Series 4. Benjamin Chew, Jr. (1758-1844), 1676-1886, Undated, (Boxes 64-213)
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Series 4. Benjamin Chew, Jr. (1758-1844), 1676-1886, undated, (Boxes 64-213) A. Accounts These materials include receipts for household goods such as food, liquor, fabric, wood, grain, and wages paid to servants and laborers; receipts for payments received on bonds, loans, and debts; annual lists of Benjamin Chew's estimates of the holdings of his estate; records of rents and mortgages paid by tenants for family lands in Maryland and for crops grown on Maryland lands; records of short-term loans with family members; receipts for expenses Benjamin paid for his children; bills of exchange; subscriptions to various publications and in various organizations; receipts for pew rent paid in several Philadelphia and Germantown churches and for a family burial vault built at St. Peter's Church; records of the building of a dam and sluice at Whitehall Meadows in Passyunk Township; checks and checkbooks from several bank accounts; records of materials purchased for the construction of the family's Fourth Street house in Philadelphia; and account books, which record transactions with individuals and banks chronologically and/or by name. Benjamin Chew Jr.’s account and cash books contain highly detailed notes about his transactions, often providing a brief description of each exchange. These books could be extremely useful to any researcher looking to track Chew’s expenditures and receipts, whether for household goods or the labor of slaves. Account list (1804-1807) Box 64 ff. 1 Charles Adams (1797-1816) Box 64 ff. 2 James Alsop (1825-1826) Box 64 ff. 3 American Daily Advertiser (1796-1800) Box 64 ff. 4 Joseph Archer Estate (1841-1843) Box 64 ff. 5 Thomas Arnat (1792-1798) Box 64 ff. 6 George Axe (1830-1837) Box 64 ff. 7 Miscellaneous A (1796-1843) Box 64 ff. 8 (1807-1841, Bank account balances Box 64 ff. 9 undated) Bank of Germantown (1832-1841) Box 64 ff. 10 Bank of Pennsylvania (1793-1833) Box 64 ff. 11 Bank of Pennsylvania - account (1795-1803) Box 64 ff. 12 errors Bank of the United States (1809-1838) Box 64 ff. 13 Banks - miscellaneous (1793-1843) Box 64 ff. 14 Barclay, Perkins, & Co. (1792-1815) Box 64 ff. 15 John & Robert Barclay & Co. (1783-1793) Box 64 ff. 16 Robert Barclay (1788-1828) Box 64 ff. 17 Barroll & Ricaud (1810-1811) Box 64 ff. 18 James E. Barroll (1803-1830) Box 64 ff. 19 Chestertown, MD house repairs & rent James E. Barroll (1807-1825) - tenants Samuel Box 64 ff. 20 Mansfield & Joseph Middleton William Barroll (1796-1820) Box 64 ff. 21 J. B. Baxter (1822-1831) Box 64 ff. 22 Richard Bayley & Co. (1796-1798) Box 64 ff. 23 Thomas Bebbin (1840-1841) Box 64 ff. 24 Beck & Stewart (1820-1825) Box 64 ff. 25 Charles Beck (1832-1833) Box 64 ff. 26 Margaret Beck & estate (1821-1823) Box 64 ff. 27 (1821-1822, H. Bell Box 64 ff. 28 undated) Samuel Belton (1829-1830) Box 64 ff. 29 Abraham Berger (1839-1844) Box 64 ff. 30 Samuel H. Bias (1832) Box 64 ff. 31 (1810-1811, Biddle & Wharton Box 64 ff. 32 undated) Thomas Biggs (1798) Box 64 ff. 33 (1791-1828, Bills of Exchange Box 64 ff. 34-35 undated) Benjamin Blake (1834-1841) Box 64 ff 36 Charles Bockius (1839-1843) Box 64 ff. 37 (1819-1837, Joseph Bockius Box 64 ff. 38 undated) (1835-1841, T. William Bockius Box 64 ff. 39 undated) Benjamin Bogan (1841-1843) Box 64 ff. 40 (1831-1841, Charles Bonsall Box 64 ff. 41 undated) Henry Boraef - Whitehall (1817-1835) Box 64 ff. 42 Meadows (Passyunk Twnshp.) Henry Boraef - Whitehall (1817-1835) Box 65 ff. 1-3 Meadows (Passyunk Twnshp.) William Botten (1825-1838) Box 65 ff. 4 William Bowen, Jr. (1830) Box 65 ff. 5 Edward Bowlby [& Son] (1819-1833) Box 65 ff. 6 Jacob Bowman (1820-1836) Box 65 ff. 7 Benjamin Bradfield (1825-1831) Box 65 ff. 8 Samuel Bradford (1814-1815) Box 65 ff. 9 Bartle Brady (1820) Box 65 ff. 10 A. Brasier (1818-1826) Box 65 ff. 11 David Breintnall (1793-1799) Box 65 ff. 12 J. M. Brewer (1820-1821) Box 65 ff. 13 Peter K. Brewster (1820-1841) Box 65 ff. 14 James Brien (1834-1835) Box 65 ff. 15 Samuel Bringhurst (1795-1796) Box 65 ff. 16 Sarah Bristol (1797) Box 65 ff. 17 John Brooks (1796-1839) Box 65 ff. 18 Andrew Brown - Philadelphia Gazette & Universal Daily (1795-1796) Box 65 ff. 19 Advertiser Elizabeth Brown (1825-1830) Box 65 ff. 20 James Brown (1820-1821) Box 65 ff. 21 John Brown (1821) Box 65 ff. 22 Lewis Brown (1820) Box 65 ff. 23 Benjamin Bruner (1834-1835) Box 65 ff. 24 Henry Bruner (1796-1799) Box 65 ff. 25 John Bruner (1829-1834) Box 65 ff. 26 David Buck (1832-1833) Box 65 ff. 27 John Buddy (1819-1839) Box 65 ff. 28 William Buddy (1825-1826) Box 65 ff. 29 Charles & J. H. Bulkley (1826-1837) Box 65 ff. 30 Catherine Burchardt (1795-1796) Box 65 ff. 31 William Burchinall (1807-1812) Box 65 ff. 32 Sarah Burd (1832) Box 65 ff. 33 Joseph Burden (1823-1832) Box 65 ff. 34 James Burk (1819-1821) Box 65 ff. 35 John M. Burns (1830-1842) Box 65 ff. 36 (1791-1842, Miscellaneous B Box 65 ff. 37 undated) Elizabeth & Michael Caffery (1830) Box 65 ff. 38 Isaiah Canby (1819-1823) Box 65 ff. 39 Daniel B. Cannan (1825-1830) Box 65 ff. 40 Conrad Carpenter (1799-1820) Box 65 ff. 41 John & Charles Carré (1806) Box 65 ff. 42 Charles Carroll (1811-1813) Box 65 ff. 43 Harriet Carroll (1816-1819) Box 65 ff. 44 Cash expended (1839-1843) Box 65 ff. 45-48 Cash expended (1815-1838) Box 66 ff. 1-24 Cash expended (1778-1814) Box 67 ff. 1-14 James Casseday (1825-1832) Box 67 ff. 15 Margaretta Chalmers (1792-1798) Box 67 ff. 16 Benjamin Chambers (1793-1796) Box 67 ff. 17 Joseph R. Chandler (1833-1838) Box 67 ff. 18 D. Charpentier (1818-1825) Box 67 ff. 19 Chesapeake & Delaware Canal (1804) Box 67 ff. 20 Company Anna Maria Chew (1812) Box 67 ff. 21 (1829-1842, Anthony Banning Chew Box 67 ff. 22 undated) Benjamin Chew (1804-1807) Box 67 ff. 23 (1779-1801, Benjamin Chew Box 67 ff. 24 undated) Benjamin Chew - notes (1795-1807) Box 67 ff 25 Benjamin Chew III (1814-1825) Box 68A ff. 1 Elizabeth Oswald Chew (1810-1819) Box 68A ff. 2 Catherine, Henrietta and Maria Chew—11th and Walnut Street (1820-1823) Box 68A ff. 3 house includes rents for Henrietta Chew (1813-1844) Whitehall, Passyunk Box 68A ff. 4 [cleaned for mold] Henrietta and Maria Chew (1820-1835) [cleaned for mold] Box 68A ff. 5 Henry Banning Chew (1823-1834) Box 68A ff. 6 Henry Banning Chew - William (1817-1838, Box 68A ff. 7 Luke v. Henry B. Chew undated) John Chew [1741-1807] (1795-1799) Box 68A ff. 8 Joseph Turner Chew (1821-1833) Box 68A ff. 9 Maria Chew (1813-1834) [cleaned for mold] Box 68A ff. 10 Samuel Chew [1737-1809] (1792) Box 68A ff. 11 (1812-1841, Samuel Chew [1795-1841] Box 68A ff. 12-13 undated) Samuel Chew [1795-1841] - notes (1819-1841) Box 68A ff. 14-15 William White Chew (1826-1837) Box 68A ff. 16 William, Joseph, & Anthony Chew (1829-1835) Box 68A ff. 17 Henry Chorley (1832) Box 68A ff. 18 Jacob Clemens (1821-1832) Box 68A ff. 19 Cliveden (1797-1799) Box 68A ff 20 George M. Coates (1825-1842) Box 68B ff. 1 Columbia Bank and Bridge Co. (1818-1842) Box 68B ff. 2 Thomas Combs (1821-1822) Box 68B ff. 3 John Connelly (1796-1797) Box 68B ff. 4 John Conrad (1820) Box 68B ff. 5 Alexander Cook (1797-1839) Box 68B ff. 6 Corlis & Cowperthwaite (1825-1830) Box 68B ff. 7 Corporation of the City of (1825-1834) Box 68B ff. 8 Philadelphia John V. Correll (1831-1832) Box 68B ff. 9 John Coulter (1832-1837) Box 68B ff. 10 PH Coulter (1837-1843) Box 68B ff. 11 (1826-1839, William Coupland Box 68B ff. 12 undated) Thomas Cox (1795-1800) Box 68B ff. 13 William Cragg (1832, 1840) Box 68B ff. 14 Samuel Craig (1819-1821) Box 68B ff. 15 Seth Craige [& Co.] (1797-1799) Box 68B ff. 16 Joseph S. Cranmer (1820-1830) Box 68B ff. 17 Jacob Crhall [Chrall] (1835-1841) Box 68B ff. 18 Crockett & Tumbleston (1818-1820) Box 68B ff. 19 W. Croghan (1832) Box 68B ff. 20 A. Culp (1837) Box 68B ff. 21 D. Cummins [& Co.] (1819-1820) Box 68B ff. 22 William Curren (1833) Box 68B ff. 23 (1766-1843, Miscellaneous C Box 68B ff. 24 undated) William Davy (1805-1806) Box 68B ff. 25 ML Dawson (1831-1839) Box 68B ff. 26 Nicholas L. Dawson (1811) Box 68B ff. 27 Peter Deal (1795-1796) Box 69 ff. 1 Samuel Dears (1798) Box 69 ff. 2 Robert DeSilver (1819-1831) Box 69 ff. 3 S. Desplat (1822-1831) Box 69 ff. 4 Thomas Dick (1833-1834) Box 69 ff. 5 Charles Dilly (1787-1789) Box 69 ff. 6 Joseph Diver (1826-1837) Box 69 ff. 7 Isaiah Dixey (1830) Box 69 ff. 8 John Donnaldson (1793-1797) Box 69 ff. 9 Benedict Dorsey [& Son] (1794-1800) Box 69 ff. 10 Draper, Underwood, Bald, & (1831-1832) Box 69 ff. 11 Spencer Drawbridge Landing (1820) Box 69 ff. 12 Drawbridge Wharf (1795-1832) Box 69 ff. 13 Vincent Ducomb (1795-1798) Box 69 ff.