Call Number:

MC.975.08.024

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.17 linear ft. (1 volume)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Josiah Philbrook account book (HC.MC.975.08.024), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1856-1858 (inclusive)

Creator:

Philbrook, Josiah

Form:

Financial records and Account books

Abstract:

This collection is comprised of the single volume account book of Josiah Philbrook. A note on the inside cover reads: "This Book belongs to South China Mechanics Association." The first section is organized by two columns: Expenditures and Receipts. The remainder of the volume is organized alphabetically by names of individuals.

Josiah Philbrook (1821-1901) was born in November, 1821, in Brunswick, Maine, the son of Josiah and Sarah Philbrook. As an adult, he lived in China, Maine, where he worked as a shoemaker. He married his first wife, Hannah Sampson Jones (1822-1869), in January of 1847, and the couple had one child, Beulah R. Philbrook (1848-1911). He later married Mary Eliza Cook (1841-1920) in October, 1870. Josiah Philbrook died in China, Maine, in February, 1901.

This collection is comprised of the single volume account book of Josiah Philbrook. A note on the inside cover reads: "This Book belongs to South China Mechanics Association." The first section is organized by two columns: Expenditures and Receipts. The remainder of the volume is organized alphabetically by names of individuals.