The documentation for BF85f6-30 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.
The documentation for BF85f6-8 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.
The documentation for BF85f6-6 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.
The documentation for Mss9748P38p-01 contains descriptive metadata regarding the dataset and the source material. Also included is version information, normalization steps taken, related datasets, usage license details, preferred citation, and attribution of labor.
These datasets are created from a volume of 372 pages that records receipt and dispatch of all mail in the Philadelphia Post Office between May 25, 1748 and July 23, 1752. Deliveries into the Post Office from out of town were listed, letter by letter, by the names of the addressees, weight and amount due, paid or free. Outgoing mail was simply listed by number of sheets and weight, not by individual letters. The data is presented here in two sets, one for incoming and one for outgoing.
The records were kept during Benjamin Franklin's tenure as Postmaster of Philadelphia.
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.
The documentation for Mss5515M26-02 contains descriptive metadata regarding the dataset and the source material. Also included is version information, normalization steps taken, related datasets, usage license details, preferred citation, and attribution of labor.; For column structure and descriptions, see the associated JSON document.
The documentation for BF85f6-5 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.
These datasets are created from a volume of 372 pages that records receipt and dispatch of all mail in the Philadelphia Post Office between May 25, 1748 and July 23, 1752. Deliveries into the Post Office from out of town were listed, letter by letter, by the names of the addressees, weight and amount due, paid or free. Outgoing mail was simply listed by number of sheets and weight, not by individual letters. The data is presented here in two sets, one for incoming and one for outgoing.
The records were kept during Benjamin Franklin's tenure as Postmaster of Philadelphia.
This, the first of two volumes, is a list of quit rents due in Philadelphia County, 1 March 1688/9. It lists names of individuals and their status (first purchaser, renter, etc.) and their tax information.
The documentation for Mss5515M26-01 contains descriptive metadata regarding the dataset and the source material. Also included is version information, normalization steps taken, related datasets, usage license details, preferred citation, and attribution of labor.; For column structure and descriptions, see the associated JSON document.
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 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 large (ca. 400 page) volume contains entries for credit sales but few payments, for legal forms, paper, ink, quills, etc., much like Ledgers A and B. Also, it contains records of dealings with many public officials of Philadelphia and the governors of Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey.; 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.
"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.
These printed forms were filled in in manuscript and list the letters received from other colonial post offices or from ships in the Philadelphia Post Office by Postmaster Thomas Foxcroft. The records were kept during Benjamin Franklin's tenure as Postmaster of Philadelphia.; Dataset A of BF85f6-30 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.
These printed forms were filled in in manuscript and list the letters received from other colonial post offices or from ships in the Philadelphia Post Office by Postmaster Thomas Foxcroft. The records were kept during Benjamin Franklin's tenure as Postmaster of Philadelphia.; Dataset B of BF85f6-30 consists of totals by category and weight, written at the bottom of each page of the volume. This data was separated from Dataset A during the transcription 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].; 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.
