Records of imports into Philadelphia from December 5, 1775 to April, 1775, with a later series of personal accounts (1780), possibly kept by Thomas Bradford.; American Philosophical Society
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.; Several blank pages throughout volume were not scanned.; American Philosophical Society
Samuel Miles' account book from his time as a POW (prisoner of war). It provides insight on the daily activity of many prisoners of war. Entries include the names of officers and enlisted men who are prisoners, dates, notes of settlement, and donations for funerals, coffins, and other items related to the prisoner of war experience.; American Philosophical Society
Account book for the shop Mary Langdale Coates kept from the time of her husband Samuel’s death to her own death. The shop was located on the west side of Second Street, north of Market. Her customers included Elias Boudinot, Timothy Matlack, Israel Pemberton, Sr. and Jr., Elizabeth Coates Paschall, Philip Syng, Catherine Wistar, and Benjamin Franklin. Bound in vellum; ledger binding with tackets and metal bosses. Numerous scraps with holograph inscriptions, laid in. Accompanied by separate index volume (31 cm). This item is physically housed at the Library Company of Philadelphia and digitally hosted by the American Philosophical Society.
