The Winterthur Library

The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Richardson, Hazen, b.ca.1793

Title: Account book

Dates: 1817-1822

Call No.: Doc. 78

Acc. No.: 81x115

Quantity: 1 volume (138 pages)

Location: 31 A 4

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Hazen Richardson was a carpenter and cabinetmaker in Stockbridge, Vermont. He was married to Azubah Whitcomb Richardson, and they had a number of children, including Henrietta, Alice, and Jeffers.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Contains accounts of a Hazen Richardson, a carpenter and cabinetmaker from Stockbridge, Vermont, with over 65 individuals. Includes such entries as "to trundle Bedstid," "to one Beauro," "to Six Citchin Chairs," "to one Candle Stand." Other than the price, the accounts do not give any information about the furniture, for example the species of wood used. The one exception is a charge for a cherry coffin. Also includes entries for manual labor ("to myself two dys work on the Schoolhouse"), for tailoring and cobbling ("to Cuting two pear of Pantaloons"), and for commodities like tobacco and corn. The accounts give no details at all about the carpentry work which Richardson performed. Many of the accounts for labor give the first names of workmen; they are not otherwise identified.

Includes 7 clippings (1 pasted, 6 laid in) that were part of the volume when it was used in the 1830s as a poetry scrapbook. Several names, including Miss Clarissa A. Priest of Peru, Vermont, Elmira Jenny, Cyntha [sic] Taggart, Maria Cozzens, Henrietta, and Alice E. Richardson are written on scattered pages, in different hands.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.

PROVENANCE

Purchased from Avis & Rockwell Gardiner.

ACCESS POINTS

Topics:

Furniture - Vermont - Stockbridge.

Cabinetwork – Vermont - Stockbridge.

Carpentry – Vermont - Stockbridge.

Account books.

Scrapbooks.

Poems.

Cabinetmakers.

Carpenters.

Tailors.

Shoemakers.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 31 A 4

Name index to Doc. 78 (acc. 81x115)

Note: Names in accounts are first, followed by the names in the volume which are not associated with the accounts. Page numbers refer to the numbers penciled in at bottom of pages. Some pages are blank.

Abbott, John 117

Ainsworth, Leonard 119

Allen, Elijah 95

Belcher, Oliver 123

Belcher[?], Samuel 77

Bennett 23

Bennett, William 130

Bigs[? rest illegible], Radolphus 120

Blackmer, John 135

Blancherd, Benjamin 129

Blossom, William 55

Bugbee, Zeb. 81

Bullard, Janny 33

Bullard, Mark 118

Bunns, E. 125

Bunns, Elijah 132

[surname possibly Burns]

C[illegible], Barney 138

Campbell, Bonny inside front cover, 17

Campbell, Sophia 69

Caryl, John inside front cover, 9-10

Chamberlain, Amos 57, 97

Chamberlain, George W. 47

Chamberlain, Jedediah 61

Chamberlain, Joseph 37

Chamberlin, [first initial illegible] 14

Childs, Pernill[?] 128

Clements, Timothy inside front cover, 7

Cole, Samuel 124

Colman, Benjamin 43

Colman 113

Cooper, Joel inside front cover

Colman, John 113

Cooper 17

Cooper, John 109

Cunningham, Israel S. inside front cover

Damon, William 27

Durkee and Tay[?] inside front cover, 11

[possibly Jay or Fay]

Durkee, Ebe. 91-92

Durkee, Joel 92

Durkee, John 11

Durkee, John (Capt.) 85

Durkee, Warner (Capt.) inside front cover

Ephraim 9, 11, 13-14, 81, 87, 91, 109, 138

Fuller[?] 19

Fuller, John 53

Fuller, Nathaniel 99

Gleason, Oliver 65

Griffen 14

Griffen, Martin 135

Griffin, Martin 45

Hahns[?], Janey[?] 62

Hayden, Alpheas 35

Holland, Rubin 39

Holt, Erastus 130

How, Otis 101

Howard, Justin A. 2

Huntington, Amos 107

Hutchinson, Timothy 79

Ichabod 3, 7, 9-11, 13-14, 64, 81, 87, 91, 93, 138

Jay[?], J. P. (Dr.) 41

Jones, Amos 83

Jones, Benj. 133

Jones, David[?] 83

Jones, Leonard 108, 126

Knot 134

Lathrop, Asa 29

Leonard 3, 10, 31, 91, 97, 109, 111, 113, 114, 115, 126, 131

Leonard, Eunice 3

Leonard, John 113

Leonard, Rowland 87

Lincoln 77, 95, 134

Lincoln, Leicester 119

Lincoln, Tisdale inside front cover

Lot 138

Lucius 77, 95, 134, 137

Lyon, Robert (Col.) inside front cover

Lyon, Rufus 118

Monks[?], Cen[illegible] 119

Monks, Seneca 131

Munger[?], Aaron 128

Newel 134

Newel, Joseph 75

Newell, Jonas 132

Not, Solomon 89

Pankhurst 138

Pankhurst, Stephen inside front cover, 3, 119

[surname possibly Parkhurst]

Parkhurst, Joseph inside front cover, 15

[surname possibly Pankhurst]

Partridge 45

Partridge, Asa 97

Persons 114, 121

Persons, Justin 126

Powers, Abner H. inside front cover, 19

Putnam, Harvey 125

Ranney, Moses inside front cover, 13

Reyes, Elias inside front cover, 1

Reys, William 73

Richardson, Hazen 92, 100, 135

Richardson, Moses inside front cover

Richmond, Abner 93

Sargent, Oliver H. 134

Shaw, Andrew 105

Strong, Job 51

Strong, Miss 23

Sylvester, Barzilla 25

Sylvester, Jno. 59

Tilton, Henry 83

Townsend, Marshall 111, 118

Twitchell, Ephraim 23-24, 100, 115

Webber, Justus 118

Wellben[?], Norman 71

Whitcomb, Abigail 67

Whitcomb, Branch inside front cover, 5, 118

Whitcomb[?], Chamberlin 122

Whitcomb, Ichabod 127, 136

Whitcomb, James 64

Whitcomb, Jotham 31

Whitcomb, Lidia 63

Whitcomb, Lot 21, 22 118

Whitcomb, Lot, Jr. 103

Whitcomb, Nathaniel inside front cover, 14, 121

Wilcot[?] 134

Woolcot, Ebenezer 49

Zeb 109

Miscellaneous names (not accounts)

Cozzens, Maria 68

Jenny, Elmira 54, 55, 68

Kelsey, Mary Ann newspaper clipping

Priest, Clarissa A. 27, 135

R., Henry 54

Richardson, Alice E. 78, 123

Richardson, Henrietta 46, 78, 79

Richardson, Jeffers O. 29, 78

Richardson, Lillian 46, 123

Taggart, Cyntha [sic] 68

Index to objects mentioned in Doc. 78

Note: some words were too difficult to read and those items are listed under unknown; “work” has not been recorded – entries for that are found on almost all pages

barn 14, 64, 122, 138

bayonet 129

bedstead 10, 13, 21, 25, 29, 33, 53, 57, 77, 97, 99, 108, 117, 124, 125, 127

bedstead, trundle 25

bookcase, book shelf 41, 65

bread trough 17, 29, 31, 57, 61, 64, 125, 130

[spelled bred troth]

brick 64

buckles 2

bureau 67, 71, 124

butter 105

butter box 105

buttons 23, 122

butts 103

candle stand – see stand

canteen 49, 62, 75, 79

chairs, dining 13, 103

chairs, kitchen 57, 117, 124

cheese press 64, 95, 117

cherry wood 65

chest 14, 65, 87, 92, 125, 130

[see also Chest, meal and Chest of drawers]

Chest, meal 17, 131

chest of drawers 2, 21, 41, 43, 51, 71, 91, 130, 133

[also called a case of drawers]

cider 89, 121, 123, 129

clock reel 71, 120, 131

cloth 23, 24, 108, 128

coffin 43, 77, 83, 85

comb 45

corn 117, 125, 130

cradle 77

crane 111

cutter 14, 15, 25, 27, 35, 37, 39, 47, 55, 87, 101, 105, 113, 128

desk 2

doors, barn 64

dray 19

drum 134

frame 9, 14, 31

gin 125

glue 43

gun 129

gunpowder 75

hames 85

handkerchief 45, 108

hay 132

horse 111, 125

house 17, 21, 114, 134

iron 89

leather 2

lead, white 49

light sash – see window sash

light stand – see stand

linen – see cloth

livestock 22, 125

locks 103

meat: beef, veal 21, 105, 121, 125

mittens 122

nails[?] 108

pails 85

paint and painting 23, 35, 85, 97 [1/2 oz. (illegible) blue], 105

panes of glass – see window sash

pantaloons 23, 24, 45

pine 62

plow irons 89

putty 14

rye 15, 35, 73, 101, 117, 120

saddle 125

saw 89, 125

school house 11, 137

scythes 3, 118-119

shirts 24

shingles 121

shoes and pumps 24, 45, 108

shop 136

silk thread 24, 45, 108

[silk twist or “scanes” of silk]

sleigh 121

stand 10, 21, 41, 51, 63, 67, 69, 107, 125

[both candle and light stands]

suspenders 2

table 3, 13, 14, 21, 29, 51, 71, 125

table, kitchen 31, 62, 124, 136

table leaf 111

thread – see silk thread

timber 135

tobacco 23, 24, 45, 108

tools 97, 136

trunk 2, 3, 15, 21, 33, 108, 125

turning[?] sticks 134

unknown, illegible 3, 17, 23, 83, 89, 103, 122

wagon 3, 9, 23, 31, 43

[includes parts of wagons]

watch, silver 45

wheat 15, 125

window sash 3, 17, 19, 25, 49, 59, 62, 77, 97, 135

[includes panes of glass]