Agriculture -- Accounting

Accounts of receipts and expenses of Bloomsbury Farm, Columbus Shipley, Overseer. Surname Walkins appears numerous times in these accounts. Frederick County was the residence for many of the Walkins family.

This collection contains the account books of James Brooke, and the journal of Roger Brooke, landowners.

Account books of several farms. Mainly records of crop sales. Also many loose bills and receipts. One letter giving some background material on the collection.

Ledger kept by Henry H. Chapman, from 1794-1821, showing purchases made for services performed for numerous persons in return for shares of tobacco and wheat crops. Among accounts are: Dr. John Chapman's estate, Samuel Jones' estate, Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, McDonough Charity School, Richard R. Swann, etc.

This collection contains the personal, family and farm accounts of Harry Dorsey Gough of Perry Hall (Baltimore County, Md.).

This collection contains two ledgers kept by James Carroll of "Mount Clare", including entries for family expenses, brick yard receipts, Haylands Farm, Mount Clare Mills, taxes, and many individuals mentioned.

This collection contains the account books of the Posey family from 1824-1902.

This collection consists of the papers pertaining to the Ridgely family of Hampden in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1757 to 1949.

This collection mainly concerns John Ridgely of Hampton (1851-1938), a gentleman farmer; Charles W. Humrichouse (d.1903), Baltimore sugar merchant; James Walker Humrichouse (1849-1927), medical doctor; and William Hawken, father-in-law of Charles W. Humrichouse. The materials in this collection include account ledgers, receipts and checks, and miscellaneous letters.

Account book of Robert Franklin, and later Jacob Franklin (d.1819), both of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, containing farm and house accounts; births, marriages, and deaths in the Franklin Family, and of slaves owned. Robert Franklin died 1735; family record continued through 19th century.