"Post Office Accounts drawn out Nov. 1743" [Post Office Record Book No. 3] is a small volume of ca. 50 pages. It contains a list of names with amounts due with notes as to letters delivered, paid, etc. The names are abstracted from Post Office Ledger, No. 2 [B F85f6.11b]., Dataset A of BF85f6-11c contains the bulk of the data derived from this book. Each row has been assigned a numerical ID to allow sorting while preserving the data's context.
"Post Office Accounts drawn out Nov. 1743" [Post Office Record Book No. 3] is a small volume of ca. 50 pages. It contains a list of names with amounts due with notes as to letters delivered, paid, etc. The names are abstracted from Post Office Ledger, No. 2 [B F85f6.11b]., Dataset B of BF85f6-12 consists of page totals by Pounds, Shillings, and Pence owed, written at the bottom of each page of the volume. This data was separated from Dataset A during the data cleaning process.
"Post Office Accounts drawn out Nov. 1743" [Post Office Record Book No. 3] is a small volume of ca. 50 pages. It contains a list of names with amounts due with notes as to letters delivered, paid, etc. The names are abstracted from Post Office Ledger, No. 2 [B F85f6.11b].
"Post Office Accounts drawn out Nov. 1743" [Post Office Record Book No. 3] is a small volume of ca. 50 pages. It contains a list of names with amounts due with notes as to letters delivered, paid, etc. The names are abstracted from Post Office Ledger, No. 2 [B F85f6.11b]., This compressed .zip file contains "Dataset A: Philadelphia Post Office Record Book No. 3, 1743" (csv), "Dataset B: Page Totals" (csv), "Dataset C: Reckonings on page 42" (csv), and "Documentation for BF85f6-11c" (txt).
"Post Office Accounts" May 18, 1748, is the continuation of the above ledger [Philadelphia Post Office Record Book No. 3, B F85f6.11c]. It contains 68 unnumbered pages. Per the Franklin Papers (vol. II, p. 180-181), "the amounts owed by each [name-entry] correspond[s] to the subtotals entered in May 1748 in the ledger described above as No. 2 [B F85f6.11b, Philadelphia Post Office Ledger, No.2].", This compressed .zip file contains "Dataset A: Entries" (csv), "Dataset B: Page Totals" (csv), "Dataset C: Calculations" (csv), and "Documentation for BF85f6-12" (txt).
The documentation for BF85f6-12 contains descriptive metadata regarding the datasets and their source material. Also included is version information, normalization steps taken, related datasets, usage license details, preferred citation, and attribution of labor.
"Post Office Accounts" May 18, 1748, is the continuation of the above ledger [Philadelphia Post Office Record Book No. 3, B F85f6.11c]. It contains 68 unnumbered pages. Per the Franklin Papers (vol. II, p. 180-181), "the amounts owed by each [name-entry] correspond[s] to the subtotals entered in May 1748 in the ledger described above as No. 2 [B F85f6.11b, Philadelphia Post Office Ledger, No.2].", Dataset A of BF85f6-12 contains the bulk of the data derived from this book. Each row has been assigned a numerical ID to allow sorting while preserving the data's context.
"Post Office Accounts" May 18, 1748, is the continuation of the above ledger [Philadelphia Post Office Record Book No. 3, B F85f6.11c]. It contains 68 unnumbered pages. Per the Franklin Papers (vol. II, p. 180-181), "the amounts owed by each [name-entry] correspond[s] to the subtotals entered in May 1748 in the ledger described above as No. 2 [B F85f6.11b, Philadelphia Post Office Ledger, No.2].", Dataset B of BF85f6-12 consists of page totals by Pounds, Shillings, and Pence owed, written at the bottom of each page of the volume. This data was separated from Dataset A during the transcription process.
"Post Office Accounts" May 18, 1748, is the continuation of the above ledger [Philadelphia Post Office Record Book No. 3, B F85f6.11c]. It contains 68 unnumbered pages. Per the Franklin Papers (vol. II, p. 180-181), "the amounts owed by each [name-entry] correspond[s] to the subtotals entered in May 1748 in the ledger described above as No. 2 [B F85f6.11b, Philadelphia Post Office Ledger, No.2].", Dataset C of BF85f6-12 contains calculations of individual transactions for several of the account holders that appear in the the book in Dataset A. These entries were recorded on paper strips pasted into the volume at page 64.
This volume contains the same kind of entries as "Leidger A" (Journal) and most of the entries herein were made by Deborah Franklin. Since these entries overlap with those in "Leidger A" (Journal), it is sensible to assume that the entries were made in whichever volume proved more convenient at the time, with Franklin more likely to use the Journal and his wife the Shop Book. Most entries appear under date of transaction. From the Shop Book and "Leidgers A & B" a good picture of Franklin's business activities emerges. His printing ventures, goods sold over the counter in the shop and items for his business use or resale give an insight to the struggles to get ahead in the world, for he sold everything from ink and quills to printed legal forms and books., This compressed .zip file contains "BF85f6-15_Dataset_Shop Book 1737-1739" (csv) and "BF85f6-15_Documentation_Shop Book 1737-1739" (txt).
This volume contains the same kind of entries as "Leidger A" (Journal) and most of the entries herein were made by Deborah Franklin. Since these entries overlap with those in "Leidger A" (Journal), it is sensible to assume that the entries were made in whichever volume proved more convenient at the time, with Franklin more likely to use the Journal and his wife the Shop Book. Most entries appear under date of transaction. From the Shop Book and "Leidgers A & B" a good picture of Franklin's business activities emerges. His printing ventures, goods sold over the counter in the shop and items for his business use or resale give an insight to the struggles to get ahead in the world, for he sold everything from ink and quills to printed legal forms and books., Each row has been assigned a numerical ID to allow sorting while preserving the data's context. For further information about the dataset, please see its documentation.
The documentation for BF85f6-15 contains descriptive metadata regarding the dataset and its source material. Also included is version information, normalization steps taken, related datasets, usage license details, preferred citation, and attribution of labor.
