A Guide to the Weaver's Draft Notebook/Account Book, 19th Century.
A Collection in
the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 89.22
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Weaver's Draft Notebook/Account Book, Manuscript # MS 89.22, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Acquisition Information
Gift, 1973.
Biographical/Historical Information
Philip Schlosser (1760-1829) was a weaver in eastern Pennsylvania.
Scope and Content Information
Weaver's draft notebook of Philip Schlosser (1760-1829), of eastern Pennsylvania, with drafts, names of some patterns, and other details. Notebook also includes scattered accounts (1845-1868) possibly of David Danner or John Danner (1787-1862) for sales of produce, wheat, and beef and listings of time worked and chores of hired hands. Also recipes to fatten hogs, cure croup and consumption, and tan furs or leather.
Index Terms
- Danner, David.
- Danner, John, 1787-1862.
- Agriculture --Pennsylvania --History --19th Century.
- Medicine --Formulae, receipts, prescriptions --History --19th Century.
- Weaving --History.
- Weaving --Patterns.
- Weaving --Pennsylvania --History --19th Century.