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1. Account book
- Creator:
- Chitty, Abraham, 1683-1759
- Published / Created:
- 1735-1754
- Call Number:
- Osborn fc154
- Image Count:
- 133
- Abstract:
- Highly detailed accounts of both receipts and expenses (written from opposite ends of the volume) kept by the London merchant Abraham Chitty, brother of Alderman Thomas Chitty. Receipts include records for rents on his properties in London, Westminster and Surrey, as well as income from an interest in a brewhouse and insurance records for warehoused goods such as wine. The record of Chitty’s personal expenses is particularly complete and includes 6s. "for Pamila. 2 Vollums;" "about L1.4s.6d to see The Conscious Lovers" at Covent Garden Playhouse in 1739; and 14s. for "Chockolate, Mackoroons, carraways and oysters." Also included are regular payments for housekeeping expenses "For Mrs. Chitty;" purchases at auctions and sales, such as "a barometer;" and frequent carriage repairs.
- Description:
- Both pastedowns contain notes on birth and death dates for family members., Related material: Abraham Chitty, Letters (Osborn c608)., and Volume contains unnumbered pages, blank pages (not digitized), and text written in both directions; both sections of text paginated separately.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain --Economic conditions --18th century and Great Britain --Social life and customs --18th century
- Subject (Name):
- Chitty, Thomas
- Subject (Topic):
- Amusements --England, Chitty family, Cost and standard of living --England --18th century, Family --England --Domestic relations, Home economics --Accounting, Luxury, and Middle class --England --London --18th century
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Account book
2. Account of interest Lynde Cattin
- Published / Created:
- 1833 December 16
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 1294
- Collection Title:
- Connecticut legal documents collection
- Container / Volume:
- III | Eagle Bank
- Image Count:
- 2
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Account of interest Lynde Cattin
3. Bill of sale from Sir Francis Blake Delaval to Sir John Hussey Delaval of the household goods &c, at Seaton Delaval and Dissington, 1761 Sep 11.
- Creator:
- Delaval, Francis Blake, Sir, 1727-1771
- Published / Created:
- 1761 Sep 11
- Call Number:
- Osborn c604
- Image Count:
- 4
- Abstract:
- Manuscript retained copy of a bill of sale containing a household inventory of the contents of Seaton Delaval Hall, sold by Sir Francis Blake Delaval to his younger brother in return for an annuity. The household inventory is particularly complete and includes listings of furniture, decorative items, household equipment, and plate for approximately forty rooms of the hall. "Pictures" are counted but not described.
- Description:
- Accompanied by: "Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland," magazine clipping from Country Life, November 6, 2003., Binding: modern case., and For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Northumberland (England)--Historic buildings and Seaton Delaval (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Delaval, John,--Sir
- Subject (Topic):
- Material culture--England
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bill of sale from Sir Francis Blake Delaval to Sir John Hussey Delaval of the household goods &c, at Seaton Delaval and Dissington, 1761 Sep 11.
4. Cooley & Smith's note $3000 due 10th May
- Published / Created:
- 1829 November 18
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 1294
- Collection Title:
- Connecticut legal documents collection
- Container / Volume:
- III | Eagle Bank
- Image Count:
- 2
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cooley & Smith's note $3000 due 10th May
5. Dividend receipt from the South Sea Company : manuscript
- Published / Created:
- 1722 October 25.
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss File 153
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Dividend receipt addressed "To Mr. Lockyer accomptant at the South Sea house" and annotated in the lower right by "Rich. Sarum". The body of the document reads: "Pray pay to the bearer Mr. Daniel Gell my share of the midsumer [sic] dividend due on two thousand four hundred forty four pounds eight shillings 10d.1/2 capital stock in the South Sea Company, and this shall be a sufficient warrant. Westmr. Octr. 25 1722".
- Description:
- The South Sea Company was granted a monopoly to supply African slaves to the islands in the South Seas and South America. The stock rose quickly until around 1720 when it collapsed (known as the South Sea Bubble)., In English., Title from auction description., In brown ink, tipped along upper margin into a folder., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- South Sea Company.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dividend receipt from the South Sea Company : manuscript
6. Financial papers
- Creator:
- Godfrey, Edward Settle, 1843-1932
- Published / Created:
- n.d.
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-1314
- Collection Title:
- Charles F. Bates papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 14 | Folder 195
- Image Count:
- 23
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Topic):
- Soldiers--United States
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Financial papers
7. Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company records, 1799-1853 (bulk 1799-1840).
- Creator:
- Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company
- Published / Created:
- 1802 April 12, undated
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 841
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2 | Folder 12
- Image Count:
- 4
- Abstract:
- Also present in Box 2 is an unrelated printed indenture with manuscript annotations, dated September 2, 1799, transferring 100 acres of land in Ontario County, New York, from Oliver Phelps of Hartford, Connecticut, to Oliver Ellsworth of Windsor, Connecticut. and The records contain approximately 300 manuscript papers including, in Box 1, correspondence, contracts and agreements, financial statements, toll both records, lists of stockholders, records for 12 scheduled dividends paid out between 1805 and 1826, dividend orders and receipts, and in Box 2, vouchers (invoices and receipts) for building, maintaining, and repairing the road. Most of the correspondence is addressed to Simeon Baldwin, but letters were also sent to James Hillhouse and Jeremiah Wadsworth.
- Alternative Title:
- [Receipt for Henry Hartley's work on Sugarloaf Hill &c.] and James Hillhouse pd to Joel Cole for work at the well
- Description:
- Gift of the estate of Delia Lyman Porter, 1934. and The Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company was formed in 1798 with the purpose of surveying and laying out "a direct road from New Haven to Hartford through the town of Berlin and through such towns and in such places as will best promote the public travel." The treasurer of the company was New Haven lawyer Simeon Baldwin (1761-1851).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike (Conn.)
- Subject (Name):
- Ellsworth, Oliver,--1745-1807, Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company, Hillhouse, James,--1754-1832, Phelps, Oliver,--1749-1809, and Wadsworth, Jeremiah,--1743-1804
- Subject (Topic):
- Roads--Connecticut, Toll roads--Connecticut, and Transportation--Connecticut
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company records, 1799-1853 (bulk 1799-1840).
8. Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company records, 1799-1853 (bulk 1799-1840).
- Creator:
- Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company
- Published / Created:
- 1806 July 16
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 841
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Also present in Box 2 is an unrelated printed indenture with manuscript annotations, dated September 2, 1799, transferring 100 acres of land in Ontario County, New York, from Oliver Phelps of Hartford, Connecticut, to Oliver Ellsworth of Windsor, Connecticut. and The records contain approximately 300 manuscript papers including, in Box 1, correspondence, contracts and agreements, financial statements, toll both records, lists of stockholders, records for 12 scheduled dividends paid out between 1805 and 1826, dividend orders and receipts, and in Box 2, vouchers (invoices and receipts) for building, maintaining, and repairing the road. Most of the correspondence is addressed to Simeon Baldwin, but letters were also sent to James Hillhouse and Jeremiah Wadsworth.
- Alternative Title:
- [Dividend order and receipt for Dwight Foster]
- Description:
- Gift of the estate of Delia Lyman Porter, 1934. and The Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company was formed in 1798 with the purpose of surveying and laying out "a direct road from New Haven to Hartford through the town of Berlin and through such towns and in such places as will best promote the public travel." The treasurer of the company was New Haven lawyer Simeon Baldwin (1761-1851).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike (Conn.)
- Subject (Name):
- Ellsworth, Oliver,--1745-1807, Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company, Hillhouse, James,--1754-1832, Phelps, Oliver,--1749-1809, and Wadsworth, Jeremiah,--1743-1804
- Subject (Topic):
- Roads--Connecticut, Toll roads--Connecticut, and Transportation--Connecticut
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company records, 1799-1853 (bulk 1799-1840).
9. Inventory of books purchased by David Garrick from William Griffin
- Published / Created:
- 1768 December 3
- Call Number:
- OSB MSS 125
- Collection Title:
- David Garrick papers from the Thomas Rackett collection, 1741-1776.
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 41
- Image Count:
- 2
- Abstract:
- Letters, manuscript poems, financial papers, and other documents relating to David Garrick and his tenure as manager of the Drury Lane Theatre. Letters include a lengthy 1751 letter from Richard Berenger describing theaters and operas in Paris; transcripts of two letters from Garrick to Francis Hayman about plans for a series of prints from Shakespeare; and a 1767 letter from the actor Patrick O'Brien discussing his "exiled" life in New York. Manuscript verse consists of drafts of several prologues and epilogues, and copies of comic epigrams and songs. Other papers include a record of receipts for the first season of Drury Lane; "A Scheme for a Theatrical Society;" a list of characters performed by Garrick in 1741-42; and a copy of "Mr. Taylor's address to young students and lovers of landscape painting."
- Alternative Title:
- Other papers
- Description:
- David Garrick (1717-1779) was the most celebrated Shakespearean actor of his time and the successful manager of the Drury Lane Theatre for almost three decades. and Thomas Rackett (1755-1840) received his MA from University College, Oxford in 1780 and named rector of Spetisbury in Dorset shortly after; he held the living until his death in 1840. Rackett devoted much time to his antiquarian interests; he was a member of the Linnean Society, the Royal Society, and the Society of Antiquaries, and contributed several drawings to John Hutchins's History of Dorset. He died at Spetisbury in November of 1840.
- Subject (Name):
- Garrick, David,--1717-1779, Griffin, William, fl. 1758-1776, and Rackett, Thomas,--1757-1841--Ownership
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors--England, Theater--England--18th century, and Theater--Great Britain--18th century
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Inventory of books purchased by David Garrick from William Griffin
