Collections : [University of Michigan William L. Clements Library]

This 61-page ledger contains the accounts of an unidentified supplier of horse and carriage rentals in Rochester, New York, 1870-1871. The entries are brief, frequently containing the name of a horse (Ned, Cinderella, Nellie, Blk, Charly, Jeny, Sam, Duk, and others), the type of carriage (i.e. hack, buggy, coach), and costs. Other accounts include cash and rent by livery stable workers Hiram Wood and John H. Austin, and First National Bank transactions for the purchase of hay and oats.

This 61-page ledger contains the accounts of an unidentified supplier of horse and carriage rentals in Rochester, New York, 1870-1871. The entries are brief, frequently containing the name of a horse (Ned, Cinderella, Nellie, Blk, Charly, Jeny, Sam, Duk, and others), the type of carriage (hack, buggy, coach, etc.), and a cost. Among many clients are livery stable workers Hiram Wood and John H. Austin (cash and rent); First National Bank (purchase of hay and oats); and the Rochester Iron Manufacturing Company, whose foundry was located at nearby Charlotte.

This account book, kept by R. P. Van Deusen, documents 18 trips of the barge Berkshire on the Hudson River and Erie Canal carrying passengers and cargo.

The account book of the barge Berkshire contains records eighteen trips up and down the Hudson River and Erie Canal. Some passengers paid simply for passage, some for passage and board. The diverse cargo included hay, reams of paper, vinegar, cattle, potatoes, books and oats. There is much detail of barge expenses as well, including provisions and the cost of being towed up and down the river by various captains and steamboats. Deposits to the Mercantile and Exchange Bank are also noted. A later possessor of the account book filled thirty one pages at the opposite end of the book with notations on the life and death of many authors, and starts with the witty quote, "Woodsman spare that tree." There are a few pages of manuscript verse, and sadly, several pages of accounts are covered up with poems clipped out of newspapers. Some of these have been removed.

This account book (88 pages) contains information about a saloon owner's personal and professional expenses from January 1889-December 1890. Internal evidence suggests that this may have been the Leonard Brothers Saloon, located on Edmond Street in St. Joseph, Missouri.

This account book (88 pages) contains information about a saloon owner's personal and professional expenses from January 1889-December 1890.

The owner recorded daily accounts of cash, stocked goods, and expenses on facing pages. He purchased beer from the Anheuser-Bush Brewing Association, the August Nunning Brewing Company, the St. Joseph Brewing Company, the M. K. Goetz Brewing Company, and other suppliers. He also bought whiskey, rye, gin, cider, soda water, and cigars. Business-related expenses included electric lighting, foods, insurance, licenses, and laborers, such as a watchman and a "colored man" (p. 33). Personal expenses included groceries, shoes, medical care, opera and theater tickets, a "hired girl," streetcar passes, membership dues, and taxes.

This journal contains Samuel Lightfoot's notes about surveys he conducted in southeastern Pennsylvania in the mid-18th century. An account book, dated primarily in the 1780s, is laid into the volume.

This journal (around 200 pages) contains Samuel Lightfoot's notes about surveys he conducted in southeastern Pennsylvania in the mid-18th century. An account book (30 pages), dated primarily in the late 1780s, is laid into the volume.

Samuel Lightfoot recorded information about surveys he conducted in Berks, Chester, Lancaster, and Lehigh Counties, Pennsylvania, from June 8, 1739-December 2, 1757. A 73-page section covering September 1743-March 1753 is missing. Lightfoot made detailed notes about his work, including the names of his customers and property owners and the boundaries of surveyed tracts.

The first 2 pages of the small account book pertain to "Outstanding Debts Due To Samuel Lightfoot," with a list of names and monetary amounts. The remaining 28 pages concern an anonymous author's personal finances from June 3, 1786-September 13, 1788. The accounts consist of brief notes about individual transactions, which often involved farm labor, such as haying or threshing, and the sale of potatoes. At least one laborer was a woman. A memorandum on the back of the volume concerns the sale of a tract of land by David Davis to George Davis. The account book also has a note laid inside it, indicating the extent of a lot of land owned by Thomas Lloyd.

The Ogden collection consists of diaries written by Sarah and Edward Ogden detailing trips to places in Europe, Russia, the United States and Mexico from the years 1886 to 1908.

The Sarah and Edward Ogden diaries consist of seven diaries written by Sarah Ogden, one expense book kept by Edward Ogden, and one other diary, possibly written by Edward Ogden. The diaries span the years from 1886 to 1908.

A trip taken from 1886-1887 was to Europe, and the destinations were as follows: England (June 1886); Germany (July 1886); Austria and Switzerland (August 1886); France (September 1886); Spain (October 1886); France (the end of 1886, and early 1887); Italy (March 1887); Denmark (June 1887); St. Petersburg and Moscow (July and August, 1887); England (September and October, 1887); and then back to the United States. The trip taken from 1889-1890 was from New Jersey to Seattle, then south to Vera Cruz, Mexico, and back north again to New Jersey. The trip in 1891 was south to Florida. The final trip in 1908 was also to Europe -- Amsterdam, Coblenz, and Bologne.

The Shadrach Allard papers consist primarily of business correspondence addressed to Allard by Henry Charlesworth, regarding their business carving gravestones and memorial markers. Additionally, the collection contains a receipt book kept by Allard during the late 1840s.

The Shadrach Allard papers consist primarily of business correspondence addressed to Allard by Henry Charlesworth, regarding their business carving gravestones and memorial markers. Additionally, the collection contains a receipt book kept by Allard during the late 1840s. Allard, then living in Gallipolis, Ohio, worked closely with Charlesworth, of Portsmouth, Ohio, to acquire marble and other stone for the markers. Though the letters imply a general agreeability between the men, Charlesworth often chastised Allard for delays, and repeatedly asked him to send money. Other correspondence includes a fragment and a personal letter from Allard's brother in Cincinnati. Financial records within the collection include a receipt book kept by Allard from 1845-1848 and a receipt for a quantity of marble received by Charlesworth.

This collection contains 2 letters and 1 account book related to the family of Frederick Shinckle, a leather worker who lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the turn of the 19th century. The letters concern his son Frederick's travels and his daughter-in-law Margaret's financial difficulties. The account book records the finances of his estate following the elder Frederick's death in 1810.

This collection contains 2 letters (3 pages) and 1 account book (15 pages) related to the family of Frederick Shinckle, a leather worker who lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the turn of the 19th century. The letters concern his son Frederick's travels and his daughter-in-law Margaret's financial difficulties. The account book records the finances of the elder Frederick's estate following his death in 1810.

Frederick Shinckle, Jr., wrote a letter to his parents, Frederick and Salome Shinckle, from New York on December 4, 1789, in which he briefly discussed a 5-day voyage to New York and alluded to some financial difficulties. He reported North Carolina's adoption of the United States Constitution by a margin of 18 votes. His wife Margaret wrote to her father-in-law on May 12, 1790, from Philadelphia. She reacted negatively to his request that she move her belongings to a different room in his home and described her destitution and other difficulties she and her children suffered when her husband was separated from them.

An unknown executor compiled an account book respecting the financial affairs of Frederick Shinckle's estate after his death in April 1810. The volume has two overlapping sections: the first contains accounts dated May 4, 1810-January 27, 1819; the second, titled "Account of Vents appertaining to Estate of F. Shinckle," contains accounts dated April 10, 1812-March 11, 1817. Shinckle's estate paid a regular remittance to his widow, to taxes, and to repair-related fees, among other expenses. The estate received payments from banks, bonds, "Louisiana stock," and individual debtors. A 2-page item containing 4 columns of similar financial records is laid into the volume.

This account book, possibly kept by Simon Emery (1727-1790) of Kittery, Province of Massachusetts Bay, contains five pages of debts, credits, and memos related to court fees, hay, and agricultural labor. One receipt is laid into the volume. On the back cover is crass manuscript poem, "An Epitaph," respecting the death and burial of a teenage woman who refused to have sex with men or masturbate while alive.

This account book, possibly kept by Simon Emery (1727-1790) of Kittery, Province of Massachusetts Bay, contains five pages of debts, credits, and memos related to court fees, hay, and agricultural labor.

• Page 1: "Memorandm. to procure the Boston Post Bay for Monday July 27, 1752" and weighing of Emery's hay at Col. Sparhawks Barn 1763.
• Slip laid between blank pages 2-3: "MR Danel Emery I Desir you will bill these rites to Day to bee tried Monday com senet Jenery 2 1768."
• Pages 4-5: December 15, 1762-June 21, 1763, containing entries for debts owed in a court case: Simon Emery vs. Peter William, Jr., December 15, 1762. The entries were for "Blanks & fetching," "Currying to ye. Officer," "Proveing Account," judgement and taxing, travel and attendance, filing, and drawing writs. Below is a list of cases "vs Moses Wadlin," "vs Joseph Gatchel, Jr.," "vs David Boyce," "Wm. Parker, Esqr. vs Thomas Gubtail," "Simon Emery vs Abijah Stevens."
• Pages 6-9: Blank.
• Pages 10-11: Debts owed by Simon Emery, July 29, 1761-March 18, 1763. Twenty-eight entries for cash, with mostly unnamed recipients. One is with Noah Ricker. The accounts were for posting accounts, writing, "Quamphegon wth. corn," cash at Portsmouth, English hay to M. H., a days' work, and hay (Robts. & Smith).
• Pages 12-15: Blank.

On the back cover is a crass manuscript poem, "An Epitaph," respecting the death and burial of a teenage woman who refused to have sex with men or masturbate while alive:

"An Epitaph / Here lies the body of a Beauteous Maid / Whose Secret parts, No man Did Ev'r Invade / Scarce her own hand she would Admit to touch / That Virgin Spring Altho. it Itch'd so much / She Dyed at Eighteen years of Age, & then / She gave to worms what she Deny'd to men / It was her last request with Dying groans / To have no Tomb at all, if built with stones / Such Vigorous things she always us'd to wave / For fear they would Disturb her in the grave"

This account book, possibly kept by Simon Emery (1727-1790) of Kittery, Province of Massachusetts Bay, contains five pages of debts, credits, and memos related to court fees, hay, and agricultural labor. One receipt is laid into the volume. On the back cover is crass manuscript poem, "An Epitaph," respecting the death and burial of a teenage woman who refused to have sex with men or masturbate while alive.

This account book, possibly kept by Simon Emery (1727-1790) of Kittery, Province of Massachusetts Bay, contains five pages of debts, credits, and memos related to court fees, hay, and agricultural labor.

• Page 1: "Memorandm. to procure the Boston Post Bay for Monday July 27, 1752" and weighing of Emery's hay at Col. Sparhawks Barn 1763.
• Slip laid between blank pages 2-3: "MR Danel Emery I Desir you will bill these rites to Day to bee tried Monday com senet Jenery 2 1768."
• Pages 4-5: December 15, 1762-June 21, 1763, containing entries for debts owed in a court case: Simon Emery vs. Peter William, Jr., December 15, 1762. The entries were for "Blanks & fetching," "Currying to ye. Officer," "Proveing Account," judgement and taxing, travel and attendance, filing, and drawing writs. Below is a list of cases "vs Moses Wadlin," "vs Joseph Gatchel, Jr.," "vs David Boyce," "Wm. Parker, Esqr. vs Thomas Gubtail," "Simon Emery vs Abijah Stevens."
• Pages 6-9: Blank.
• Pages 10-11: Debts owed by Simon Emery, July 29, 1761-March 18, 1763. Twenty-eight entries for cash, with mostly unnamed recipients. One is with Noah Ricker. The accounts were for posting accounts, writing, "Quamphegon wth. corn," cash at Portsmouth, English hay to M. H., a days' work, and hay (Robts. & Smith).
• Pages 12-15: Blank.

On the back cover is a crass manuscript poem, "An Epitaph," respecting the death and burial of a teenage woman who refused to have sex with men or masturbate while alive:

"An Epitaph / Here lies the body of a Beauteous Maid / Whose Secret parts, No man Did Ev'r Invade / Scarce her own hand she would Admit to touch / That Virgin Spring Altho. it Itch'd so much / She Dyed at Eighteen years of Age, & then / She gave to worms what she Deny'd to men / It was her last request with Dying groans / To have no Tomb at all, if built with stones / Such Vigorous things she always us'd to wave / For fear they would Disturb her in the grave"

An unnamed employee maintained this account book between 1889 and 1890 for a company producing handstamps, embossing stamps, and stencils. The volume includes the date, name of the patron, fees, and an occasional note about services. Frequently, the finished product for the client is stamped next to the entry.

An unnamed employee maintained this account book between 1889 and 1890 for a company producing handstamps, embossing stamps, and stencils. The volume includes the date, name of the patron, fees, and an occasional note about services. Frequently, the finished product for the client is stamped next to the entry.

The stamps predominantly represent names or symbols of businesses from across the United States, with many from the shoe and clothing industries. Other stamps described the quality of company's wares or noted patents, while some stamps were for individual names. One stamp advertised the one hundredth performance of the play "Oolah" on Broadway (p. 57). While many of the stamps feature graphic typography and embellishments, several stamps include images, such as feet in shoes (p. 54, 101), a dove (p. 73), a belt (p. 91), an American flag (p. 100) and eagle (p. 108), a crown (p. 100), four-leaf clovers (p. 104), a ship (p. 107), and a cow (p. 109). At least one stamp includes backward lettering (p. 101). Several embossed stamps were done on other paper and pasted into the volume or done directly on the paper in the volume.