Form: Account books / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1817">1817</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 7 linear ft.
Abstract:: Account books are ledgers in which commercial and personal financial accounts are recorded. This collection consists of individual account books that were given to the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College as single accessions.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.13 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of two volumes of the financial records of the Comfort family.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.4 linear ft. (4 volumes)
Abstract:: The Cope family's financial records include an account book, a Pennsylvania bank account book, and two family cash books. The collection includes both business and personal financial records.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 3.25 linear ft. (54 volumes)
Abstract:: The Morris family financial records include account books, trustee accounts, and receipt books. Volumes generally record deposits, withdrawals for payments for goods and services, and account balances.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: This collection (1797-1851) contains notebooks kept by three members of the Archer family, a prominent and politically active family of medical doctors based in Harford County, Maryland. The first file contains John Archer Jr.'s notes on materia medica lectures delivered by Benjamin Barton and given at the University of Pennsylvania in 1797 and 1798. A commonplace book (1830-1832) maintained by Henry Wilson Archer, which contains excerpts mostly from history books and poems is the second file. Also included in the collection is an account book (1841-1851) wherein the wheat purchases of Robert Harris Archer were recorded.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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