receipts (financial records)

This collection consists primarily of financial documents pertaining to Haverford College in the second half of the nineteenth century and the 1950s.

This collection primarily contains programs and invitations for various Haverford College class years' cremation ceremonies.

Papers include those of Nathan Dunn (1782-1844) who became financially successful in the China trade; letters (1833-1856) of David Battey discussing farm life in Indiana; letters (1864-1865) of Nancy Battey, some while teaching African American children; letters of George W. Taylor (1803-1891) discussing his free produce business in Philadelphia.

This collection includes various documents relating to the The Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Children of African and Indian descent, including business correspondence (chiefly on financial matters), treasurer's accounts and reports, receipts, bills, inventories, trustees minutes. Also a printed copy of will of Samuel Emlen and deed to land in Warminster, Bucks Co., 1765 (recorded 17[8]7).

This collection contains a small ledger detailing Taylor's accounts. There are also five loose sheets of receipts and bills from Haverford College.