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| Creator: | Beatty, John I. (John Imlay), 1806-1885 |
| Title: | John I. Beatty Account Books |
| Dates: | 1826-1886 |
| Quantity: | 3.6 cubic feet (17 volumes) |
| Abstract: | Daybook entries, June 1, 1831-October 29, 1833, April 26, 1841-(October 1843) February 1, 1844 and April 2, 1846-1886, and related ledger A, June 1831-(1833) 1834 and 1841-1876, in which entries through 1868 pertain to a general store. Accompanying account books of David McKean: ledger, 1826-(1831) 1835 and daybook, April 18, 1826-April 1, 1830, pertaining largely to rentals of houses and stoves; general store daybooks D-K, February 4, 1829-March 31, 1846, and related ledgers [B-C], April 1829-(1844) 1850 (in part of McKean & Newell); "Pork Book," January-April 1831, 1834 and undated; and record of judgements obtained, 1831-(1846) 1859. |
| Collection No.: | MC 319 |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Rutgers University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives |
David McKean (1782-1846) and Samuel c. Newell (d. 1839), trading as McKean & Newell, ran a general store in Allentown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, from at least 1829 until their partnership was dissolved in 1831. For a brief period, June 1831-October 1833, the successor store was run by John I. Beatty (likely McKean's son-in-law, as in 1829 he married Susan McKean, born 1805).
In 1833 the general store was apparently resumed by McKean and conducted by him until his death in 1846. An examination of the surviving account books in MC 319 suggests that Beatty (1806-1885) again ran a general store in Allentown from 1841 until 1844 and subsequently, in 1846, succeeded to McKean's business which he then continued until at least 1868.
According to History of Allentown, New Jersey (1965) by F. Dean Storms, McKean and Newell conducted their business in a brick building which in 1965 was located at 18 South Main Street. storms further states that after the partnership was dissolved, McKean moved the business to 29 North Main Street, a location which was owned by John I. Beatty when the latter set up the town's first printing press there "about the middle of the last century."
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This section provides descriptions of the materials found within each series. Each series description is followed by a container list, which gives the titles of the "containers" (for example, folders, volumes, or cassettes) and their locations in the numbered boxes that comprise the collection. The availability of any digital items from a container is indicated with a hyperlink.
| DAVID MCKEAN | |||||||||||
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| [1] | Record of judgements obtained, 1831-(1846)1859 | ||||||||||
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| 1 | Ledger [C], April 1835-(1844)1850 | ||||||||||
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| 2 | Ledger entries, April 1, 1826-(1831)1835 | ||||||||||
| Pertaining in part to rentals of houses and stoves. | |||||||||||
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| 3 | Daybook entries, April 18, 1826-April 1, 1830 | ||||||||||
| Pertaining largely to rentals of houses and stoves. | |||||||||||
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| 7 | Daybook F, January 16, 1834-April 1835 | ||||||||||
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| 8 | Daybook G, April 1, 1835-August 18, 1836 | ||||||||||
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| 9 | Pork Book, January-April 1831, 1834 and undated | ||||||||||
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| 10 | Daybook I, July 6, 1836-April 15, 1837 and January 25, 1838-0ctober 3, 1840 | ||||||||||
| July 6, 1836-April 15, 1837 entries do not match ledger C and January 25, 1838-0ctober 3, 1840 entries match ledger C. | |||||||||||
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| 11 | Daybook H, August 19, 1836-January 24, 1838 | ||||||||||
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| 13 | Daybook J, October 3, 1840-February 3, 1844 | ||||||||||
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| 14 | Daybook K, February 3, 1844-March 31, 1846 | ||||||||||
| MCKEAN & NEWELL | |||||||||||
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| 2 | Ledger [B], April 1829-(1835)1838 | ||||||||||
| Includes few entries for April 1831- November 1833. | |||||||||||
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| 4 | Daybook D, February 4, 1829-April 1, 1830 | ||||||||||
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| 6 | Daybook E, April 2, 1830- January 16, 1834 | ||||||||||
| Includes few entries for May 1831-0ctober 1833. | |||||||||||
| JOHN I. BEATTY | |||||||||||
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| 1 | Ledger A, June 1831- (1833)1834 and April 1841-1876 | ||||||||||
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| 2 | Daybook entries, December 12, 1853-1886 | ||||||||||
| Daybook entries pertain to a general store through August 1868. | |||||||||||
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| 3 | Daybook entries, February 1, 1850-December 10, 1853 | ||||||||||
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| 5 | Daybook A, June 1, 1831-0ctober 29, 1833 and April 26, 1841-November 19, 1842 | ||||||||||
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| 12 | Daybook, [entries from both periods match Beatty's ledger AJ November 19, 1842-(0ctober 1843), February 1, 1844 and April 2, 1846-January 31, 1850 | ||||||||||
| Entries from both periods match Beatty's ledger A. | |||||||||||