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 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Fisher-Warner Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-042
Overview Miers Fisher (1748-1819), a birthright Quaker, was a prominent lawyer, legislator, philanthropist, merchant, and scientist in early Federal Philadelphia. Benjamin Warner, publisher and bookseller, married Fisher's daughter, Lydia, in 1814. Born in 1748 in Philadelphia, the son of Joshua and Sarah Rowland Fisher, Miers Fisher married Sarah Redwood in 1774. He was among a group of prominent Quaker merchants who were temporarily exiled to Winchester, Virginia, during the Revolution. Miers and...
Dates: 1684-1924

Joshua Spooner business records, 1834-1855

 Item — BV (bound volume), item: 80 f vol. 1
Scope and Contents

Accounting ledger containing dated cash transactions. Transactiond dated from 1834 to 1842. Second half of book is empty. Contains loose, blank receipt forms and scrap with notes. Inside cover labeled, "Matthew Watson and J.S."

Dates: 1834-1855

Joshua Spooner business records, 1834-1855

 Item — BV (bound volume), item: 80 f vol. 2
Scope and Contents Accounting ledger containing dated sales transactions. Transactions date from 1842 to 1844.Many pages throughout book have been removed. Much of the book remains empty. Ten pages in front of book contain pasted in newspaper scraps on top of account records. Several pages in back used for handwriting and signature practice, pen drawings of profiles and a ship. Inside cover labeled "Joshua Spooner, Blotter Memorandum, Endorsements, etc., etc., commencing July 1st 1852." Book contains pressed...
Dates: 1834-1855

Joshua Spooner business records, 1834-1855

 Item — BV (bound volume), item: 80 f vol. 3
Scope and Contents

Contains an index of items bought and sold. Dated transaction entries. Contains bookmark advertisement for Brattle Book Shop. Most pages empty.

Dates: 1834-1855