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Title

Journal B :

Authors

• Wright & Young

Other related names

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

Call number

MS 56, Codex 041.2
(420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-3703, University of Pennsylvania, Library at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9978029183003681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1268432357
• https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3v98098s

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Origin

Date

1759-1760

Place

New York

Summary

Ledger recording the financial transactions of New York textile and mercantile firm Wright & Young from 20 February 1759 to 19 August 1760. The names of Daniel Wright and John Young appear repeatedly. The items bought and sold are types of textiles (calico, multiple types of lawn, nankeen, multiple kinds of linen, silk, damask, cambric, satin) and sundries (buttons, thread, needles, knee garters, handkerchiefs, gloves, stockings, shoes, buckles, blankets, ribbon, paper, spices, tableware). Jewish participants in transactions in this volume include Abraham Isaac Abrahams (p. 438), Emanuel Abrahams (p. 485), Myer Benjamin (p. 392), Israel Josephs (p. 396), Benjamin Levy (p. 429), Isaac Pinto (p. 401), Jacob Pinto (p. 396), Sarah Pinto (p. 411), Philip Samuel and Henry Mordecai (p. 407), Ezekiel and Levy Solomons (p. 414) and Isaac Solomons (p. 482). Other customers are both men and women with English or Dutch family names. Trading voyages are noted to Bristol and London in England; Honduras, Santo Domingo and Cape Samana (the second and third now in the Dominican Republic) in the Caribbean; and Cape Fear, North Carolina. Large payouts near the end of the volume followed by blank pages may represent the dissolution of the partnership.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (p. i).
   

Watermark

Similar to Heawood 1808 (Strasbourg Lily 1A with 4-shaped downward extension, initials LVG, and countermark IV).

Extent

252 leaves : 380 x 245 mm bound to 390 x 265 mm

Foliation

Paper, 252 leaves; [i-ii], 389-496, [497-890 (blank with vertical ruling)], early pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners. The pagination continues from Journal A (MS 56, Codex 041.1, University of Pennsylvania).

Support

Paper

Binding

Original (18th-century) reversed calf with five bands; Journal B and a monogram of 4 above WY (for Wright & Young) above XX, in ink on upper cover; Journal B in ink on spine.

Layout

Written in 5 columns: a narrow column on the left for account numbers, a wide central column for names and transaction details, and three narrow columns on the right for amounts in pounds, shillings, and pence; folio format.

Script

Written in cursive script.

Provenance

• Purchased for the Penn Libraries 2020 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan (James Cummings, 26 December 2020) (Collectify no. 2020.12.26.00001; 13.1668).
   

Subjects topical

• Jewish merchants--New York (State)--New York--18th century
• Jewish merchants--New York (State)--Albany--18th century
• Jewish merchants--Connecticut--New Haven--18th century
• Jewish merchants
• Connecticut--New Haven
• New York (State)--Albany
• New York (State)--New York

Genres

• Codices (bound manuscripts)
• Ledgers (account books)
• Manuscripts, English--18th century
• Manuscripts, American--18th century

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• Front cover — Journal B