account books

Painter Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: SFHL-RG5-110

Abstract The Painter family was an early Pennsylvania Quaker family that married into the Minshall family of Delaware County. In 1681, William Penn granted Thomas Minshall a land tract which now includes the Tyler Arboretum. The property was home to eight generations of the same family. The collection includes family correspondence, business and legal papers, property records, papers on interests and concerns of the Painter brothers, genealogical papers, and miscellaneous deeds and other papers...

Dates: 1687-1948

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Ann Pancoast account book

Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-021

Abstract

The account book of Ann Pancoast records deposits, withdrawals for payments for goods and services, and account balances.

Dates: 1806-1809

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Josiah Philbrook account book

Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-024

Abstract

This collection is comprised of the single volume account book of Josiah Philbrook. A note on the inside cover reads: “This Book belongs to South China Mechanics Association.” The first section is organized by two columns: Expenditures and Receipts. The remainder of the volume is organized alphabetically by names of individuals.

Dates: 1856-1858

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Provident Society for Employing the Poor account book

Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-025

Abstract

The Treasurer's account book for the Provident Society for Employing the Poor records deposits, withdrawals for payments, and account balances for the accounts of the Provident Society for Employing the Poor. The inside cover includes a description of the duties of the Treasurer for the Society, and lists of the board of managers of the Society for different years.

Dates: 1824-1925

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Purdy Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: SFHL-RG5-243

Abstract The collection contains account books, financial papers, family correspondence, and miscellaneous papers of William Purdy, a New York Quaker preacher, and his family. He was a member of Amawalk Monthly Meeting, attending Croton preparative and worship meetings, and traveled in the ministry, leaving an undated record of the Friends and meetings that he visited. Purdy was donated money, land, and labor towards building a new bridge and school house in Cortlandt. Collection also includes...

Dates: 1801-2004

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Reinhardt, Hawley and Hewes family papers

Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-1216

Abstract The Reinhardt, Hawley, Hewes and Meredith families are tied together through marriage and their Quaker faith across multiple generations. William Dell Reinhardt, a University of Pennsylvania graduate and doctor, married Rebecca Hawley, a teacher. They had six children: Jesse Hawley Reinhardt, Mary Bailey Reinhardt, Esther Meredith Reinhardt, Lydia Ludwig Reinhardt, Elizabeth Christina Reinhardt, and David Jones Reinhardt. David Jones Reinhardt married Anna Margaret Hewes in 1896. These...

Dates: 1762-1955

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Sarah Wistar Rhoads family papers

Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-1211

Abstract The Sarah Wistar Rhoads family papers indicate strong relationships and family ties that spanned the 19th and 20th centuries. Sarah Wistar Rhoads (1839-1920) married William Gibbons Rhoads (1838-1880) on November 28, 1866. At that time, the Rhoads, Gibbons and Wistar families began corresponding, the result being an outstanding collection illustrating family support, friendship and love. These papers include correspondence, financial records, diaries and journals, memorabilia, classwork and...

Dates: Bulk, 1824-1930 1824-1963; Majority of material found within 1824 - 1930

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Jonathan Richard papers

Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-964

Abstract

Letters, invoices, vouchers, account book, and other financial records related to Jonathan Richard's work as Agent at Wichita, Kansas, from 1870 to 1876. Material deals primarily with Richard's attempts to settle government claims against him regarding a disputed balance of over $23,000.

Dates: 1870 - 1881

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections