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Manuscript account book of a Pennsylvania weaver
by (Pennsylvania Textiles) Beale, John
- Used
- Condition
- Contemporary sheep, titled in manuscript "John Beale's Book 1811" on upper board. Spine chipped, covers worn, internally very go
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About This Item
York, PA, 1836. 182 pp plus blanks, in ink. Folio (327 x 195 mm). Contemporary sheep, titled in manuscript "John Beale's Book 1811" on upper board. Spine chipped, covers worn, internally very good. 182 pp plus blanks, in ink. Folio (327 x 195 mm). A manuscript ledger covering 38 years of the work of York, Pennsylvania weaver John Beale, an excellent account of an American cottage industry in the early 19th century. Details client names, types of cloth used, and amounts paid, with the bulk of the entries dating from 1820s and 1830s. Beale worked with a wide variety of materials, including check, shirting, tow, tick, blanket, table linen, flannel, linsy, flax, striping, huckaback, sheeting, etc. The first two pages are affair bonds involving John Beale and three other men, possibly a record of monies borrowed by Beale to start his business. Though Pennsylvania led the U.S. in textile production at the time, the industry was centered around Philadelphia and Germantown, making Beale's business an outlier. The ledger also includes Beale's overhead and personal expenses, including rent, tobacco, shoes, powder and shot.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 313308
- Title
- Manuscript account book of a Pennsylvania weaver
- Author
- (Pennsylvania Textiles) Beale, John
- Format/Binding
- 182 pp plus blanks, in ink. Folio (327 x 195 mm)
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary sheep, titled in manuscript "John Beale's Book 1811" on upper board. Spine chipped, covers worn, internally very go
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- York, PA
- Date Published
- 1836
- Keywords
- Pennsylvania | Crafts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Art, Architecture & Design;
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James Cummins Bookseller
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