The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware  19735

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:         Atwood, Zaccheus.                            

Title:               Account book

Dates:             1791-1827

Call No.:         Doc. 526

Acc. No.:        74x319

Quantity:        1 volume (318 pages)

Location:        31 D 4

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

Zaccheus Atwood was a weaver in Barre, Massachusetts.  He may be the Zaccheus Atwood who was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts in 1752, served in the American Revolution, and died in Barre in 1833.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Records debits and credits accrued by Atwood for such activities as trimming clothes, dressing and “coloring” (i.e. dyeing) cloth, and making blankets, cloth, gloves, and shoes.  A variety of farm activities and products are also mentioned in the volume, including plowing, planting, and selling butter.  Notes about the settlement of accounts are featured.  Bills and receipts for articles purchased by Atwood are laid in.

           

 

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 and Rockwell Gardiner.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            Weaving - Massachusetts - Barre.

            Textile fabrics.

            Household linens.

            Dry-goods.

            Farm produce.

            Food prices.

            Agriculture - Massachusetts - Barre.

            Account books.

            Weavers.

           

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 31 D 4

 

 

Acc. 74x319.1             account book of Zaccheus Atwood

                                    Note: name index to this volume is appended to this finding aid

 

 

Loose items in account book:

 

.32 (laid into index)    receipt, Atwood paid Reid & Rice for cochineal and logwood, 1803-1804

 

.3 (p. 24)          part of an account, 1820

 

.31 (p. 39)        from Atwood to Maj. James Paige(?), Hardwick, February 10, 1795, order to pay James Perry.

 

.30 (p. 41)        scrap with numbers

 

.29 (p. 43)        Barnabas Hinkly to Atwood, August 22, 1798, please to pay Ebenezer Haskell

 

.4 (p. 52)          Atwood to Willard Warner, February 5, 1796, please to pay Ebenezer Has[torn]

 

.5 (p. 57)          promise to pay Denison Robberson, Barre, September 8, 1802, Atwood’s name has been torn off

 

.6 (p. 64)          scrap of paper with various things written on it, including name Barney

 

.7 (p. 73)          scrap of paper with figures and a note about cloth

 

.8 (p. 95)          dye recipe, “A Receipt for Snuff for 20 yd. Of cloth,” signed Otis Atwood

 

.9 (p. 95)          letter, Polly Brown, Lowell, August 14, 1830, to Dear Aunt, addressed to Zaccheus Atwood, Barry, Mass., father died last October at age 85; since her husband died 6 years ago, she has lived in several factory villages, running boardinghouses; other family news, including death of daughter Sophrona; many religious expressions

 

.10 (p. 95)        fragment of a document

 

.11 (p. 100)      scrap of paper, includes name of Zebediah Allen

 

.12 (p. 105)      bill, Edward Meriam owes to Zach. Atwood, December 19, 1796, for cloth

 

.13 (p. 115)      Mr. Hayes(?) note and interest

 

.14 (p. 126)      short letter, Zebulon Allen, Windsor, March 18, 1810, to unknown person, expects to be able to pay rent in early April; about selling property; part of letter is torn

 

.15 (p. 141)      scrap with numbers

 

.16 (p. 147)      promise to pay Otis Sherman, signature torn off (probably had been signed by Atwood), Barre, February 8, 1821

 

.17 (p. 148)      promise to pay Moses Boyden, signature torn off, Barre, May 26, 1821

 

.18 ( p. 148)     scrap of paper with numbers; scrap also shows part of a watermark 

 

.19 (p. 150)      bill to Z. Atwood, from Barry(?), Clark & Co., Barre, November 26, 1818, for cloth, buttons, thread.

 

.20 (p. 150)      scrap with numbers

 

.21 (p. 151)      scrap with part of an account, the name S. Forbes appears

 

.22       [number not used or missing]

 

.23 (p. 155)      printed from, summons to Zaccheus Atwood, yeoman, to appear at Court of Common Pleas, Worcester County, Massachusetts, about a dispute with John Fellows(?);

                        On back: account with Francis Howland for board, keeping cattle, Jason’s work, a chain, etc.

 

.24 (p. 156)      scrap, probably torn from an account book, 1792

 

.25 (p. 157)      account with Benjamin Stone, 1819, refers to p. 134; also other miscellaneous notes

 

.26 (unnumbered page)           scrap, with part of a promise to pay, dated 1797 (names torn off)

 

.27 (unnumbered page)           a promise to pay signed by Zeblon Hunger; name at top: Atwood Zaccheus Ebenezer Haskell

 

.28 (unnumbered page, towards end) part of an account, James Stone is mentioned, no date, mentions cloth, rum, tobacco, brown sugar, pearl ash

 

.2 (laid inside back cover)       account, Deleveard(?) to Barnabus Atwood, April 1829, for various goods, including livestock, hay, chains, barrels, tools, harness, cart and wagon, etc.

 

 

 

 

Name index to account book:

 

Adams. James   45

Aikens, David  12

Allen, David   64, 100

Allen, Zebediah  100

Amidown, Rhode (the Widow)  127

Ames, Deborah    4

Ames, John   68

Atwood, Barne[y]  143

Atwood, Isaac  121

Atwood, Ney   156

Atwood, Otes (Otis)  125, .8

Atwood, Thomas  127, 129, 157

Atwood, Zaccheus  109

A[y]res, John  97

 

Babbit, Dean   118, 150

Babbit, Erasmus  103

Baken (i.e. Bacon), Joseph  78

Bates   130

Billings, Dannel (i.e. Daniel), Capt.   114

Billings, Elisha  66

Boyden, Moses  57, 148

Bruce, John  87

 

Clark, Isaac   63

Chamblen (Chamberlain?), Moses   55

Cheadock, Mr.    151

Chetman, Stephen  140

Childs, Jonathan     76

Chelman, Perez   98

Chipman, Stephan  87

Clifford, Samuel    7

Cobb, Garthain     70

Cobb, Selvanas, Lt.    86

Cobb, Silvenus, Lt.   2

Cobb, Perez     100

Cox, Elizabeth (the Widow)  23

Cox, John   16

Curtis, Mary (the Widow)  60

 

Dene, Paul     105

Dennis, Adonijah  10

Dexter, Eb[en]ezer   3, 31

Dexter, Joheboro (Job)  1

Dexter, Job  27

Dexter, Mark    74

Dexter, Samuel  79

Dilano. Phillip  36

Dilers, Abisha  51

Dotey (Doty), John  74

 

Egger, Paul  34

Egre, Danuel (Daniel)  17

 

Fellers (i.e. Fellows?), John, Jr.  83

Fellows, John  133

Fisk, Samuel  82, 112

Forbes, Selveander  149

 

Grant, Philip  111

Graye, Hannah  158

Green, (the Taller, i.e. Tailor?)  1

Goodanow, Mr. (Asa?)  114

Gor[h]am, Joseph  89

 

Hage (Hayes?), Widow  6

Hamman, Gedden (i.e. Hammond, Gideon)  18

Haskel, Ebenezer  106

Haskel, Ephriam  62

Hastens, Theophilus  108

Hastings, John  15

Hastings, John, Capt.  35

Hinckley, Seth  43

Hinkley, Juder  15

Holt, Thomas  54

Holden, Moses  101

Howland, Shove  145

Hovey, Samuel  54

Hoyet, Yoeman, Capt.  71

Hudson, Edward  44

Hunt, Moses  46

 

Jainkens (i.e. Jenkins), Southworth  9

Jankens (i.e. Jenkins), Hannah (the Widow)  131

James  130

Jankions, Jasson (i.e. Jenkins, Jason)  159

Jenkins, Bingman (i.e. Benjamin?), Esq.  99, 128

Jenkins, Timothy   9

Jenkins, Southworth, 2d  99

 

Kinsley, Martain (Martin)   21

 

Laelland, old Mr.    135

Larramee, Ebenezer   72

Lawrence, Moses  81, 120, 126

Lee, Bengman (i.e. Benjamin), Capt.    88

Lee, Ezekiel     32

Love, Experance    4

Lowtrip, Nathan     28

Luce, Mayhew       47

 

Manley, Josiah       15

Mason, Dannel (Daniel)  13

Mendal, Moses      97

Mexter, Samuel     38

Myreck (Merrick), Nathaniel  78

 

Newton, Timothy (page number missing)

Ney, Daniel     85

Nicoll, Betty (Widow)  127

Nicoll, David     55

Nicoll, William  68

Niel, Jonas    8

Nucom (Newcomb), Annas   41

Nur, Joseph    84

Nye, Simion (Simeon)  93

 

Page, James (Major)  39

Paige, Charles   37

Perry    50

Perry, Nathan   4

Pine, Seth (Capt.)   95

Purshoe, Mr.    7

 

Rice, Elizabeth   52

Rice, the Young Widow  136

Rice, Phenes (Phineas)     130

Rice, Stephen       33

Rice, Stephen, Jr. (Col.)   33

Rice, Thomas   107, 130

Robberson, Denne (Deneson)  30

Robberson, Nathan     26

Robberson, Ruben      141

Robbinson, Joseph     61

Rogers, James        29

Roggers, Martin     88

Ruggels, Bingman (Benjamin)   77, 83

Ruggles, Lemuel    3

Ruggles , Polley     90

Ruggles, Timothy    40

 

Sears, Barne[y]      95, 152

Shurtlef, Jones     96

Smeth, Amesia (Smith, Amos?)  124

Smeth, Robbert (Smith, Robert)  123

Smeth, Samuel (no page number given)

Spooner, Sam   65

Spooner, Seth  64

Sprout, Lemuel   102

Stone, Bingman (Benjamin)  124

 

Thrasher, William    5

 

Walker, Thankfull    14

[Ware], Peletiah   69

Warner, Daniel, Capt.  42

Warner, Eliger, Capt.   57

Warner, Willard    59

Washban (i.e. Washburn), Eliphalet, 2nd    48

Washburn, Eliphalet   48

Wears (i.e.Ware?), Peletiah  69

Wellman, Oliver  136

Weston, Joshua   4

Wheeler, the Widow  58

White, Dr.   26

White, Elies (Elias)  80, 90

Williams, Hannah   53

Wilson, Polley   75

Winslow, Elisha  24

Winslow, Leydia (Lydia), Mrs.  25

Woods, George   20