https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/HAVERFORD_HC.MC.975.08.002
Israel Howell Birdsall account book
- Creator
- Birdsall, Israel Howell
- Date
- 1810-1819 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.19 linear ft. (1 volume)
- Call Number
- MC.975.08.002
Description
Where the collection came from, what's inside, and how you can use it.
Biography/History
Israel Howell (1786-1864) was the son of Arthur Howell and Mary Mott Howell. He married Elizabeth Rowland Howell (1789-1866), the daughter of Sarah Parker Rowland, and they had several children: Elizabeth Howell (1834-1876), Sally R. Howell (1829-1850), Joshua R. Howell (b. 1825), and Jacob Howell (1827-1891).
The Howell family were members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) who resided in Howellville, Edgmont Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. They were a financially comfortable, well-educated family.
Scope and Content
This collection is comprised of the single volume account book of Israel Howell Birdsall. The volume includes an index, in which individuals are organized alphabetically. Entries record amounts paid or owed, goods purchased, and currency used. Majority of entries include the purchase and sale of: oil, oil meal (used as food for livestock), flax seed, plaster, beans, apples, and butter.
Acquisition Information
Unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by Kara Flynn; completed October, 2015.
Related Materials
HC.MC.950.099 Howell family correspondence
Rights and citation
- Use
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Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
- Preferred Citation
- Israel Howell Birdsall account book (HC.MC.975.08.002), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
- Publisher
- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
- Finding aids author
- Kara Flynn
- Date
- October, 2015
Subjects and headings
- Creator
- Birdsall, Israel Howell
- Subject
- Quakers
- Quakers -- History
- Language
- English
- Form
- Account books
- Financial records
Inventory
Everything in this collection, in the order the archivist chose to help you understand it.
Account book, 1810-1819
Contact
These materials are held by Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections. Contact them to schedule a visit or ask about your research.
- Address
- 370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041
- hc-special@haverford.edu
- Website
- https://resolver.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/ark:/37966/h1776413fb-2dd9-4b8e-a20b-ba64707d0324