The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE  19735

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:          Jutau, John.                             

Title:               Receipt book

Dates:             1784-1835, (bulk 1784)

Call No.:         Doc. 172

Acc. No.:         80x92

Quantity:        1 volume (68 pages)

Location:        31 B

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

John Jutau was an auctioneer in Boston, Massachusetts, in the late 1700s and early 1800s.  He died around 1820 (the date of the last Boston city directory in which he was listed) and was survived by his wife, Mary.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Contains signed receipts from people for whom Jutau auctioned merchandise.  The receipts are dated 7 June to 21 October 1784.  A wide variety of goods were auctioned, ranging from household and personal items, to produce, to the ever popular "sundries."  More specifically, auctioned items include beds, shoes, buckles, barrels of nails, gold watches, linens, silk handkerchiefs, watch keys, chaises, "paper hangs," horses, wine, indigo, gin, cotton, gauze, cordage, turpentine, sugar, cider, and tea.

 

Starting at the back of Jutau's receipt book are 10 pages of unrelated receipts for a "J. Conant" in Greenwich, Connecticut (1814-1815) and in Monson, Mass. (1834-1835).  The initials A.C. (for Andrew Conant?) are inked on the spine and inside front cover.

           

 

ORGANIZATION

 

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 Manuscript Company of Springfield (Virginia).

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

People:

            Conant, J.

            Conant, Andrew.

 

Topics:

            Auctions - Massachusetts - Boston.

            Business records - Massachusetts - Boston.

            Receipts.

            Auctioneers.

           

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 31 B

 

Following are name indexes to the John Jutau receipts and then to the J. Conant receipts, and then object indexes to both sets of receipts.

 

 

Name index to John Jutau receipts, Doc. 172, acc. 80x92

 

Adams, John                53

American Coffee House      27, 34

 

Bigelow & Spear            35

Bruf, John                 30

Burke, William             55

 

Callender, Ervin G.        15

Campbell, Alex.         55

Caret, Jn.             2

Carnes, Josh.               5, 27

Clark, Matthew             42

Coburn, John               46, 50

Coleman                    27, 34

Colman, Dudley             41

Colman, William            27, 34, 38-39

Cormerais                  29

Covering, Joseph           26

Cunningham, Andrew         46

 

Davis, Thomas              33

Davis, William             6

Delatour, J. W.           24, 39

Despraisire, Pinoir       24

Devens, Richd., & Co.        4

Dorr, Joseph               32

Duballet, John             23

 

Eaton, Joshua              53

Edgar, Geo.                55

Emmons, Samuel             51

 

Feray, Augustine           25

Field, Joseph              42

 

Galloway, Robt.        38

Gant, Sam.              17

Gould, Samuel         15

Gourney, Eli      6, 17

Gray, Lewis      19

Gray, W. Wm.         19

 

Hall, James                31

Hammatt, Benj.             5

Harkins, Wm., Jr.          35

Haskins, J., Jr.           43

Hewes, Thos.               40

Hovey, Joseph              1

Hubbard, Daniel            48

Hubbard, Russell           48

 

Johnston, John         27

 

Knapp & May       3

 

Lambert, Wm.           52

Lavering, Joseph       32

Laverre, St. Croix     26

Lord, Sam                47

 

Martin            31

Marton, Joseph         8

May, John              46

Medard, J. T.          3

Molineau, W. L. Jr.    47

 

Noblet, J. W.           37

 

Olivier, B.           13

 

Palfrey, John          20

Pallascope, Nicholas          36

Parker, Edw.            53

Phillips, Wm.           12, 49, 50

Pollard, Jona.           56

Poole & Spear          11

Preston, Remewber             41

Preston, Richd.             41

 

Rey, M.                54

Ryan, Charles       1

 

Salles, C. T.                 14, 18, 22

Shattuck, Will.               30

Signourey, E.                 17

Simpson                       la

Sisson, Louis           25, 52, 54, 56

Smith, Standfd.            19

Snow, Gideon           16

Stackpole, William     9

Stoner, Ebenz.          44

 

Thayer              45

Thompson Benj.         51

Tobey, Wm.           13

Townsend, David      14

Tyler, George       23

 

Vollintine, Nathaniel      48

 

Wait, Nathl.      7, 8, 34a

Waldo, John          43

Wallach, Moses   2, 12, 18, 21, 23

Walmsley, John   20

Wein, E.   4

Well-Beloved (schooner)   1

White, Benj., Jr.   10, 33

Wild, Jonathan   45

Name index to J. Conant receipts, Doc. 172, acc. 80x92

 

Butler, Abel          7

 

Childs, Horace      7

Conant, A.          5

Conant, Andrew  W.     8

Conant, Isaac       1

Conant, Seneca  F.     8

Conant, T.      4

 

Eddy and Cowan         3

 

Flynt. B. (Capt.)         6

Ford, P.              2

Ford. P. and Ruth          2

 

Hillis, Willard(?)        5

Holmes           6, 9

 

King, Austin            5

King, Roswell, Jr.          7

King, Roswell M.           9

 

Moulton, William           8

Munson                     7

 

Needham, Willard           8

 

Packard, William        9

 

Rice and M[illegible]     6

 

Short, Austin(?)          5

Stone, Luke (Capt.)     4


Objects mention in John Jutau receipts

 

 

bed                45

chaise             6, 13

cotton             5

Handkerchief (silk)   52

indigo             3, 28

linen              12, 18, 21, 23

nail               20

tobacco            42

watch, gold        13, 14

watch key          9

 

 

 

Objects mention in J. Conant receipts

 

bridle             3

hat, palm  leaf    5

pocketbook         9

slate              6

sled               8

steel  (trap)      6, 7, 9