Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Pennsylvania stores' account books, Manuscript #MS 1966.2 VOL, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1966.

Biographical/Historical Information

None available.

Scope and Content

Four account books of general mercantile stores kept in York, Pennsylvania by members of the Eichelberger family and possibly others, 1772-1798. One includes Commissary Department accounts for the Revolutionary War period. Also ledger (1806-1822), of accounts of Barnet Eichelberger, the settlement of his estate; and a ledger (1842-1851) of John Lawrence of Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Eichelberger, Barnet
• Laurence, John

Subjects:

• Estate records - Pennsylvania - History - 19th century
• Merchants - Pennsylvania - York - History - 18th century
• Merchants - Pennsylvania - York - History - 19th century

Geographical Names:

• United States - History - Revolution - 1775-1783