
Avery,
John S. 231
Babbit 126
Babbitt,
Stephen 75
Babington 301
Bailey 128
Bailey,
John 189
Baldwin,
Horace 182
Ball,
Charles 338
Barber,
Joseph 283
Barber,
Samuel 265
Barnard,
Ashley 341
Barnum,
Abijah 241
Bartlett,
Hiram 286
Bass,
Bates,
Charles 100
Beach,
Samuel 172
Beadle 68, 344
Beadle
& Perkins 168
Beadle,
Flavil 177
Beadle,
Henry 47
Beadle,
Homer 143
Bebee,
Levi 325
Bemis 57
Benjamin,
E. F. 38, 65, 280
Benjamin,
Simeon 112
Bennett 28,
163, 301
Bennett, John 91
Bingham,
King 216
Bishop, Alfred 80
Bissell, Luther 67
Bliss 304
Bliss, E. 293
Bliss, Orren 309
Boden, Omar 12
Book(?)
&
Botsford,
Charles 139
Bower 196
Bowers, John M. 20,
110, 281
Bowles,
Stephen 124
Bowne 208
Bowne, George 30, 289
Bowne, R. L. 30
Bradford, Eseck &
Sons 4
Bradford,
H. S. 257
Bradt, Adam G. 117
Brewer & Avery
174, 224
Brewer,
John 208
Brown 304
Brown, Benjamin 300
Buel 160
Bundy, William 99
Burke, Justus 345
Burr 310
Bush 224
Bush,
Thomas T. 174
Campbell,
Robert 48
Cann(?), Henry 80
Carter, Walton 88
Cary, Ann 174
Chappell 115
Chappell, Gideon (or
Gideon & Chappell) 116
Chase, Samuel 90
Cheeny, Joseph 263
Christ's
Church 63
Church Vestry 172,
214
Clark, Abel 203
Clark, George 165
Clarke, Cyrenus 137
Clarke, Cyrus 67
Clarke, Jared 92
Clark, Jerome 243
Clute, Giles 339
Coffin, J. P. 172
Coffin, Paul 175
Cole 26, 44, 47, 71, 114
Cole, Isaac 55, 68, 136
Comstock 21, 49
Comstock &
Lyon 38
Comstock, Abel 246
Comstock, Miles 267, 344
Converse(?), Asa 351
Cook 66, 71, 133, 280
Cook, Daniel G. 256
Cook, Joshua 194
Cooley 3, 40, 62, 167, 336
Cooley, Richard 130
Cooley, Wilson J. 167
Cooper 24
Cooper,
Cooper, Isaac 129
Cooper, S. 351
Cooper, William 17
Corey 33, 44, 49
Corey, E. & H.
126, 313
Corey, Ellery 9, 198
Corey, George 174
Corey, Holder 343
Corey, Oliver 92, 252
Cory - see Corey
Craft 49
Crafts, Alba S. 187
Crafts, Geo. S. 193
Crandal 219
Crandall & Nash
135
Crandall, Edward
B. 25, 303
Crandall, Justus 103
Crane, Ezra 127
Cummings, Peleg 102
Cunningham, Norman
225
Daley, Thadeus 298
Danford, Aaron 350
Daniels, Lyman 174
Davidson, John 294
Davison, Clark 206
Delong, Hannah 148
Denning,
Derbyshire, George
K. 299
Dewey, Robert 347
Dilley, Daniel 54
Dillingham 304
Doran, John 57
Doubleday, Seth 258
Downing, Mumford 231
Dunbar, John 228
Dwight, H. S. 10, 236
Dwight, T. E. 10
Eaton, N(?) P.
351
Edward 149
Elnathan, Osborn 62
[perhaps the name should be Osborn,
Elnathan]
Ernst 27
Ernst, John
F. 39
Estherbrooks 53
Esterbrooks,
N. 150
Fairman,
E. 242
Falkner, Hiram 295
Fitch 5, 62, 104
Fitch & Hewson
122, 208
Fitch, Aaron 31
Fitch, Buckingham 70
Fitch, Jonathan 65
Foote 2, 11, 40, 123, 313
Foote & Sabin 262, 277, 301, 320
Foote, Elisha 348
Foster, Jonah 45
Fowler, Hannah 287
Fowler, John 259
French, Daniel 223
Fugal, N. 26
Fuller 11, 196
Fuller, Thomas 120
Gardner, Augustus 36
Gardner, William 240
Gates, George 179
Gates, Jacob 229
Gates, Jesse 192
Glover 44, 68, 109
Glover, Henry 49-52, 62, 71, 107
Goodsell, L.
B. 351
Gordon, Samuel S. 146
Gould, Harry 109
Grand, L. 44
Graves 15, 40, 62, 68, 71, 116, 219
Graves & Cooley
3, 144
Gray 53, 158
Green 135, 321
Gregory 158, 296, 261, 278
Gregory, Stephen 53
Groat, Elias 337
Groat, H. 175
Hall 69
Hale, H. 300
Hall, J. H. 297
Hall, W. G. 14
Harrington, Parley 67
Harris, Mrs. 26
Harwell, Luther 163
Hatch, Damon 319
Havens 27
Havens, James
B. 78
Hazelius, E. L.
318
Hewson - see also
Huson
Hewson 122,
208
Hildreth, Betsey 80
Hinds, Nehemiah 132
Hoke, Jonas 88
Holmes &
Banker 27
Holmes, Wm. 248
Holt, B. C. 11, 196
Hope Factory 328
Horth, James 119
Howe, Bezabel 30
Hubbel, Miss 20
Hubbel 284
Hubbel, Homer 173
Husbands, Thomas 291
Huson, Daniel 77
Hyde 85
Ingalls, Ebenezer 42
Ingalls, Ferdinand 270
Irons, Job 183
Jarvis, C. &
D. 61
Jarvis, C. &
K. [no page number given]
Jarvis,
James (N.?) 60
Johea(?), L. 51
John, Allen 179
Johnson 33, 122
Johnson, H.
G. 269
Johnson, Lodema 201
Johnson, Samuel 290
Jones, Moses
J. 188
Jones, Seth 139
Kelley, J. 185
Kelley, Levi 117
Kelly 110, 322
Knowlton, Henry 69
Lacy 62, 70, 322
Lacy, Thadeus 46, 199, 308
Lane, John 169
Lashley, John W. 254
Lay, Z. W. 335
Lent, David 221
Lewis & Sisson
141
Lewis,
Isaac 222, 260, 327
Lewis, Noyes 332
Lippett, Joseph 94
Loyd, Heman 41
Longley 304
Longly, Samuel 136
Loomis,
H. 204
Loomis, Hezekiah 204
Lord 174
Luce 11
Luce, H &
Co. 322
Luce, Hervey 1, 197
Lush, F. 31
Lyon &
Metcalf 291
Lyon, H. W. 235
Mack, Enock 62
Mackay 144, 149, 184
Mackey, C. 239,
336
Mann, Thomas 3
Marvin, Daniel 138
Mason, Daniel 176
Mathews, Hiram 74
Matthew 344
McCollum, Wm. 170
McComber,
C. last f.
McDaniel 11
McDowel,
A. 229
McNamee 166, 232, 239, 261, 295, 337
McNamee, Lawrence 14
McNiell, William 37
Metcalf 113, 291, 351
Metcalf, Arunah 273
Metcalf, Charles 346
Metcalf, E. H. 79
Miller 202
Miller,
Clement 249
Miller,
Mary 159
Molther 62, 340
Molther, A. 262, 296
Molther,
Augustus 72, 317, 331
Molther(?),
John 6, 190
Moon, D. 102
Morehouse, E.
B. 13
Morell 202, 312
Morell, Geo. 86
Mosier,
Joshua 276
Mumford,
John 95
Munn &
Bemis 57
Munro, Daniel 227
Murphey 56
Murphy, Ira 131
Nash 135
Nash, Hiram 106
Nelson, Samuel 330
Nichols 336
Nichols, Wm. 77, 149
Nickerson 304
Noyes 236
Olendorf & Allen
279
Olendorf, Daniel 178
Olendorf, Garnett 87
Osborn 67, 241, 344
Otsego County 195
Palmer, Courtland
(of
Palmer, Gershom 121
Palmer, Zimri 256
Parker, Isaac S. 24
Parsons, W. 164
Parsons, William,
& Co. 128
Patchin, Herman 294
Paul, James
J. 152
Payne, Edward B. 142, 311
Payne, G. B. 234
Pease, C. P. 245,
279
Pease, Chauncy 40,
104, 207, 232
Pease, Chauncy B. 315,
326
Peckham 39, 49, 107
Peckham, Peleg E. 41
Peckham, Wanton H.
109
Peckham, George W(?) 27
Penney, John 209
Perkins 168
Perkins, Joseph 125
Perrigo, Lorin 268
Petty, Andrew 246
Peutz(?) 351
Phelps, E. 122
Phillips, John 162
Phinney 9, 32, 49, 98, 172
Phinney, Elihu 211
Phinney, H. &
E. 44, 160, 233, 297, 316
Pier, Ephraim 288
Pier, G. 62
Pierce 84
Pierce, Levitt 108
Pile(?), Edward P.
351
Platner, Mrs. 24
Platner, E. 44
Platner, Eppa 43
Platner, Jacob
N. 154
Pomeroy, Geo. 101
Potter, Alvon 226
Potter(?),
Jonathan 186
Powel 302
Prentiss 62, 196
Prentiss, John H. 8
Presbyterian
Church 16
Price, David 153
Price, Samuel 304
Price, Timothy 191
Rathbone, Wm. 118
Ray, W. 307,
321
Reynolds,
Abm. 176
Robinson, Zeba 127
Rogers, Augustus 113
Rogers, Elias 251
Root & Foote 2, 7, 123
Root, Elias 244
Root, James 108
Rowleson 53
Rowlson,
Russell, Isaac 111
Russell, John 18, 334
Russel, William 217, 227
Sabin 262, 301, 320
Sabin, Justin 158
Sabin, Orrin 277, 351
Saxton(?), Luther
C. 224
Scott 311
Scott, H. 355
Scott, Henry 21
Shankland 11, 49
Shankland,
Thomas 10, 157
Shepley - see:
Shipley
Shipley 153, 187, 284
Shipley, Joseph 102, 266
Simons,
J. 235
Singing
School 215
Sisson 141
Sisson, Gilbert 253
Sisson, Lewis J. 222
Sizer, Lemuel 270
Sizer, W. R. 291
Smith 113, 144, 152, 273
Smith, Abel W. 166
Smith,
Charles 3, 38
Smith, David 342
Smith, Erastus 124
Smith, John (Rev.) 215
Smith,
Orange 93
Spafford 126
Sparrow 104, 311
Sparrow
& Averell 84, 142
Staborn,
Rodes 150
Stanley, Joseph 261, 278
Starkweather
196
Starkweather,
George A. 329
Starkwether,
Saml. 155
Starr, Ira 310
Starr, O. C. [no page number given]
Steer,
Cyrus 282
Steere, James 83
Stephens 345
Stephens, E. 167
Stephens, Oliver 131
Stephens, Thomas 201
Stetson,
Rozel 183
Stevens, Chancy 171
Stewart, J. 18
Story, Jedediah 73
Stowel & Van
Horne 249
Stowel,
James 247
Stowel, L.
E. (Miss) 271
Stranahan 21
Stranahan, Farrand
19
Sutherland, John 305
Thayer 9
Thayer, Ariel 33
Thomas, Ansel 59
Thomas, Charles 194
Thurber 272
Thurber, Horace 351
Thurber,
Isaiah 103
Thurber, Lois 79
Thurber, S. 37
Thustin,
Chas. 115
Tiffany, F. L. (Rev.) 81
Titus, Jeremy 179
Todd 62, 72
Todd,
Todd, Jehial 255
Tourtelott 49, 55, 62
Tourtelott,
Jeremiah 26
Tourtelotte, S.
K. 351
Tracy, E. C. 161
Tucker 259
Tucker, Leman 96
Tunicliff, Joseph 218
Tunnicliff, John 283
Van Boskirk,
Elijah 285
Van Boskirk,
John 188, 189
Van Horne 249, 308
Van Horn, James
324
Vonk, Wm. 275
Waite,
William 264
Walby 44
Walker, F. 118
Walton 309
Walton, B. 57
Walton, Joseph (B?) 5
Warren, Cyrenus 210
Warren,
Julius 213
Waterman 114
Waterman, Simn. 146
Waterman, Timothy 15
Waters 70
Waters, Hayden 332
Waters, J. 338
Westcott,
Daniel H. 148
Westcott,
James 306, 369
Westcott, Jarius(?) 306
Westcott,
Reuben 237
Westcott,
Sylvester 129
Westcott, William 306
White 101, 145
White & Kelly 322
White, James 82
White, Lyman 263
White, Ulysses G. 322
Wight 92, 336
Wight, Benjamin 92
Williams 12, 97, 172
Williams, Andrew 106, 238,321
Williams, Ann 156
Williams, Evander 76
Williams,
John 200
Williams,
R. 93
Williams, Ruby 98
Williams, Russell 29
Williams,
Wm.(?) 185
Willson - see
also:
Willson 17,
136
Willson, Martha 205
Willson, Wm. 140
Wilson &
Cooley 336
Wilson, F.
113
Windsor, Joseph 212
Winton 178
Wood, Jonathan 292
Wood, Samuel 290
Woodard,
John B. 351
Woodward 210
Woodward, John C. 137
Woodward,
Simeon R. 98
Wright 351