Back cover annotated in a contemporary hand, "Walmsley's Cash Book.", Binding: Original parchment-covered boards, parchment remaining on back cover only., Blank leaves throughout., and Imperfect: wormed with loss of text.
Subject (Geographic):
Wiltshire (England) --Economic conditions --18th century and Wiltshire (England) --Social conditions --18th century
Subject (Name):
Long family, Long, Henrietta Greville, Lady, 1683-1765, and Long, James, Sir, circa 1682-1729
Subject (Topic):
Cost and standard of living --England --18th century, Home economics --Accounting, and Landlord and tenant --England --Wiltshire
Account book dates from the early years of Davenport's legal career. Among his clients were Timothy Dwight IV (1752-1817), then a distinguished minister and schoolmaster in Fairfield, later president of Yale, and Joel Barlow (1754-1817), the notable poet, diplomat, and politician, then living in Hartford. Other clients belonged to such prominent Connecticut families as the Beaches, Merritts, Seymours, and Whitneys. Perhaps the most intriguing client (?) was "Tom [,] Negro of A.W. [or A.T.] Watson," who engaged Davenport's services in 1791 and paid the balance in his labor. (Slavery was abolished in Connecticut in 1848.) It is also possible that he was loaned to Davenport to pay a debt. However, Tom is listed in the index, which is a list of clients.
Alternative Title:
John Davenport, Jr., account book and John Davenport account book
Description:
Title from spine of slipcase., Manuscript on paper., Holograph entries, in single hand, written in black ink; signed., Leaves mostly numbered in ink on upper right recto., Place of production (Stamford, Connecticut) inferred from Davenport's residence; date of manufacture inferred from inscribed entries: "The book begun in the year 1787, John Davenport Jun" inscribed to front free endpaper. The last entry in the account book is dated 1797., Printed lined account book with ready-made tabbed index (in black and red) at the beginning of the manuscript, including the names of clients., Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1780300, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut : Yale Law Library, 2023. MssA D275 1787, In English., Description based on print version record. , and Born into a prominent Stamford family, Davenport, a Yale graduate, was admitted to the bar around 1775. After serving in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, where he attained the rank of major, he returned to Stamford, where he spent the rest of his life. In addition to his legal career, he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1776-1796 and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1799-1817.
Publisher:
John Davenport
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Stamford, Stamford., and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Davenport, John, 1752-1830, Tom (of Watson), Beach Family., Merritt Family., Seymour Family., and Whitney Family.
Subject (Topic):
Account books, Finance, Personal, Budgets, Personal, Lawyers, African Americans, and Manuscripts, American
The papers consist of approximately 85 manuscript poems written by, to or for Lady Elizabeth Compton and other family members and a personal account book kept by James Compton from 1716 to 1734. The poems include birthday and wedding poems; elegies on the deaths of Compton children; verse epistles; invitations to visit; animal fables; humorous poems; and topical ballads and satires. There are also several translations of Latin verse by Horace and Catullus, and what may be copies of contemporary published verse. Lord Compton's account book contains detailed records of his daily expenses during his sojourns in London. There are multiple entries for chocolate-house and coffeehouse purchases; fees for plays and operas, wagers on horse races, and losses at cards; purchases of and subscriptions for books and prints, including Hogarth's Harlot's Progress and the first edition of Gay's Poems on Several Occasions; and miscellaneous disbursements to "the boy who brings the news," "a raree Showman," "a magick Lanthorn man," and a shopkeeper for "Play things for my children."
Alternative Title:
Account book
Description:
James Compton, Earl of Northampton (1687-1754) married the heiress Elizabeth Shirley in 1716; she became Baroness Ferrers of Chartley in her own right in the following year. The couple moved into Compton Wynates, and extensively restored and altered the Tudor structure. Although they had eight children, only one daughter, Charlotte (1729-1770), survived into adulthood, marrying George Townshend (later 1st Marquis Townshend) in 1751. Lady Elizabeth Compton died in 1741. James Compton largely withdrew from society after her death, refused a dukedom in 1743, and died in 1754.
Subject (Name):
Compton family, Rushout, Anne Compton,--Lady,--1693-1766, and Townshend, Charlotte Compton,--Viscountess,--d. 1770
Subject (Topic):
Amusements--England, Cost and standard of living--England--18th century, and Family--England--Domestic relations
[Record of meetings of the directors, Jan. 1812 to June 1826; and of meetings of the committee of stockholders and of their agents, with their accounts, etc., June 1826 to May 1834], Letter book, and Records E Bank
Description:
All pages have been paginated in ink, however there are several that are otherwise blank and have not been digitized.
South Carolina Infantry, United States. Continental Army. Southern Department, United States. Continental Army--Finance, United States. Continental Army--History--Sources, and United States. Continental Army--Pay, allowances, etc
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of 24 records of rosters, pay, allowances, and provisions for the 2nd Regiment of Light Dragoons under Col. Elisha Sheldon. The volume includes an account of the clothing delivered to each member of the troops, along with their names and ranks; the amounts of provisions of food and drink received for the use of General John Glover; soldiers' pay as directed by Congress; allowances of subsistence money supplied to the officers in lieu of rations for themselves and their servants; as well as muster rolls for each troop in the 2nd Regiment, listing each member's name, rank, term of enlistment, and "casualties." The collection also includes a copy of a letter which requests permission to hire tailors to make clothing for the Army
Description:
Elijah Janes was paymaster of the 2nd Regiment of Light Dragoons, where he served under Col. Elisha Sheldon. He began his military career as a cornet on November 16, 1779 and was promoted to Lieutenant eight days later. He was wounded by a horseman's sword on the right wrist on November 20, 1780, and became Paymaster in 1782. The friendship that developed between Janes and fellow lieutenant in Sheldon's regiment James Dole continued after the war and their move to Lansingburgh (now Troy), NY, where Janes became godfather to Dole's daughter. In 1811 Elijah Janes became one of the original directors of the Farmers Bank of Troy. He died February 22, 1823 at the age of 64 and is buried in the Old Lansingburgh (Troy) Cemetery., On December 12, 1776, Congress constituted the 2nd Continental Light Dragoons at Wethersfield, CT, also known as Sheldon's horse after its commander, Elisha Sheldon of CT, for service with the Continental Army. Congress authorized George Washington to appoint the other officers of the regiment, but he gave the duty to Sheldon. In accordance with General Washington's instructions, the new regiment was to have one other field officer, a major; a regimental staff of an adjutant, a surgeon, and a surgeon's mate; and 6 troops. Each troop was to consist of a captain, a lieutenant, a cornet, a quartermaster, 2 sergeants, 2 corporals, a trumpeter, a farrier, and 34 privates. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Crooked Billet, and the Battle of Yorktown. The regiment was furloughed June 9, 1783 at Newburgh, New York and disbanded on November 20, 1783., In English., and Binding: half cloth over marbled covers. Pasted on cover: Manuscripts of Lieut. Elijah Janes Paymaster of the Second Regiment of Light Dragoons, 1779-1783. Elisha Sheldon Col.
Subject (Geographic):
United States and Connecticut.
Subject (Name):
Glover, John, 1732-1797., Janes, Elijah 1759-1823., Sheldon, Elisha, 1740-1805., and United States. Continental Army. Light Dragoons Regiment, 2nd.
Subject (Topic):
Military administration, History, Equipment and supplies, Finance, Regimental histories, and Politics and government
Household accounts book for Hardwicke House on the banks of the river Thames in Oxfordshire includes itemized payments to kitchen staff as well as lists of ingredients and the quantities purchased. The household employed two cooks during this period; the accounts are signed by Mary Stent until Christmas quarter-day of 1748 when she received her last payment and then by her replacement by Ann Colet. Under Colet's management the list of ingredients becomes more detailed. The accounts also list payments for kitchen equipment (ladles, dishes, "wooden ware", needles, etc.) as well as other items needed by the staff including chamber pots and postage for letters. The accounts were reviewed by Philip Powys Esqr., who settled the accounts with the cooks
Description:
Hardwick House, a Tudor-style house on the banks of the River Thames in Oxfordshire. It was the home for over 130 years of the Powys descendants., In English., Caption title from p. [1]: The cook's book, 1748, Mary Stent., Bound in contemporary vellum., and For further information, consult library staff.
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, recording the salaries and fees of all the offices in the gift of the Crown, including the officers of the court of revenue, law courts, the royal household, forts, and forests. The manuscript also records some names of current office holders; the list of "Players of interludes" includes Richard Burbage and John Heminge, and the list of "Keeper of Parrys garden, of beares and mastifs" names Edward Alleyn and Philip Henslowe.
Description:
Binding: limp parchment.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Officials and employees
Subject (Name):
Burbage, Richard,--1567?-1619, Heminge, John,--ca. 1556-1630, Henslowe, Philip,--d. 1616, and James--I,--King of England,--1566-1625
Subject (Topic):
Courts and courtiers--England, Legal manuscripts, and Royal households--Great Britain
Two manuscript volumes containing logbook entries, journal entries, rental accounts, and descriptions of voyages by Thomas Bowrey. The journal volume contains "An Account of the Journall of a Voyage from England to Bengall...in the Worcester East Indiaman commanded by Captn. Thomas Bowrey...1689...1691;" "A Description & account of the Different Islands & bays on the NW Coast...and Likewise the Behaviour of the Natives from Each different place," with three coastal maps; drawings of an escutcheon and a burial monument; leasehold accounts; and extracts from Shakespeare.
Alternative Title:
An Account of the Journall of a Voyage from England to Bengall... in the Worcester East Indiaman commanded by Captn. Thomas Bowrey from the 11th of December 1689 to the 14th of December 1691
Description:
Binding: both volumes bound in tooled full reverse calf; logbook has red morocco spine label with "Account Book" in gilt letters., Journal has eighteenth century gold-stamped, red morocco label pasted on inside front cover: Thos. Bowrey Born Jan. 4 A.D. 1661. Autograph of Henry H. Goddard on front pastedown and front flyleaf has been struck-through., Thomas Bowrey (ca. 1650-1713), pilot, East India merchant, and investor, was the compiler of the first published Malay-English dictionary (1701)., and Volume 2 contains text written in both directions. In four sections according to orientation of text. Each section, including that of the reverse direction, retains pencil foliation as found in the volume.
Subject (Geographic):
Bengal (India)--Commerce, Bengal (India)--Description and travel, Bengal, Bay of--Commerce, Bengal, Bay of--Maps, India--History--1526-1765, Malabar Coast (India)--Description and travel, Malabar Coast (India)--Navigation, Northwest Passage--Description and travel, and Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration--British
Subject (Name):
East India Company and English Company Trading to the East-Indies
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy--Observations, Explorers--Great Britain, Nautical charts--Malabar Coast (India), Spice trade--England--17th century, and Spice trade--Great Britain--17th century