account books
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 73 Collections and/or Records:
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor with Clothing Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-018
Overview
The Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor with Clothing was a Quaker charity founded in 1828 to distribute clothing and provide other assistance to the sick and poor of Philadelphia. It went out of existence in 1975.
Dates:
1828-1978
Ferris Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-040
Overview
The collection contains correspondence, journals and other writings, business and legal papers, and miscellaneous items of the Ferris family of Wilmington, Delaware, a prominent Quaker family. Of particular note are the correspondence and writings of Benjamin Ferris concerning the Separation in the Society of Friends, as well as the journals and diaries of Anna M. Ferris, David Ferris, Matilda Ferris, Benjamin Ferris, and Henry Ferris. Correspondents include William Lloyd Garrison, William...
Dates:
1737-1940
Friends Historical Library account book collection
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-001
Overview
Account books are ledgers in which commercial and personal financial accounts are recorded. This collection consists of individual account books that were given to the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College as single accessions.
Dates:
1729 - 1946
Joseph Gibbons account book
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-010
Overview
The account book of John Gibbons's household expenses includes payments for dry goods, wages for servants, saddles, and services, such as sending out the washing or a home visit from a doctor.
Dates:
1790-1837
Ann Haines financial records
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-019
Overview
This collection is comprised of the three volumes of account books for the trust fund of Ann Haines. The executor of the trust was Samuel B. Morris.
Dates:
1837-1850
[Hannah (Tallcot) Howland?], Account Book, 1832-45
Sub-Series — Box 10
Scope and Contents
Includes copied verse.
Dates:
1832-45
Haverford Loganian Society records
Collection
Identifier: HCQ-003-001
Overview
The collection is comprised of a variety of different records that pertain to the overall operations of the Haverford Loganian Society at Haverford College. The collection includes the Society's constitution and by-laws, membership registers, meeting minutes, the Collegian account books, and paper pertaining to garden, museum, and library projects.
Dates:
1834-1905
James & Drinker account book
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-008
Overview
The account book for doctors James and Drinker records payments made and received. Payments were often made in bonds or cash.
Dates:
1757-1802
Asa M. Janney family papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-310
Overview
The collection consists of correspondence and other papers of the Virginia Quaker family of Asa M. Janney. The letters contain family news and note Quaker concerns and activities. Of special interest are letters from Asa's older brother, Samuel M. Janney, noted Quaker minister, author and abolitionist. Also included are an account book of Janney's Forest Mills flour mill, 1860-1862; a Swarthmore College student notebook kept by his grandson, Thomas Janney Brown; and a notebook of genealogy...
Dates:
1831 - 1950
