| 17 | Creator: | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | David Rittenhouse receipt book, 1779-1785
| | | | Dates: | 1779-1785 | | | | Abstract: | This volume records payments principally by John Hart, treasurer of Bucks County, Pa., of taxes, such as militia fines, forfeited debts, supplies, monthly taxes, second-class tax, and excise taxes. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R51r | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
Background
|
Administrative Information
| | | | |
View Full Finding Aid
|
View Full Finding Aid as PDF
|
View as XML
| | | | Subjects: | American Revolution | Business Records and Accounts | Government Affairs | Hart, John | Official Government Documents and Records | Pennsylvania History | Receipts. | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Taxation -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County. | |
| 18 | Creator: | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Benjamin Rush memorandum book, 1805-1813
| | | | Dates: | 1805-1813 | | | | Abstract: | Numbered "11", this item contains notes on lands owned and sold; notes on leases of Philadelphia houses; accounts with Daphne Peterson ("a free black woman"), Mary Spence ("of Dunfermline, Scotland"), and Baynard Hall; a list of books lent; a list of those receiving copies of Rush's publications, 1805-1806 (among whom was Thomas Jefferson); and an "account of property belonging to the estate." | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R89m | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
Background
|
Administrative Information
| | | | |
View Full Finding Aid
|
View Full Finding Aid as PDF
|
View as XML
| | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Business Records and Accounts | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Land and Speculation | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History | Real property -- Pennsylvania. | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | |
|