Journal B : commenced February 20th 1759.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Wright & Young.

Contributor:

Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939- donor.

Kaplan, Deanne, donor.

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish merchants--New York (State)--New York--18th century.

Jewish merchants.

Jewish merchants--New York (State)--Albany--18th century.

Jewish merchants--Connecticut--New Haven--18th century.

Connecticut--New Haven.

New York (State)--Albany.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

ledgers (account books)

Penn Provenance:

Purchased for the Penn Libraries 2020 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan (James Cummings, 26 December 2020) (Collectify no. 2020.12.26.00001; 13.1668).

Physical Description:

252 leaves : paper ; 380 x 245 mm bound to 390 x 265 mm

Place of Publication:

New York, 1759-1760.

Summary:

Ledger recording the financial transactions of New York textile and mercantile firm Wright & Young from 20 February 1759 to 19 August 1760. The names of Daniel Wright and John Young appear repeatedly. The items bought and sold are types of textiles (calico, multiple types of lawn, nankeen, multiple kinds of linen, silk, damask, cambric, satin) and sundries (buttons, thread, needles, knee garters, handkerchiefs, gloves, stockings, shoes, buckles, blankets, ribbon, paper, spices, tableware). Jewish participants in transactions in this volume include Abraham Isaac Abrahams (p. 438), Emanuel Abrahams (p. 485), Myer Benjamin (p. 392), Israel Josephs (p. 396), Benjamin Levy (p. 429), Isaac Pinto (p. 401), Jacob Pinto (p. 396), Sarah Pinto (p. 411), Philip Samuel and Henry Mordecai (p. 407), Ezekiel and Levy Solomons (p. 414) and Isaac Solomons (p. 482). Other customers are both men and women with English or Dutch family names. Trading voyages are noted to Bristol and London in England; Honduras, Santo Domingo and Cape Samana (the second and third now in the Dominican Republic) in the Caribbean; and Cape Fear, North Carolina. Large payouts near the end of the volume followed by blank pages may represent the dissolution of the partnership.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title from title page (p. i).

Pagination: Paper, 252 leaves; [i-ii], 389-496, [497-890 (blank with vertical ruling)], early pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners. The pagination continues from Journal A (MS 56, Codex 041.1, University of Pennsylvania).

Layout: Written in 5 columns: a narrow column on the left for account numbers, a wide central column for names and transaction details, and three narrow columns on the right for amounts in pounds, shillings, and pence; folio format.

Watermark: Similar to Heawood 1808 (Strasbourg Lily 1A with 4-shaped downward extension, initials LVG, and countermark IV).

Script: Written in cursive script.

Decoration: Ruling and pagination through p. 493 in faded red ink.

Binding: Original (18th-century) reversed calf with five bands; Journal B and a monogram of 4 above WY (for Wright & Young) above XX, in ink on upper cover; Journal B in ink on spine.

Origin: Written in New York, 20 February 1759-19 August 1760 (p. 389, 496).

Cited as:

MS 56, Codex 041.2

OCLC:

1268432357