[Pattern and account book of Samuel Hunsberger, Pennsylvania German weaver, 1819-1823]
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A scanned manuscript pattern and account book kept by Samuel Hunsberger, a Pennsylvania German weaver of Franconia Township, Montgomery County, begun in 1819. It opens with a typed biographical sketch, then reproduces the handwritten pattern book: about 110 threading drafts and nearly 60 tie-ups for four to twenty shafts, including point twill, turned twill, double cloth, damask and float work, with numbered patterns and loose sheets. The later pages hold German-language weaving accounts for customers from 1821 to 1823, with yardage and prices for linen, linsey, tow, coverlets and silk.
- Type
- Manuscript
- Date
- 1819-1823
- Languages
- English, German
- Pages
- 57
- Weaving drafts
- on 37 pages: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16 and 25 more
- Archive notes
- Reduced to 81.5% when printing.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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