Franklin, Benjamin Wastebook, 1785-1787
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Franklin, Benjamin Wastebook, 1785-1787 | ||
| Alternative Title | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Wastebook | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| Creator | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | This volume was kept by Benjamin Franklin and there is a small notice, in his hand, pasted to a page: "B.F.s Private Acc[oun]ts." It consists of 18 pages recording payment of taxes, purchase of stockings, hats, bookcases, thermometer, hams, etc., servants wages, etc. Franklin's French expenses are on the first two pages under dates of December 1776-April 1777. At the end of the volume is an index and several pages of accounts with the Congress, William Temple Franklin, Caffieri, etc. | ||
| Note | Several blank pages throughout volume were not scanned. | ||
| Note | American Philosophical Society | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Language | (eng) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Finance, Personal--United States | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Philadelphia (Pa.)--History | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Philadelphia (Pa.) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Passy (Haute-Savoie, France) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Caffieri, Jean-Jacques, 1725-1792 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States. Congress | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Account books | ||
| Genre | Ledgers (account books) | ||
| Extent | 45p. | ||
| Digital Origin | Reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | Preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1785-1787 | ||
| Date Captured | 2023 | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | Miscellaneous Benjamin Franklin Collections | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.F85.misc | ||
| URL | https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F85.misc-ead.xml | ||
| ACCESS INFORMATION | |||
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