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Manuscripts
Cash book B
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- Description
- Double-column account book of an unidentified merchant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, possibly Richard Footman and Peter Footman. The first page has two contra entries for February 1-2,1756, followed by consistent cash and contra entries from June 1, 1759, to July 31, 1768, on the subsequent pages. Includes a June 11, 1763, entry to "Franklin & Hall in full for Advertisements & the Gazette to 4 March last" (folio 37), as well as an entry for Benjamin Franklin (1764 January 17, folio 41), and David Hall (folios 57, 90). The names of Richard Footman and Peter Footman appear in multiple entries throughout the volume.
- Production date
- 1756 February, 1759 June-1768 July
- Call number
- mssHM 729
- Provenance
- Purchased from Scott & O'Shaughnessy (lot 75), December 8, 1916. 1916 Scott & O'Shaughnessy dealer's catalog description notes, "said to have been bought at a sale of the effects of Edward Shippen, father of Margaret, wife of Benedict Arnold."
