The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur
Museum, Winterthur, DE 19735
302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF
THE COLLECTION
Creator: Wait, Aaron
Title: Bills
Dates: 1824-1829
Call No.:
Acc. No.: 68x69.1-.26
Quantity: 26 items
Location: 34 J 2
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
Aaron Wait owned a house in or near
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
This collection of bills documents purchases of
household goods and services by Aaron Wait between 1824-1829. Household repairs include painting the
interior, exterior, and trim, wallpapering, and chimney and stove repair. Among the items purchased are hardware, hand
tools, household furnishings, a mahogany coffin, blankets, carpet, and
pharmaceutical and beauty supplies.
ORGANIZATION
Roughly in chronological order.
LANGUAGE OF
MATERIALS
The materials are in English.
RESTRICTIONS
ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Purchased from N. D. Scotti.
ACCESS POINTS
Topics:
Painting, Industrial.
Dwellings - Maintenance and repair.
Hardware.
Wallpaper.
Coffins.
Stoves.
Chimneys.
Toilet preparations.
Drugs.
Invoices.
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 34 J
2
Note: all accession numbers begin with 68x69
.1 receipted
bill, Aaron Wait paid Elijah Porter for paint, barrel, oil, September 1824
.2 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid Boston
Glass Manufactory for glass,
.3 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid Edward
Wade, Jr., for painting, setting glass, painting supplies, lamp black,
.4 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid Abner
Goodhue for cutting coffee mill, mending sleigh, and for a bucket bail,
January-February 1826
.10 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid Robert
Peele for nails, lamps, a scraper, hand brush, hovel, spade, drawing knife,
hammer, lead, wooden tap, padlock, manure fork, iron kettle, twine, glue, etc.,
.5 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid Abel
Hersey for wall paper, borders, and feather bed, March –August 1826
.6 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid Daniel
Hammond for setting window glass,
.7 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid Mark
Pitman for a mahogany coffin, July 3, 1826
.8 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid William
Burding for goods, Danvers(?), September(?) 31, 1826
.9 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid Edward
Wade for painting and papering,
With penciled amounts added later
.11 receipted bill, Captain Nathaniel Rogers
paid Abner Goodhue for mending gridiron, lock, and tongs; sharpening and
mending coffee mill; for wood work and painting sleigh, January 26, 1827;
Aaron Wait signed the bill at the
bottom
.12 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid Whipple
& Lawrence for entry paper, May 8, 1827
.13 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid Thomas D.
Wigings (or Wiggins) for leathering and set of pump boxes, Mary 27, 1827
.14 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid A. &
J. Hayward for work done by Aaron Hayward, repairing stoves, topping chimney,
bricks, mortar, fireplace labor,
.15 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid Jonathan
Webb for starch, saleratus, wintergreen, sulfur, castor oil, pills, camphor,
“recipe,”
.20 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid Robert
Peele for lime, various kinds of brushes, knives and forks, floor brush, saw,
shovels, sponge, nails, twine, mugs, platters, shears, curry comb, pudding
dish, bowl, cups and saucers, washbowl, etc.,
.16 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid Thomas
Downing, Jr., for blankets, carpeting, January-October 1828; receipt signed by
Charles Shed
.17 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid A. &
J. Hayward, for building an oven, including charges for labor, bricks, and
mortar,
.19 receipted bill, N. Rodgers paid W. Phelps
for work at house,
.21 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid Abel
Hersey for carpet and binding, thread and tacks,
.18 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid James
Bullock for painting chair, December 1, 1828
.22 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid R. W.
Chipman, for wash bowl, coffee pot, and mending tea kettle and candlesticks;
Salem, January-May 1829
.23 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid Robert
Peele, for pad lock, pitcher, tea kettle, hoe, sponge, floor brush, nails,
plates, bowls, cups and saucers, tumblers, knives, lamp, etc.; Salem
April-November 1829; payment received by Robert Peele, Jr.
.24 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid A. &
J. Hayward, for work on chimney,
.25 receipted bill, Nathaniel L. Rodgers, for
Aaron Wait’s house, paid Bancroft and Farnham, for shingles, nails, clapboards,
labor, etc., September 1828-January 1830
.26 receipted bill, Aaron Wait paid R. M.
Chipman, for mending brass skillet and lamp(?) and for a tinderbox,
Name index to
Bancroft
and Farnham .25
Bullock,
James .18
Burding,
William .3
Chipman,
R. M. .22, .26
Downing,
Thomas (Jr.) .16
Farnham
(of Bancroft and Farnham) .25
Goodhue,
Abner .4, .11
Hammond,
Daniel .6
Hersey,
Abel .5, .21
Peele, R.,
Jr. .23
Peele,
Robert .10, .20, .23
Phelps,
W. .19
Pitman,
Mark .7
Porter,
Elijah .1
Rodgers,
N. .19
Rodgers,
Nathl. L. .25
Rogers,
Nathl. (Capt.) .11
Shed,
Charles .16
Tewksbury,
Charles S. .2
Wade,
Edwd. .9
Wade,
Edwd., Jr. .3
Webb,
Jonathan .15
Whipple &
Lawrence .12
Wigings, Thomas
D. [Wiggins?] .13