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• Accounts-- Thomas Newman and Benjamin Chew, Jr., 1809
  Collection of account documents primarily from Thomas Newman to Benjamin Chew, Jr. Thomas Newman was employed by Chew as a broker or agent for their shipping & trade interests. The letters and documents are entirely financial or business related and often requesting considerable amounts of money in the form of checks or cash. Many businesses and individuals are mentioned, such as Wheeler & Ashurst and Savage & Dugan (a Philadelphia shipping and underwriting company). These account papers also frequently mention trading and purchasing of stocks, including "United States Insurance Stock" and "US Bank Stock". Purchase of coffee & sugar is also often present in these accounts. The Thomas Newman account documents in the Chew Family Paper collection date up to 1827, but only those up to 1810 have been scanned for this project.
• Accounts-- Thomas Newman and Benjamin Chew, Jr., 1810
  Collection of account documents primarily from Thomas Newman to Benjamin Chew, Jr. Thomas Newman was employed by Chew as a broker or agent for their shipping & trade interests. The letters and documents are entirely financial or business related and often requesting considerable amounts of money in the form of checks or cash. Many businesses and individuals are mentioned, such as Wheeler & Ashurst and Savage & Dugan (a Philadelphia shipping and underwriting company). These account papers also frequently mention trading and purchasing of stocks, including "United States Insurance Stock" and "US Bank Stock". Purchase of coffee & sugar is also often present in these accounts. The Thomas Newman account documents in the Chew Family Paper collection date up to 1827, but only those up to 1810 have been scanned for this project.
• Accounts-- Thomas Newman and Benjamin Chew, Jr., 1810
  Collection of account documents primarily from Thomas Newman to Benjamin Chew, Jr. Thomas Newman was employed by Chew as a broker or agent for their shipping & trade interests. The letters and documents are entirely financial or business related and often requesting considerable amounts of money in the form of checks or cash. Many businesses and individuals are mentioned, such as Wheeler & Ashurst and Savage & Dugan (a Philadelphia shipping and underwriting company). These account papers also frequently mention trading and purchasing of stocks, including "United States Insurance Stock" and "US Bank Stock". Purchase of coffee & sugar is also often present in these accounts. The Thomas Newman account documents in the Chew Family Paper collection date up to 1827, but only those up to 1810 have been scanned for this project.
• Accounts-- Thomas Newman and Benjamin Chew, Jr., 1808-1809
  Collection of account documents primarily from Thomas Newman to Benjamin Chew, Jr. Thomas Newman was employed by Chew as a broker or agent for their shipping & trade interests. The letters and documents are entirely financial or business related and often requesting considerable amounts of money in the form of checks or cash. Many businesses and individuals are mentioned, such as Wheeler & Ashurst and Savage & Dugan (a Philadelphia shipping and underwriting company). These account papers also frequently mention trading and purchasing of stocks, including "United States Insurance Stock" and "US Bank Stock". Purchase of coffee & sugar is also often present in these accounts. The Thomas Newman account documents in the Chew Family Paper collection date up to 1827, but only those up to 1810 have been scanned for this project.
• Accounts-- Thomas Newman and Benjamin Chew, Jr., 1806-1807
  Collection of account documents primarily from Thomas Newman to Benjamin Chew, Jr. Thomas Newman was employed by Chew as a broker or agent for their shipping & trade interests. The letters and documents are entirely financial or business related and often requesting considerable amounts of money in the form of checks or cash. Many businesses and individuals are mentioned, particularly Thomas Biddle, Wheeler & Ashurst, and Savage & Dugan (a Philadelphia shipping and underwriting company). These account papers also frequently mention trading and purchasing of stocks, including "United States Insurance Stock" and "US Bank Stock". Purchase of coffee & sugar is also often present in these accounts. The Thomas Newman account documents in the Chew Family Paper collection date up to 1827, but only those up to 1810 have been scanned for this project. This folder also includes a few receipts and notes from Thomas Biddle, seemingly acting in the same professional capacity as Newman.
• Accounts-- receipt to Richard Newman for transportation of Benjamin Chew, Jr.'s slaves, November 15, 1795
  Small receipt written to a man named Richard Newman for "bringing some Black people [pasangees?] from Easton to Chestertown for 2 pounds 5 shillings. On the back is a note stating this money was received by Newman for "bringing my negroes from Talbot."
• Accounts-- book of land sales and rentals belonging to Benjamin Chew, Jr., 1800-1815
  Personal account book belonging to Benjamin Chew, Jr. recording primarily land sales and possibly some leases. It is broken up by purchaser/lessee and details the payment plan and interest.
• Accounts-- book of land sales & purchases belonging to Benjamin Chew, Jr., 1806-1825
  Small book recording land sales and purchases between 1806-1825. There is also a great number of small memos and letters folded inside from varying individuals.
• Benjamin Chew, Jr.'s account book of monies received, 1804-1812
  Account books of money recieved by Benajmin Chew, Jr. Includes a wide range of finances, both personal and business, including plantation-related. Multiple mentions of W. Pearce, Dr. Scanlan, and J. Sappington. Thomas Newman and Philip Nicklin are also present. Most of the entries do not specify what the payment is for, only from whom it came.
• Accounts-- Wharton & Lewis insurance subscriptions for international shipping, 1795-1797
  Benajmin Chew, Jr.'s insurance subscription from brokers Wharton & Lewis for shipments to and from the Carribean, Europe, and China. Most of the documents are copies made by Philip Nicklin. They do not offer insight into goods shipped, only ship names and where they are sailing from/to.
• Account of receipts & expenses from George Vickers to Benjamin Chew, Jr. for Kent County plantation, July 22, 1831
  Account of expenses and money received on Benjamin Chew, Jr.'s behalf by George Vickers in Kent County. Many of the entries are related to the slaves presumably at Whitehall, the Chew plantation in Delaware. The first page is dedicated to rent received from primarily two parties, Mme. P. Davis and simply "Methodists." On the following page are entries for various repairs on the house, and $1 to a printer for "advertising negroes to hire or sell." The following two lines are medical expenses for "Delia"- the first to a doctor for his attendance to Delia and Julia, the second possibly a midwife for "attendance on Delia in childbed." Second to last entry on this page is another expense for the doctor to see "Delia and child" for $3. The third page lists $2 cash received from Alex Smith for the hiring out of Delia and Phillis. Another $40 was received for the hiring of "negro man Sam Chambers [sp?]." The final page of expenses from 1831 bring forth Delia and child again- a payment of $1 for groceries, $3 for a midwife, and 50 cents for wood to "keep them from freezing." Another dollar was given to Phillis to purchase "necessaries" for Delia to "keep her from starving."
• Accounts-- Receipt for tea kettle to Paxson & Richardson from Benjamin Chew, Jr., December 1796
  Small receipt for a tea kettle purchased from Paxson & Richardson. The inscription on the back states it was paid for "Dinah"- perhaps a servant who was sent to purchase the item.
• Accounts-- Record of payment from Benjamin Chew, Jr. to Henry Onail for capture of a runaway slave, October 13, 1796
  Receipt of payment to Henry Onail (also spelled Oneil in other documents), for the "taking up" of a runaway slave named Aaron from one of Samuel Chew's plantations. Henry and another man named Samuel Clothier were paid $20, issued by Benjamin Chew, Jr.
• Estate of Samuel Chew-- Comprehensive account by Benjamin Chew, Jr. with details on Samuel's slaves, n.d.
  A detailed account book of expenses and disbursements of the goods of Samuel Chew's estate as rendered but its executor, Benajmin Chew, Jr. between 1809-1811. It records cash found in Samuel's home (in pockets, letters, etc.) and received from others, such as for the purchase of wheat, unspecified debt, and even the sale of "Negro Jemima" in Philadelphia for $120 on page 1. Almost directly across from it on the following page is an expense of eight blankets as "the Black People in Cecil were in want of bed cloathing." Also sent to the slaves was $183.50 worth of bacon from the Chestertown house to the farms in Cecil as "the Black People were out of meat." Further on is an appraisal of $70 for enslaved woman Charlotte, and her son for $10, bequeathed to Samuel's servant Elizabeth Constable for 7 years in his will. The account addresses certain slaves at Rich Neck plantation, including "the negro man named Dick" who "being very sickly" has been given the privilege of working when he is able and being taken care of by the estate, appraised at $75. Below, a child named Harriet is appraised for $5. At Great Plantation, a woman named Phillis has also been given privilege of being taken care of by the estate, despite being elderly and infirm. She is appraised at $5, while two other negro women "in like manner" named Molly and Patty are also appraised at $5. Moving on to Frisby's Meadows, there is an appraisal of negro women named Phoebe and her mother Lemon, as well as a 6 month old child named James, son of Phoebe. On the following page, $1 is recorded being paid to "a faithful old negro man from Swan Point who came to attend the remains of his master."
• Accounts-- Benjamin Chew, Jr. for his father for expenses of the burial of Nelly, a potential slave, 1807
  Accounts from March-June 1807, with a line dating April 11th for the burial of Nelly, potential slave, at St. Thomas's Church, as well cost of hickory (possibly for the coffin?), the hiring of a carriage for transport from a man named Hickey, and payment for D. Evans for the coffin. Also records a box of tea for $10. These expenses are also reflected in item 19238.
• Accounts-- Memo by Benjamin Chew, Jr. for his father for a burial and coffin of Nelly, a potential slave, 1808
  Small memo found within larger account by Benjamin Chew, Jr. for his father, presumably from the same year of 1808. The memo records payment of $23.80 for the burial of "Nelly", a possible slave, and $10 to D. Evans for a coffin. There is also a payment to "Hickey" for "hir[ing] of the load" for $2.50.
• Accounts-- Benjamin Chew, Jr. in account with his father, 1809
  Account between Benjamin Chew, Jr. and his father, dating February-May 1809. Under May 1st is payment for a "Negro man saw of wood" for $4.67 in cash. Does not specify what the work was exactly for.
• Accounts-- receipt to Richard Newman for transportation of Benjamin Chew, Jr.'s slaves, November 15, 1795
  Small receipt written to a man named Richard Newman for "bringing some Black people [pasangees?] from Easton to Chestertown for 2 pounds 5 shillings. On the back is a note stating this money was received by Newman for "bringing my negroes from Talbot."
• Account book for Frisby Meadows and personal finances belonging to Benjamin Chew, Jr., 1810-1811
  A small account book for both Frisby Meadows and Benjamin Chew, Jr.'s personal finances, dating from 1810-1811 and reading "B. Chew; 112 Spruce Street" on the cover. Entries focus on the plantation, such as notes & records regarding crops, livestock, and sundry work, but also include personal matters such as his father's estate. One of the most notable entries describes "Dr. Scanlan's return of black people made to me" (slaves from Frisby Meadows), found on page 4. Among those returned to Chew, there was a boy recorded as "Perre," though Chew could not find record anywhere that a "'Perre' has been sold or disposed of." It seems that they concluded the child was mistaken for another 5 year old boy named Jonathan, but it is not entirely clear. The following page features what seems to be a list of slaves hired out, to whom, and for how much.
• Small booklet within Cliveden household account book with slaves' names and household goods, 1798
  An informal, small collection of folded paper within this household account book lists many of the Chew family's enslaved people. All pages feature a vertical line, essentially crossing out the information. Many lines read a date then "to Mrs. C." and the slave's name and a number after them. For instance, "Nov 8th to Mrs. C for Phillis 37/6". There are also lines for mutton, lamb, stamps, pepper, oysters, and other household goods, as well as indication of which individual may gone to purchase then. One line on the second page suggests that Phillis was lent out to someone, but the script after is illegible. The last page lists the road tax at Cliveden.
• Note referencing purchase of coffin by Benjamin Chew for Joseph Turner estate, 1788
  Small note referring to the purchase of a poplar coffin from Jesse Williams for 1.15 pounds. The coffin was paid for by Benjamin Chew, Jr. for a man or boy named Hampshire, formerly a slave on the Joseph Turner estate.
• Day-to-day account of farming and estate keeping practices at Cliveden, 1799
  Day-by-day account of the farming and estate management practices of Cliveden for June 1799, as well as a few days in May and July, recorded by Benjamin Chew, Jr. Over an area that includes a meadow, garden, orchard, and barn, the work includes mowing the estate with scythes, baling and moving hay, raking, weeding, moving "loads" of other presumably produce, amongst other tasks. There are a number of laborers mentioned consistently throughout the document, but it is not clear who is enslaved, a paid servant, or perhaps an indentured servant. They include a man repeatedly referred to as Black or Negro James, as well a few others such as Old Peggy, Fanny, and Polly, The last page lists four payments to Chew for labor, including the servant's name and the tasks they performed.
• Accounts-- Expenses and payments received recorded by Benjamin Chew, Jr. for Mary Oswald Chew, 1811
  Copy of a list of accounts by Benjamin Chew, Jr. for his mother, Elizabeth Oswald Chew. The account includes a wide range of expenses and services, including medical, slave labor, and rent money received from tenants. There are multiple transactions referring to a likely-enslaved man named John, often referred to as Black John or Negro John, including receipt of a $70 payment from a Mr. Rodemaker for John's "time and service" in October 1810. There is also a payment for the bleeding of a negro woman (possibly "Hannah"), for $2.50.
• Accounts-- Expenses recorded by Benjamin Chew, Jr. for Samuel Chew, 1799
  Copy of a short list of expenses by Benajmin Chew, Jr. for Samuel Chew. There are multiple lines for the plantation Whitehall and one for Duck Cross Roads. There is an expense for a porter/overseer for blankets, as well as a negro woman with the mention of cloth. The line is not legible enough to discern whether the payment is for the woman or something regarding cloth, perhaps for the enslaved women. The last line mentions "Henriette", but it is difficult to read what the context is.
• Accounts-- Expenses recorded by Benjamin Chew, Jr. for Samuel Chew, 1805
  Copy of an account of various expenses of Samuel Chew's by Benjamin Chew, Jr., ranging from August 1805-September 1805. One payment that stands out is a sum of two and half pounds to a man named Thomas Exeter for a coffin for "Rachel's child", potentially enslaved.