Providence (R.I.)
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Fisher-Warner Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-042
Abstract
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
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
/
Bound Business Records Collection
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
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
/
Bound Business Records Collection
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
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
/
Bound Business Records Collection
