Isaac Bonine Account Book
Scope and Contents
Includes dozens of names of Wayne County, Indiana, and Cass County, Michigan, residents, with information on goods purchased and sold and labor performed by Isaac Bonine (1790-1872), a prosperous Quaker farmer and merchant.
Dates
- 1838-1850
- Other: Majority of material found in 1838-1846
- Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2012
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions
Biographical or Historical Information
Isaac Bonine (1790-1872) was born in Pennsylvania, the son of Daniel and Mary (Copeland) Bonine, and moved to Blount County, Tennessee as a child. There in 1814 he married Sarah Talbot (1791-1872). In 1815 they moved to Wayne County, Indiana, and in 1843 to Cass County, Michigan. Isaac was an Anti-Slavery Friend and involved with the Underground Railroad in Cass County.
Note written by Thomas Hamm
Extent
1.00 Items
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Accounts kept by Isaac Bonine (1790-1872), an Anti-Slavery Friend, in Wayne County, Indiana, and Cass County, Michigan.
Source of Acquisition
Dan Castavant, Waterville, Me.
Method of Acquisition
Purchase
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
- Author
- Thomas Hamm
- Date
- 11/11/2013
- Description rules
- Rules for Archival Description
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Friends Collection and Earlham College Archives Repository