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Receipts (Financial records)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Boulton Gun Works

 Series
Accession: 1209Identifier: 1209-II.
Dates: 1758-1909

Financial Records, 1921-1989

 Series
Accession: 2000Identifier: 2000-II.
Scope and Content:

This series contains the official financial records of John McShain, Inc., as well as John McShain's personal financial statements. Trial balances (1935-1951) document work on most major Washington and Philadelphia projects. Statements for John McShain, Inc., of Philadelphia are complete for the years 1934-1947 and 1960-1979. Statements for John McShain, Inc., of Trenton document the years 1938-1947 and 1960-1974. Similarly statements for John McShain, Inc., of Maryland contain data for the years 1938-1946 and 1960-1975.

Personal financial statements, 1935-1981, include bound financial statements prepared by John McShain's accountant as well as statements of receipts and disbursements prepared by office personnel. McShain's own calculations are included in these volumes. Unfortunately, the statements for the 1940s and 1950s are missing. The series also includes financial records from John McShain's hotels, Barclay Stables, Killarney estates, and other corporate interests. The Columbia Plaza records contain financial documents relating to the changeover from a single owner corporation to limited partnership.

Dates: 1921-1989

James Henry

 Series
Accession: 1209Identifier: 1209-V.
Scope and Contents:

This series holds Lancaster County Court papers (1770-1795), consisting of court record books and dockets.

Dates: 1758-1909

Sophie Dalmas du Pont papers, 1792-1827

 Series
Accession: LMSS-IIIIdentifier: LMSS-III-III.
Scope and Content:

The correspondence between Sophie Dalmas du Pont and her husband E.I. du Pont dates from 1792 through 1817. Much of the correspondence was written prior to the family's emigration to the United States in 1799 and contains details of their life in France. The letters include information on child rearing, health and medicinal recipes, and diet. The correspondence documents her domestic responsibilities and supervison of the family's farm and vineyards. The letters, affectionate in tone, express the couple's mutual sadness at being apart and reflect a companionate marriage.

Her papers include three household account ledgers dating from 1819 to 1827, which were used to record expenses for groceries, clothing, and domestic servants' wages. The ledgers also document production at the family's farm. Bills and receipts date from 1803 to 1827, document purchases of groceries, fabrics, and shoes.

Dates: 1792-1827

Special papers, 1785-1838

 Series
Accession: LMSS-IIIIdentifier: LMSS-III-II.
Scope and Content:

This series includes personal accounts; student copy books and notes on the subjects of botany, physics, chemistry, natural history, Latin, and horticulture; botanical notes, including an essay on the culture of American corn; memoranda on the manufacture of gunpowder and the construction of the Brandywine mills; memoranda on American manufactures and the tariff; and notes on travels to Pittsburgh (1806) and Angelica, New York (1808).

Also included are papers concerning the South Brandywine Rangers (a militia unit during the War of 1812); legal agreements concerning the acquisition of property for the Delaware powder mills and the importation of Merino sheep; du Pont's shares in the Wilmington & Philadelphia Turnpike Co.; rules and regulations of the Philadelphia & Wilmington Steam Boat Co. (1829); patents and lists of lands owned by du Pont near Pittsburgh and in Virginia; estate papers of Dr. Pierre Didier; and a letter from Louis McLane regarding information from Delaware for his census of manufactures.

Dates: 1785-1838