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1Author:  The Virginia Gazette.Add
 Title:  Virginia Gazette daybooks     
 Dates:  1750-1766 
 Abstract:  These photocopies of the daybooks of the Virginia Gazette from 1750-1752 and 1764-1766 complement the Royale Collection. They provide a small window into the workings of printers in Virginia. This volume contains information on circulation, costs, and other aspects of the business side of the newspaper business.

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 Call #:  Mss.071.V81d 
 Extent:  2 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Business and Skilled Trades | Colony and State Specific History | Printing and Publishing 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts 
2Author:  Binny, Archibald, 1762-1838Add
 Title:  Binny & Ronaldson ledgers, 1796-1798, 1798-1800, 1800-1801     
 Dates:  1796-1801 
 Abstract:  These three volumes contain the business records of the Binny and Ronaldson type foundry that operated in Philadelphia for the years 1796-1801. Archibald Binny and James Ronaldson established the first type foundry in America in 1796. Binny was trained and worked in Scotland as a punchcutter before setting off for Philadelphia in 1796. There he met a fellow Scot, James Ronaldson, who provided the business background to launch the firm. Binny and Ronaldson printed the first dollar marks in 1797 and in 1806 purchased the remnants of Benjamin Franklin's press operations.

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 Call #:  Mss.655.21.B51 
 Extent:  3 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Business and Skilled Trades | Philadelphia History | Printing and Publishing 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts 
 Subjects:  Printing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Type and type-founding -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. 
3Author:  Haines & Twells.Add
 Title:  Haines & Twells, account book, 1767-1770     
 Dates:  1767-1770 
 Abstract:  Summary(s) of Collection: The Haines and Twells collection consists of a single, large, bound folio volume that recorded the business transactions of Haines and Twelles, large brewers in Philadelphia, between 1767 and 1770. The account books contain the names of their customers and the orders they received, lending insight into the business behind brewing and the consumption of beer in the city. The account books have been analyzed for profitability by Peter Thompson in Rum Punch and Revolution.

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 Call #:  Mss.657.H11 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Business and Skilled Trades | Philadelphia History 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts 
 Subjects:  Brewing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Accounting. 
4Author:  Muir, James,of Philadelphia.Add
 Title:  James Muir ledger, 1782-1795     
 Dates:  1782-1795 
 Abstract:  This is a photocopy of James Muir's ledger book from 1782-1789. There are some additional records that go up to 1795. Muir was a bookbinder in Philadelphia. The original volume is at the HSP.

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 Call #:  Mss.657.M88 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Business and Skilled Trades | Philadelphia History 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts 
 Subjects:  Book industries and trade -- Pennsylvania. 
5Author:  Shippen, Joseph,1706-1793.Add
 Title:  Joseph Shippen waste book, 1749-1750     
 Dates:  1749-1750 
 Abstract:  This volume contains a range of business transactions relating to Joseph Shippen's business as a Philadelphia merchant. The volume, dated 1749-1750, records the name of a customer, what was purchased, and its price.

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 Call #:  Mss.657.Sh6 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Business and Skilled Trades | Trade 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts 
6Author:  Williams, JohnAdd
 Title:  John Williams daybook and ledger, 1773-1774     
 Dates:  1773-1774 
 Abstract:  John Williams's ledger and daybook record the business activities for this Lancaster County-based merchant. The ledger contains daily sales and purchases for 1773 and 1774. The accounts can provide insight into the consumption of residents of the Pennsylvania hinterland and the trade and business connections it had with Philadelphia and other ports. The daybook contains even more information. Entries record individuals, what they purchased, and at what price.

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 Call #:  Mss.657.W67 
 Extent:  2 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Business and Skilled Trades | Pennsylvania History | Trade 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts 
7Author:  Winner, James,fl. 1854.Add
 Title:  James Winner daybook, 1854-1855     
 Dates:  1854-1855 
 Abstract:  This daybook for the firm Winner and Barrows records the sales for this Philadelphia-based machinist shop. The volume also contains information on production, such as the time certain orders took to complete and subsequent charges. There are some interesting ship designs from the early 1900s in the back of the book.

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 Call #:  Mss.671.3.W72 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Business and Skilled Trades 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts 
 Subjects:  Machine shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. 
8Author:  unknownAdd
 Title:  North American Land Company ledger, 1795-1805     
 Dates:  1795-1805 
 Abstract:  This large bound contains a few records of stock sales and transfers for the North American Land Company, which had Robert Morris as one of its main investors. Interestingly, John Fries, leader of Fries Rebellion in Northampton County, purchased shares in 1795.

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 Call #:  Mss.973.N75 
 Extent:  0.5 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Land and Speculation 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts 
 Subjects:  Land companies -- Pennsylvania. | Land speculation | Real estate investment. 
9Author:  Legaux, Peter, 1748-1827Add
 Title:  Journal of the Vine Company of Pennsylvania     
 Dates:  1803-1827 
 Abstract:  This journal details Peter Legaux's attempt to create an American vineyard. The MOLE description contains a wealth of information about the journal, the vineyard's undertaking, and the APS's involvement with it.

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 Call #:  Mss.974.8.L52 
 Extent:  4 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Business and Skilled Trades | Natural history 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts 
 Subjects:  Grapes | Meteorology -- Pennsylvania -- Observations | Viticulture -- Pennsylvania | Weather 
10Author:  Aitken, Jane, 1764-1832Add
 Title:  Jane Aitken Papers     
 Dates:  1784-1814 
 Abstract:  This collection consists of Aitken family papers and correspondence. The bulk of the collection relates to Jane Aitken's life and dates from 1800 to 1814, the height of Jane Aitken's business career. Much of the correspondence is between Aitken and John Vaughan, a wealthy Philadelphia merchant who served as Jane's investor and benefactor when she fell on hard times.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.Ai9 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Business and Skilled Trades | Philadelphia History | Printing and Publishing | Women's History 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts 
 Subjects:  American Philosophical Society | Bookbinding | Finance, Personal | Printers -- Pennsylvania -- History | Printing -- Pennsylvania -- History | Women Printers 
11Author:  unknownAdd
 Title:  Samuel Coates receipt book, 1804-1829     
 Dates:  1804-1829 
 Abstract:  The Samuel Coates Collection consists largely of business records of Samuel Coates, a prominent Philadelphia merchant. Coates' large account book for 1803-1830 contains a range of financial transactions both personal and professional that may lend insight into business and trade in early nineteenth century Philadelphia. The collection also includes Coates' day book, which records day-to-day meetings, and two volumes of Coates' financial dealings with the Bank of North America between 1788 and 1798. Coates was he later elected a director of the Bank in 1800. In addition to Coates' own material there is an account book of Deborah Morris, which contains a very detailed will and probate records. The will describes in detail how and to whom her belongings should be distributed and is more detailed than most wills.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.C632 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Business and Skilled Trades | Trade 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts 
12Author:  unknownAdd
 Title:  Coates family. Account books, etc., 1678-1817     
 Dates:  1678-1817 
 Abstract:  The Coates Family Collection contains a variety of documents pertaining to this prominent Philadelphia family.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.C632.1 
 Extent:  6 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Business and Skilled Trades | Law | Philadelphia History | Trade 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts 
13Author:  Fenton, John F.Add
 Title:  John F. Fenton Day Books     
 Dates:  1829-1844 
 Abstract:  The John Fenton Collection consists of daybooks for Fenton's business as a wheelwright. The books contain records of clients, prices charged, and costs for goods and labor for the years 1830-1844.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.F351 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Business and Skilled Trades 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts 
 Subjects:  Carriage and wagon making -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County | Wheelwrights -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County 
14Author:  unknownAdd
 Title:  William Parker Foulke account book, 1767-1775     
 Dates:  1767-1775 
 Abstract:  The account book of William Foulke contains various transactions from 1767 to 1775. The large book contains names of customers with services rendered and costs listed. Fouke appears to have been based out of Philadelphia.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.F826.1 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Business and Skilled Trades | Philadelphia History 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts 
15Author:  Fox, George, 1759-1828Add
 Title:  William Temple Franklin-George Fox Collection     
 Dates:  1791-1800 
 Abstract:  This collection of correspondence complements the much larger collection of William Temple Franklin Correspondence and the records and correspondence of George Fox, Franklin's business agent and executor. This collection contains a series of letters from William Temple Franklin to George Fox that begins in the 1791 when W.T. Franklin was in London and ends in 1800. Most of the letters deal with Franklin's business, especially his land speculations. There are two documents from Goveneur Morris that deal with business.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.F86f 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Americans Abroad | Land and Speculation | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts 
 Subjects:  Real property -- Pennsylvania | Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 
16Author:  Hall & SellersAdd
 Title:  Hall & Sellers shop book, 1767-1769     
 Dates:  1767-1769 
 Abstract:  This single volume records the daily sales of Hall and Sellers from 1767 to 1769. Records include single sales to individuals along with bulk sales to booksellers, some that came from Baltimore and Lancaster. This account book along with the David Hall collection provides a picture of the business history of this prominent Philadelphia printing house. The collection is one of many at the APS that chronicles the early history of the printing industry in Philadelphia.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.H142 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Business and Skilled Trades | Printing and Publishing 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts 
 Subjects:  Stationery trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Accounting. 
17Author:  Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791Add
 Title:  Francis Hopkinson notebook, 1784-1791     
 Dates:  1784-1791 
 Abstract:  This volume contains a short record of Francis Hopkinson's expenses and other personal notes. Items mentioned include costs associated with horses, books purchased, and lots rented.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.H768.1 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts 
18Author:  Jacobs, Benjamin.Add
 Title:  Benjamin Jacobs receipt book, 1761-1774     
 Dates:  1761-1774 
 Abstract:  The Benjamin Jacobs Collection contains a single bound, pocket-sized book that records a variety of financial transactions of this prominent Philadelphian businessman.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.J156 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Business and Skilled Trades 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts 
 Subjects:  Forge shops -- Equipment and supplies. 
19Author:  Mifflin, John F. (John Fishbourne), 1759-1813Add
 Title:  John F. (John Fishbourne) Mifflin receipt book, 1800-1813     
 Dates:  1800-1813 
 Abstract:  The John Mifflin receipt book is a fairly straight forward collection. Mifflin had some involvement in financing the Pike Expedition, some record of which is in the transactions of the receipt book. He was also a prominent Philadelphian. As such, names of other prominent Philadelphians with whom he conducted business are recorded. The Mifflin receipt book is unusual in one respect. Occasionally, Mifflin provides hisotrical details on his property.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.M585 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Business and Skilled Trades 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts 
 Subjects:  Legal documents. 
20Author:  Reynell, John,1708-1784.Add
 Title:  John Reynell daybook, 1731-1732     
 Dates:  1731-1732 
 Abstract:  Although the John Reynell daybook is most often noted for its early reference to Benjamin Franklin, the content of this slender volume also provides insight into the economy of Philadelphia for this period. The daybook contains Reynell's financial records for 1731-1732. Reynell's business interests seem focused on the West Indies trade, and he records shipments and sales of sugar, indigo, and other goods to Philadelphians.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.R33 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Business and Skilled Trades | International Trade. | Philadelphia History | Trade 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts 
 Subjects:  Commerce. | Merchants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. 
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