18th Century Financial Records and Tuition Account/Roll Books

Selected items from the collections of the University Archives may be viewed online.

Financial Records

Academy of Philadelphia and College of Philadelphia

• Ledgers
  • 1749-1779 (index at front)
• Journals/Day Books
  • 1749-1779 “Day Book” (original waste book; entries from 1775-1779 in double entry accounting format)
  • 1749-1764 “Journal A” (fair copy of 1749-1779 “Day Book”)
• Receipt Books
  • 1773-1779

Tuition Account/Roll Books

Academy of Philadelphia

• Tuition Book, 1751-1757

Academy of Philadelphia and College of Philadelphia

• Tuition Book, 1757-1769
• Tuition Book, 1767-1779, 1789-1791

University of the State of Pennsylvania (including the college and preparatory schools)

• Tuition Book, 1782-1788
• Roll Book, 1787-1792