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Original early nineteenth-century handwritten day book belonging to Daniel Shell. The ownership inscription states that the book was purchased in Harrisburg on September 3, 1817, and records its purchase price.
Photographed accounts include dates from 1815 through 1833 and document a variety of repair services, goods, farm work, and payments. Entries mention repairing rifle locks, coffee mills, clocks, plows, and cradles, along with making rakes, fitting handles, harvesting, butchering, and exchanging agricultural products.
Customer names, charges, credits, and settlements appear in period script, with many settled accounts crossed through. An alphabetical index helps locate individual accounts.
Includes the loose handwritten receipts, notes, and paper pieces pictured. These include later material, such as an 1843 Harrisburg receipt for a rifle barrel, lock, and mounting.
The volume has marbled paper-covered boards and a leather spine. Measures approximately 13” x 7.75” x 1”. A detailed original record of early Pennsylvania work, trade, and everyday finances.
Condition
Antique used condition with heavy rubbing, scuffing, staining, and surface loss to the marbled paper covers. Corners and edges are rounded and worn, with exposed board. Leather spine shows wear and deterioration at the ends. Pages have age toning, foxing, stains, ink marks, creases, and occasional edge tears. Endpapers contain extensive writing and calculations. Binding and attached pages remain firm. No noticeable odor. Loose papers show folds, tears, staining, and losses. Page-by-page completeness has not been verified.
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