Description: Estate of John Jordan receipt book, 1876-1959

Estate of John Jordan receipt book, 1876-1959

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Date:	1876-01-01/1959-12-31
Dimensions:	20.6 x 32.5 cm
Format:	Electronic
Subjects and Genres:	Haga, Godfrey, 1747-1825 Moravian Church Financial
Copyright:	Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
Online Access:	https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/13784
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Summary:	The book lists sales receipts from the years 1876-77. It organizes these sales recipts under specific salesmen. Many of the transactions were declined. The majority of this book is blank, however it does contains a note written in 1959 by John Jordan's descendent Elizabeth Jordan. John Jordan was the nephew of German grocer and entrepeneur Godfrey Haga. In 1784, Jordan traveled to Philadelphia at 14 and was placed under the guardianship of his uncle, and learned the business working as a clerk. In 1793, when Haga retired, Jordan, along with Frederick Boller, his brother-in-law, continued the business as Jordan and Boller. After Boller's untimely death in 1802, John Jordan and his family became sole owners and operators of the business, though the name Boller and Jordan continued until 1807, "for the benefit of Mr. Boller's widow." Jordan and his family resided at the original Haga location at 3rd and Race until 1845. The Jordan family would greatly expand the business, constructing larger warehouses and retail locations through subsequent generations. Besides being a grocer, John Jordan was also an agent of the Moravian Church and handled all of their money in Philadelphia. He also had locations and salesmen operating in Nazareth, Bethlehem, and Lititz. [Stephen N. Winslow. Biographies of Successful Merchants in Philadelphia. Philadelphia: James K. Simon, 1864. pg. 24-29.] This digital record contains images that depict the entire described volume, however, blank pages have been omitted. This is a digital donation item, the original is held by a private owner and is not accessible at HSP.

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The book lists sales receipts from the years 1876-77. It organizes these sales recipts under specific salesmen. Many of the transactions were declined. The majority of this book is blank, however it does contains a note written in 1959 by John Jordan's descendent Elizabeth Jordan.

John Jordan was the nephew of German grocer and entrepeneur Godfrey Haga. In 1784, Jordan traveled to Philadelphia at 14 and was placed under the guardianship of his uncle, and learned the business working as a clerk. In 1793, when Haga retired, Jordan, along with Frederick Boller, his brother-in-law, continued the business as Jordan and Boller. After Boller's untimely death in 1802, John Jordan and his family became sole owners and operators of the business, though the name Boller and Jordan continued until 1807, "for the benefit of Mr. Boller's widow." Jordan and his family resided at the original Haga location at 3rd and Race until 1845. The Jordan family would greatly expand the business, constructing larger warehouses and retail locations through subsequent generations. Besides being a grocer, John Jordan was also an agent of the Moravian Church and handled all of their money in Philadelphia. He also had locations and salesmen operating in Nazareth, Bethlehem, and Lititz.

[Stephen N. Winslow. Biographies of Successful Merchants in Philadelphia. Philadelphia: James K. Simon, 1864. pg. 24-29.]

This digital record contains images that depict the entire described volume, however, blank pages have been omitted. This is a digital donation item, the original is held by a private owner and is not accessible at HSP.

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