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.
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...
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.
Joseph Gibbons account book
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-010
Scope and Content note
This collection is comprised of the single volume account book of John Gibbons' household expenses for his home in Philadelphia, for the years from 1790-1837. Entries include payments for dry goods, wages for servants, saddles, and services, such as sending out the washing or a home visit from a doctor.
Ann Haines financial records
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-019
Scope and Content note
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.
[Hannah (Tallcot) Howland?], Account Book, 1832-45
Sub-Series — Box 10
Scope and Contents
Includes copied verse.
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.
James & Drinker account book
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-008
Scope and Content note
This collection is comprised of the single volume account book for doctors James and Drinker. The volume records payments made and received. Payments were often made in bonds or cash.
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...
