Weaver's Draft Notebook/Account Book, 19th Century.

Location of collection:

Colonial Williamsburg

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

P.O. Box 1776

Williamsburg, VA 23187

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POC: Douglas Mayo

Email: dmayo@cwf.org

Phone: (757) 565-8521

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Summary

Creator:

Schlosser, Philip, 1760-1829.

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

Philip Schlosser (1760-1829) was a weaver in eastern Pennsylvania.

Acquisition information:

Gift, 1973.

Physical description:

1 vol. (194 pp.)

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Weaving --Patterns.
Weaving --Pennsylvania --History --19th Century.
Weaving --History.
Agriculture --Pennsylvania --History --19th Century.
Medicine --Formulae, receipts, prescriptions --History --19th Century.