Store records, 1795-1805 (bulk 1795-1798).

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Store records, 1795-1805 (bulk 1795-1798).

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Consists of the ledger and account book of a general store in East Nantmeal, Chester County, PA. William Brown signed the account book in two places (leaves 124 and 132). Interesting notes appear in the ledger, such as: "for Drawing the Plan of a Furnace hearth pr. Agreements" (p. 101); "for 1 qt. rye whiskey to treat E. Thos. for watching Coal Pits" (p. 131); "for 1 qt. Brandy to take home on the morning his children were sick" (p. 144); "for 1 qt. rye whiskey 1 pt. Remaining at the Castration of her Boar" (p. 128); and charges to0 the estate of Adam Thrue, d. November 27, 1795 (see account book, leaf 50). Several furnaces, including Warwick and Hopewell, are mentioned in the books.

2 v. ; 34 cm. or smaller.

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Brown, William Garrott, 1868-1913

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William Garrott Brown was a historian, biographer, and essayist, of Marion, Alabama, and Cambridge, Massachusetts who graduated from Harvard College in 1891. From the guide to the William Garrott Brown papers, 1898-1917, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Brown (1868-1913) taught history at Harvard and served as Deputy Keeper of University Records at Harvard. From the description of Papers of William Garrott Brown, 1898. (Ha...