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Account book of Mary Langdale Coates, 1748-1770.
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Coates, Mary Langdale, 1713-1770.
Title
Account book of Mary Langdale Coates, 1748-1770.
Physical Description
1 v. ; 54 cm + index
Description
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).
Most of Benjamin Franklin's transactions occurred when Franklin was out of town or (after 1757) out of the country, and therefore were the purchases of Deborah Franklin. Notably, on May 12 and June 9, 1759, two packages of sugar were sold to Franklin's "Negro woman" [i.e., Jemima]. Cf. Lib. Company. Annual report, 2015.
Notes
Lib. Company. Annual report, 2015, p. 57-60.
Subject
Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 -- Sources.
Matlack, Timothy, 1736-1829 -- Sources.
Pemberton, Israel, 1685-1754 -- Sources.
Pemberton, Israel, 1715-1779 -- Sources.
Paschall, Elizabeth Coates, 1702-1767 -- Sources.
Syng, Philip, 1703-1789 -- Sources.
Wistar, Catherine Jansen, 1703-1786 -- Sources.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Sources.
Franklin, Deborah Read Rogers, 1708-1774 -- Sources.
Jemima (Franklin slave) -- Sources.
Dry-goods.
Stores, Retail -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Slaves -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Sources.
Women in business.
African American History
Geographic subject
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Commerce.
Genre
Account books.
Insertions (Provenance)
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| MSS MSS| MSS Coates 12285.F (Limbo Room)
Accession number
12285.F
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