Elizabeth Gaskill receipt book, 1804-1811

Name:

Gaskill, Elizabeth, 1795?-; Gaskill, Esther, 1747-1828

Timespan:

19th century

Date:

1804

Description:

An oblong volume comprising receipts of payment by Elizabeth Gaskill made to various people and merchants in Philadelphia spanning the years from 1804 to 1811. The handwritten receipts are signed by the vendor or person. Recorded in the volume are some payments to Jewish merchants in Philadelphia such as Israel Goldsmith. Many payments are signed by Esther Gaskill, who may have worked for merchant John McCallister. Other payees include auctioneer Frederick Montmollin, Joseph A. Lippincott, Passmore and Freeman, Humes and Etting, Moses Wills, and James and Ruth Wood. Many of the receipts recorded only the amount of payment. Other receipts indicate payments for fabric, hoisery, household goods, and rent. The receipts in the volume are written parallel to the spine in the manner of a note pad. One receipt is sewn in the volume. There are ten leaves laid in. Written on inside front cover: Elizabeth Gaskill's receipt book, 1804.

Language:

English

Provenance:

Purchased for the Penn Libraries 2016 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan (Collectify accession no. 2006.12.26.01024).; Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939- donor.; Kaplan, Deanne, donor.

Subject:

Jews -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 19th century; Jewish merchants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 19th century; Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 19th century; Quakers; Jewish merchants; Jews

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Receipts (financial records); Manuscripts, American; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 volume + 10 leaves

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

One of two daughters born to Ebenezer and Esther Gaskill. Ebenezer Gaskill was a cooper. The Gaskill's were a Quaker family who lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and attended the Northern District Friends meeting house. Elizabeth's sister Lydia died in 1798.

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Archives Room, MS 56, Codex 014.1

Collection:

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