Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Philadelphia merchant account book.

Other related names

• Carson, Marian S, former owner (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83004856)
• Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939-, donor
• Kaplan, Deanne, donor

Call number

MS 56, Codex 018.1
(420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-3703, University of Pennsylvania, Library at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9977543748203681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1105465269
• https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3p26q92v

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Origin

Date

1779-1784

Place

Philadelphia

Summary

Financial records from 25 April 1779 to 27 September 1784 of a Philadelphia merchant involved in trade, privateering, and ships' insurance. Jewish merchants represented in the records include Michael Gratz, Ezekiel Levy, Isaac Moses, Benjamin Seixes, and Haym Solomon. A few women appear in the records as purchasers or borrowers. Privateering-related entries refer to commissions and prize money. The goods in the transactions include ships' supplies (sail needles, sails, canvas, pitch, anchors), food and drink (beef, pork, limes, rice, flour, salt, pepper, sugar, molasses, coffee, tea, rum, gin, wine), tobacco, cloth and clothing (linen, cotton, calico, lace, shirts, trousers, silk hose, shoes), and arms and ammunition (guns, powder, shot). Expenses are also recorded for services such as blacksmithing, portage, cartage, pilotage, and postage. Payments are recorded in pounds or dollars.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   

Extent

200 leaves : 360 x 240 mm bound to 370 x 260 mm

Collation

Paper, i + 200 leaves; 1⁸ (-1, -2, -3) 2⁸ 3-8⁸ 9⁸ (-8) 10⁸ 11⁸ (-8) 12-13⁸ 14⁸ (-1) 15-25⁸ 26⁸ (-1, -8); contemporary pagination in ink starting on first verso, upper outer corners, 1-135, 138-167, 170-201, 204-281, 283-354, i-v, 360-394, [397]-408; four leaves missing and 282 skipped in pagination.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary (18th-century) calf, blind-stamped; spine lacking; lower cover detached, endbands almost detached.

Layout

Ruled in five columns, one narrow column on the left for creditor or debtor numbers (perhaps references to a ledger), a wide center column for notes, and three narrow columns on the right for amounts; folio format.

Script

Written in cursive script by multiple hands.

Provenance

• Sold at auction at Freeman's (Philadelphia) as part of the residual collection of Marian S. Carson, 2002 (dealer description).
   
• Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2012 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan (Collectify accession no. 2006.12.26.00771).
   

Subjects topical

• Jewish merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--18th century
• Merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--18th century
• Merchants
• Jewish merchants
• Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--18th century--Sources
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Genres

• codices (bound manuscripts)
• Account books
• Manuscripts, American--18th century

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