Record Source: Other PACSCL Partners / Form: Financial records / Language: English / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1869">1869</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Evans family papers, 1752-1958 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.75 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Abstract:: Included in this collection from the Quaker Evans family spanning two centuries (mid-18th-mid-20th), are the journals and diaries of Charles Evans (1870-1958), as well as genealogical and other information on the Bacon, Barton, Carter, Cope, Harlan, Jackson, Rhoads, Shoemaker and Warrington families

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

Joshua L. Baily account book, 1794-1915 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.13 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: This volume was originally used as an account book, from 1794 to 1795, and was later repurposed as a diary or timeline of events, dated from 1826 to 1915. The section of the volume that acts as an account book includes an index, in which individuals are organized alphabetically, and entries record amounts paid or owned, the goods purchased, and the currency used. Goods listed are mainly dry goods and lumber, including: flour, "middling" (bulk goods of medium grade), hog feed, cornmeal, buckwheat, rye meal, and wooden boards. The second section of the volume acts as a timeline and diary for Joshua L. Baily. Included are entries concerning current events, such as terms of various presidents, the Orthodox-Hicksite separation, the emergence of the "Mormons" and their migration west, records of correspondence sent and received, and events in the Civil War and World War I.

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

Matlack family financial records, 1837-1876 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.33 linear ft. (3 volumes)
Abstract:: The financial records of the Matlack family include the account books of Ann Roberts Stackhouse Matlack and Asa Matlack, and the receipt book of Mordecai Matlack.

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

Samuel Morton receipt book, 1846-1881 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.1 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The receipt book of Samuel Morton records payments made to various individuals for goods and services, generally related to Morton's grange farm.

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

John Perot financial records, 1813-1880 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.16 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: The estate account books of John Perot generally record deposits, withdrawals for payments, and account balances of Perot's estate.

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

Eli and Sybil Jones Family papers, 1830-1890 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.08 linear ft. (55 volumes)
Abstract:: This collection contains materials from Eli and Sybil Jones, as well as Susan Taber Jones, James Parnell Jones, Virginia Costello Jones, and other materials related to the work and ministry of Eli and Sybil Jones.

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

Sansom Perot papers, 1842-1872 (inclusive)

Extent:: .15 linear ft. (3 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the correspondence, financial records, and legal records of Sansom Perot Morris. The collection includes hand drawn maps of property, copies of Sansom Perot's will, loose financial documents, rent contracts, deeds, and correspondence.

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

Class of 1872 records, 1868-1875 (inclusive)

Extent:: .565 linear ft. (5 volumes)
Abstract:: This collection contains a bible, poetry book, minutes, accounts, and photograph album from the Haverford College class of 1872.

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

Barry-Hayes papers, 1778-1861 (bulk) 1723-1875 (inclusive)

Extent:: 23.0 boxes and [7 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder]
Abstract:: John Barry (1745-1803), often credited as the Father of the American Navy, served the Continental Navy and the United States Navy for seventeen years. He and his descendents, particularly his nephew Patrick Hayes and grand-nephew Patrick Barry Hayes, became prominent members of Philadelphia society, serving as seamen, merchants, businessmen and politicians. The Barry-Hayes papers are the business, political and personal papers of John Barry and of his family, especially Patrick Hayes and Patrick Barry Hayes. The collection includes correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, logbooks, legal and financial papers related to Barry’s career in the Navy, the business ventures of the Hayes, Keen and Somers families, and their personal lives.

Held at: Independence Seaport Museum, J. Welles Henderson Archives and Library [Contact Us]

Conner family papers, 1832-1856 (bulk) 1832-1856 1816-1903 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.0 folders
Abstract:: Susan Dillwyn Physick was born on June 22, 1803, in Philadelphia, the second of four children. Her parents were Elizabeth Emlen, whose family was one of the wealthiest in Philadelphia, and Philip Syng Physick, the prominent physician. In 1824 she met naval Master-Commandant David Conner, and the two married on June 25, 1828. The Conner family papers consist primarily of 23 journals kept by Susan Dillwyn Physick Conner from 1832 to 1856. The collection also includes her unfinished autobiography with amendments by her son, a scrapbook, two notebooks, two journals by her son, one journal by Philip Conner’s wife, two letters (one by Mary Lewis, one by Philip Conner), three account books, two published books owned by Susan Physick Conner, and notes and drafts by Arthur Hale, Philip Conner’s son-in-law.

Held at: Independence Seaport Museum, J. Welles Henderson Archives and Library [Contact Us]

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