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Lewis, Leon E., Jr. Leon E. Lewis, Jr., collection, ca.1734-1978.

Title: Leon E. Lewis, Jr., collection, ca.1734-1978.

This collection, most of which is on microfilm, contains business and personal papers of Samuel and Abraham Rex, Alexander and Henry Schaeffer, Peter Zimmerman and others in and around Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania. Included are account books, deeds, plat maps, genealogical information, letters, music and words to songs, broadsides, indentures, diaries, bills, newspaper clippings, wills, legal documents, tax receipts, documents pertaining to the Lutheran Church, photographs, etc. A very few of the papers have been photocopied and are in Col. 782. These include bills addressed to Samuel Rex, 1790-1801; the correspondence of Ann Matilda Zimmerman about a memorial fountain, 1910-1911; a printed manual on dyeing wool, silk, and cotton; a printed guide for knitting with silk thread, plus some additional needlework patterns; a few pieces of music; family photographs; genealogy of the Rex family; and some other assorted documents. As well, the handwritten inventory sheets for the collection as a whole are found with this group of papers.

ArchivalResource: 14 microfilm reels; 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/463296286 View

Rex family. Daybooks, 1790-1829.

Title: Daybooks, 1790-1829.

This collection includes 44 daybooks, four exercise books, and one copy book. The daybooks record the sales transactions of a general store. Samuel Rex's daybook indicates that he sold iron to John Sweitzer who manufactured nails for Rex. Most items sold were paid for in English pounds. Goods mentioned include earthenware, dry-goods, liquors, glassware, tobacco, spices, hardware, tools, various types of groceries, and clothing. The exercise books were kept by Samuel and Franklin Rex. They include exercises in accounting and bookkeeping. The back cover of Samuel Rex's first exercise book contains an architectural drawing of a house.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes (49 v.) : ill. (b&w) ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84666751 View