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APPENDIX A
Tea Sale Records—Ledgers and Daybooks Showing (and Not Showing) Tea Transactions during Prohibition
Only holdings with ledgers, daybooks, account books, waste books, or other accounts primarily detailing mercantile activity are considered here. Holdings are included even if they only cover part of the ban period. For the sake of counting merchants who sold tea, merchants with multiple ledgers, even if held at different archives, are counted as once. A single catalog holding with ledgers belonging to multiple merchants is counted once per merchant.
Holdings without tea sales include:
- Baker Library, Harvard Business School: Jacob and William Wildes Records, 1772–1815. Hancock Family Papers, 1664–1854 [Mss:766 1712–1854 H234]. Samuel Abbot Business Papers, 1754–1819 [Mss:761 1754–1819 A122]. Frost Family Business Records, 1727–1884 [Mss:77 1727–1884]. Reynell & Coates Records, 1744–1828 [Mss:766 1744–1828].
- Columbia University Library: Ludlow Family Papers. Gay-Otis Family Papers.
- Duke University Library: John Hook Papers. Thomas Adams Account Books. William Graham and Simpson Company Papers. New Bern (NC) Merchant’s Ledger C, 1767–1785, bulk 1767–1776.
- Johns Hopkins University Library: John Weatherburn Collection.
- Library of Congress: Oliver Pollock Papers. The Papers of Stephen Collins and Son. The Papers of Stephen Collins and Son—William Barrell. The Papers of Stephen Collins and Son—Solomon Fussell. The Papers of Stephen Collins and Son—James Mullan.
- Library of Virginia: David and William Allason Papers, 1722–1847. Accession 13.
- Maryland Center for History and Culture: McCulloh Family Papers, 1773–1848 MS2110. Anonymous Account Book, Alexandria, Virginia, 1775–1778 (Vertical File). William Russell Account Book 1774–1783 MS 1989. Wallace, Davidson and Johnson account book 1771–1777 MS 499. Hall Collection. Goodwin and Russell Letterbook; Account book 1774–1781. Sasquehanna Shipping Company Account Book 1773–1776 MS 2393. Ridgely Papers, Box 4, Bills and Receipts 1767–1789. Cooke Papers. Accounts of William Cooke 1761–1798 and William Cooke Cash Book c. 1775–1777. Cheston Galloway Papers, 1684–1961 MS 1994.
- Massachusetts Historical Society: Increase Sumner Papers, 1769–1798 [Ms. N-1642]. Benjamin Greene Account Books, 1734–1805 [Ms. N-2064 (XT); P-489]. John Tudor Papers, 1732–1793 [Ms. N-1683]. Benjamin Goodwin Account Books, 1767–1796 [Ms. N-1300]. Samuel Russell Gerry Papers, 1769–1843 [Ms. N-1282; P-362]. Boylston Family Papers, 1688–1979 [Ms. N-4]. John Boylston Ledger. Boylston Family Papers, 1688–1979 [Ms. N-4]. Thomas Boylston Wastebook. Patrick Tracy Jackson Papers, 1766–1869 [Ms. N-408 (Tall)].
- Newport Historical Society: Papers of the following: Stephen Ayrault, William Channing, Freedbody (Family), Archimedes George, Aaron Lopez, William Manley, David Moore, Henry Peckham, Thomas Robinson, Thomas Tew, Job Townsend.
- New-York Historical Society: Bayard-Campbell-Pearsall Family Papers (Bayard accounts). Hudson Collection. Tayler-Cooper Family Papers. Thomas Cobbs Ledger. Brailford Receipt Book. Charles Nicoll ledgers.
- New York Public Library: Hooe, Stone & Company. William Smith’s Store Ledger (Kakiat, NY). Gilbert Livingston papers. Bancker family papers. Hasbrouck family papers.
- Princeton University Library: Abraham Van Neste, Ledger B 1775–1779 and Daybook C. Ledger 1770–1775, CO199. Howell Daybook. Thomas Patterson, Account Book. Thomas Gordon Account Book.
- Rhode Island Historical Society: Anthony Low Account Book, 1774–1801 [MSS 9001 L]. Ward Family Papers, 1714–1879 [MSS 776]. Moses Brown (1738–1836) Papers, 1636–1836 [MSS 313]. Samuel Nightingale I Papers, 1740–1786 [MSS 588 Sub Group 1]. Samuel Nightingale II Papers, 1759–1802 [MSS 588, Sub Group 2]. Papers of William Greene (1743–1826), 1775–1826 [MSS 469]. Christopher Champlin Papers, 1700–1840 [MSS 20]. Jonathan Peck Papers, 1728–1783 [MSS 610].
- State Archives of North Carolina: John Cockton Daybook and Ledger. Thomas Oldham Ledger. John Hogg Company Papers. John Allen Papers.
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library: Hayes Collection, 1694–1928. Robert Hogg Account Books, 1762–1787. William Hargrove Papers, 1773–1930. Robert Wilson Account books, 1777–1888. Wilson and Hairston Family Papers, 1757–1928.
Holdings with tea sales include:
- Baker Library, Harvard Business School: Papers of: Joseph Barrell, 1770–1803. Cornelius Fellows, 1775–1791. Melatiah Bourn Papers, 1728–1803 [Mss:733 1728–1803 B775].
- Duke University Library: Telfair & Co. Journal, 1774–1775; 1775–1781. Byrnes Account.
- Library of Congress: Glassford Records. Neil Jamieson Financial Papers, 1771–1782.
- Maryland State Archives: Wallace, Davidson and Johnson Accounts MSA S 528–27/28, 1771–1775. http://
mdhistory .net /msaref06 /wdj _order _bks /html /index .html. - Massachusetts Historical Society: James Murray Papers, 1732–1781 [Ms. N-571; P-141]. Amory Family Papers, 1697–1894 [Ms. N-2024 (Tall)]. Amory, Taylor, and Rogers, 1769–1784, Wastebook, 1774–1784 [Vol. 13].
- Newport Historical Society: Papers of: Christopher Champlin; John Hadwen; Elnathan Hammond; Pierce, Clothier & Howard Potter; Henry Potter; Thomas Vernon.
- New-York Historical Society: John Taylor Daybook (BV Taylor, John). Shaw and Long Wastebook (BV Shaw). Benjamin Cornell Daybook (BV Scarsdale).
- State Archives of North Carolina: Matthew and Margaret Byrne Collection.
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library: Cameron Family Papers.
- University of Pennsylvania Library: Manuscript Farmer’s Ledger, 1774–1777 Ms. Codex 1587.
- University of Virginia Library: Papers of R. M. T. Hunter. Hunter-Garnett Collection [aka Papers of the Hunter and Garnett families] Accession No 38-45.
Two merchants had papers in multiple archives, with tea sales in one and not in the other: Christopher Champlin (sales in NHS records, not in RIHS) and Wallace, Davidson and Johnson (no sales at MDHS, but sales at mdhistory.net). These have been counted once in chapter 8, as records with tea sales, but are listed separately here.