Call Number: PSPA Ms. Coll. 92, folder 498

Author: Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture
Title: Account of monies due Jane Aiken for printing Memoirs
Date: 1811

Description: This detailed account of the various costs associated with the printing and binding of the second volume of the Society’s Memoirs is especially important, as it is one of the few manuscripts documenting the printing career of Jane Aitken, an important early Philadelphia printer, who succeeded her father in the printshop. This account was signed by Richard Peters, President of the Society, and by Jane Aitken, upon receipt of the monies due her. (click on image for detailed view).