The Winterthur Library

 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:          Fuller, Hezekiah.                                              

Title:               Account book

Dates:             1693-1803, ca.1693-ca.1725 (bulk dates).

Call No.:         Doc. 547

Acc. No.:         70x75

Quantity:        1 volume

Location:        31 E

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

Hezekiah Fuller was a weaver in Dedham, Massachusetts.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Records debits and credits accrued by Fuller for such activities as spinning and weaving shirting, wool cloth, "cord sheeting," etc.  The volume was also used by Fuller and others to document agricultural activities, including noting when the "cows took bull."  Measurements of timber and shingle are also featured.  Such items as rice, coffee, nutmeg, and other foodstuffs are mentioned.  The volume also incorporates pages from John Tulley's almanac for the year 1698, including the title page, pages for each month, and a page listing eclipses and a description of highways.  Tulley's almanac was printed in Boston in 1698 by Barthlomew Green and John Allen.

           

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

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

           

 

PROVENANCE

 

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont; transferred to Downs Collection from museum.  

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            Weaving.

            Livestock.

            Agriculture - Accounting.

            Textile fabrics.

            Lumber trade - Massachusetts - Dedham.        

            Business records  Massachusetts - Dedham.

            Account books.

            Almanacs - 1698.

            Weavers.

            Farmers.

 

Additional author:

            Tulley, John.  Almanack for the year of our Lord 1698.

 

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 31 E

 

 


Partial name index to  Doc. 547 (acc. 70x75)

 

Aldridge, Goodey

 

Bailley, John

Bailley(?), Thos.

Baker, Benjamin

Barber, Joseph

Barber, Sam'l

Bullard, Nathan'l

 

Clap, Ebenezar

 

Dane, Nat'l

Dedham, Joseph

Dodge, Saml.   [spelled Doged]

Doged, Saml. - see Dodge

 

Fisher, Amos

Free, Beriah

Fuller, David

Fuller, John

Fuller, Robert

Fuller, Thomas

 

Gay, John

Gay, Jonathan

Gay, Nathaniel

Gay, Samuel

Gay, Stephen

Goodwin, John

 

Hartshorn, Joseph

Hollowell, Benjamin

Hutchinson, judge

 

Lee, William

 

Marr, Joseph

 

Ockington, Thomas

 

Pond, Caleb

Prince, Thomas

 

Rice, John

Richards, Samuel

Richmond, John

 

Tamberling, Mathew

 

Whit, Henry

Whiting, Timothy

Wilmot, Joseph