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Title

Israel L. Jacobs account book

Authors

• Jacobs, Israel L., 1813-1868

Other related names

• Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939-, donor
• Kaplan, Deanne, donor

Call number

MS 56, Codex 031.1
(420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9977558093903681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1121463043
• https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3n58cr5g

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Origin

Date

1840-1856

Summary

This volume contains the daybook of Israel Jacobs in Lower Windsor Township, Pennsylvania spanning the years from 1840 to 1856. The book is arranged chronologically and then by name. An index is at the beginning off the volume with handmade finding tabs is arranged by first name and page number. The pages are hand numbered on the versos and span one opening for each person with debits on the left and credits on the right. Payments are for goods and services and boarding provided by Jacobs. They include cloth, flour, harvesting, hauling, planting, seeding, tobacco, use of horses, wagons, wheat, and whiskey. Some of Jacobs' customers included Samuel Abel, Samuel Gilbert, Zachariah D. Jacobs, and Christian Woods. Twenty-eight leaves are laid in the volume. Some leaves are small fragments with notes and totaling of amounts. Some leaves record payments by customers. One leave is a summons for Jacobs to appear before the constable of Lower Windsor. Written on the front cover: Israel Jacobs his book bought February 14 AD 1840; ... Israel Jacobs his day book March 10, 1841. The names Zacharias Jacobs and Emanuel Jacobs are written on the back cover. Spine is lacking. Several leaves are loose and some gatherings detached.

Extent

1 volume +

Provenance

• Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2012 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan (Collectify accession number 2012.02.14.00008)
   

Subjects topical

• Account books--Pennsylvania--Windsor Township--19th century--Specimens
• History
• Account books
• Pennsylvania--Windsor Township--History--19th century--Sources
• Pennsylvania

Genres

• Codices (bound manuscripts)
• Account books
• Account books
• Daybooks
• Manuscripts, American--19th century
• Sources
• Specimens

Licenses

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