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:          Sampson, Martin.                                

Title:               Account book

Dates:             1809-1829

Call No.:         Doc. 629

Acc. No.:         69x61

Quantity:        1 volume

Location:        31 F

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

Martin Sampson was a cabinetmaker in southeastern, Massachusetts, possibly Marshfield.  He made furniture and tool handles, fitted ship cabins, and did joinery work.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Records debits and credits accrued by Sampson from 1812 to 1829, although the date on the cover is 1809.  He performed such tasks as setting glass, making window frames, "doing the cabin inside," putting casters on chairs, working on ships, building panel doors, making wagon bodies, weaving cloth and making twine, and painting and whitewashing.  Sampson made a considerable amount of furniture throughout this period, including tables, clock cases, cow troughs (“troffs”), chests, trunks, desks, bedsteads, feather beds, ship tables, light stands, chairs, coffins, chests of drawers, and writing desks.  Types of tools mentioned include augers, chisels, bit stocks and bits, bench screws, planes, gouges, and hand saws.  It is not clear if he actually made the tools or simply sold them.             

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

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

           

 

PROVENANCE

           

Purchased from Charles B. Wood.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            Furniture making.

            Furniture industry and trade - Massachusetts.

            Tools.

            Furniture - Repairing.

            House painting.

            Dwellings - Maintenance and repair - Massachusetts.

            Joinery.

            Cabinetwork.

            Shipbuilding - Massachusetts.

            Account books.

            Cabinetmakers.

           

           

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 31 F

 

 

 

 


Index to Doc. 629 (acc. 69x61)

 

Alden, John 47, 135

(also spelled Allden)

Allden, John - see Alden

America (brig) 75

 

Bailey 95

Bartlet, Charles 79

Bartlet, David 129

Bartlet, Sanders 61  

Bartlett, Saunders - see Bartlet

Bates, Thomas 23

Bradford, Lewis Jr. 28

Bradford,  Prince 90

Bradford,  Samuel 97

Brewster,  Cyrus 20

Brewster,  Nathan 25

Brewster, Rena  ii, 37, 42, 105, 115, 121, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133

Briant, George 96

Brown, Amos 117, 124  

Brown, Rhoda 42

Burges, Nathan 69

 

Chandler, Samuel Jr. 46  

Chandler, Thomas 87

Cushing, Samuel 75

Cushman, Charles M. 123

Cushman, David 51, 103

Cushman, Ezra 48

 

Dawes(?),  Josephus 5a

Delano   74

Delano, Asa C. 101

Delano, Charles 4, 4a, 94, 112

Delano, David 129

Delano, Elijah 106

Delano, Elijah, Jr. 40

Delano, Hosea 75, 95

Delano, John, Jr. 125

Delano, Nathan 132

Delano, Nathaniel (Jr.) 135

[Delano], Oliver 95

Dingly, Thomas 114

Done or Dow, John M. 12

Drew, Abagail 134

Drew, Charles 38

Drew, Isaac 31

Drew, Reuben 8, 15, 71, 105, 115, 116

Drew, Stephen 67, 74, 95, 96

Drew, Timothy 7, 41

Durfee, Mary 113

Duxbury, Town of  72

 

Eden 6, 14, 21, 32, 40

 

Faunce, George 44

Faunce, Zenus 122

Fish, Henry A. 99a

Forster, John 84

Forster, Nathan 65

Franklin - [ship?] 104

Frazar 15, 95

Frazar, George 85

Frazar, Samuel A.  iii, 16, 28, 36, 37, 39, 51, 61, 70, 82, 88, 103, 106, 120, 123, 126, 127, 130

Frazar, Samuel A. (Jr.) 127  

Freeman, Abijah 86

Freeman, Benjamin 128

Freeman, Bradford 14

Freeman, Martin 96, 106, 127

Freeman, Sarah 52

Freeman, Weston (Jr.) 121

Freeman, William 24

 

George   103

Gifford(?)   21a

Glass, Amasa 29

Gooding, Henry(?) 124

Goodspeed, David S.  71, 75

 

Hall, Daniel  82

Hannah   iv, 45, 52

Holmes, Bradford 10  

Holmes, Harvy 56

Holmes,  Joseph 22, 78, 92, 95

Holmes,  Joseph (Jr.) 120

Hunt, Barker 114

Hunt, Chas. 4a

 

Jenkins, John 80

Joice, Willcox(?) 6

Joslyn, Limon 91

 

Lilly (schooner)  23

Loring, Freeman 58, 88

(also spelled Louring)

Loring, George 85, 131

(also spelled Louring)

Loring, George (Deacon)  72, 128, 129, 130, 131

(also spelled Louring)

Louring - see Loring

Louring, James   9

[Loring?]

Louring, Samuel (Jr.) 100

[Loring?]

Lowden(?), Thos. 6a

 

Magnus 1, 16, 25, 36, 70, 82, 86, 105, 106, 115, 116, 128, 130

Martin 6, 8, 15, 16, 42, 45, 52, 54, 61, 64, 69, 70, 71, 73, 88, 113, 123, 127, 128, 129, 131 [132?], 135

McNeil 77a

Meetinghouse [Duxbury?]  72

 

Parker, J. K. 3a

Partridge, George 11

Partridge, Ralph 36

Perkins   54, 78, 134

Perkins, Mary 80, 133

Perkins, Seth 134

[spelled Pirkens]

Pirking - see Perkins

Pirkings - see Perkins

Philips, Luther 5

Pierce, Capt. 86

Prior, Benjamin 68

Prior, Benjamin, Jr. 68

Prior, Charles 12

Prior, Henry Allen 99a

Prior, Silvanius or Silvanus 1, 4, 35, 60,  63, 93, 94, 99a, 109

Prior, Sylvanus (Jr.) 99a

 

Reed, William 116

Richards, Avery 86

Richerson, George P. 73

Ripley, Samuel i, ii, 85

 

Sampson, H. B. & W., & Co.  28, 116

Sampson, Andrew 25

Sampson, Charles 56

Sampson, Eden S.  104, 119

(see also Samson)

Sampson, Elijah  1, 6a, 17, 28,, 57, 88, 121

(see also Samson)

Sampson, Hannah 56

Sampson, Ichabod (Jr.)  81

(see also Samson)

Sampson, Isaac - see Samson

Sampson, Martin 88

Sampson, Silvanius - see Samson

Sampson, Stephen 23

Sampson, Thomas, Junr. - see Samson

Sampson, Wm. S. 61

Samson, Abner 83, 107

Samson, Amos 6a

Samson, Andrew Jr. 21

Samson, Eden S.   54, 104, 106

(see also Sampson)

Samson, Elijah   iv, 6, 42, 45, 52

(see also Sampson)

Samson, Ezra W.   102

Samson, Ichabod  81

(see also Sampson)

Samson, Isaac  50

(also spelled Sampson)

Samson, Levi 13

Samson, Silvanius  89

(also spelled Sampson)

Samson, Studley 113

Samson, Thomas, Jr.  2, 14

(also spelled Sampson)

Sarah  iv, 45, 52, 115a

Schoolhouse [Duxbury?]  1, 63, 88, 109, 113, 116

Shaw, Charles 42

She[r]man, Fred 4a

Simmons, Levi 99

Simmons, Nath 53

Smith, Benjamin 19, 77, 77a

Smith, Benjamin, Jr.  43, 77, 92, 132

Smith, Hannah 12

Smith, Jacob 64, 65

Smith, Jacob (Capt.)  102

Soule, James 26, 93, 108

Soule, Nathan 17, 27

Soule, Nathaniel 18

South Company (Duxbury) 34

Southworth, Jacob 84, 116

Sprague, Phineas 55

Sprague, Seth 30, 112

Sprague, Seth, Jr.  3, 3a, 30, 57

Sprague, Uriah 32, 32a

[Sprague's Shipyard] 3a

Standish, Job 76

Stetson, Andrew 86

Sweetzer's Store 3a

 

Taylor, John 49

Thomas, Jacob 60

Thomas, Zacheous 49

Tilden, Freeman 8, 9, 15, 130

(also spelled Tillen)

Tillen, Freeman - see Tilden

Tilston, Timothy 124

Town of Duxbury 72

 

Ventress, Moses 34, 35

 

 

Wadsworth, Ahira 33

Wadsworth, Dura, Jr.  21, 25

Wadsworth, Edw. (Dr.)  32a

Wadsworth, Joseph 75

Washburn, Solomon 15

[spelled Warshburn]

Watson, Albert 118

Watson, Edward 98

Watson, John 98

Weston, Ezra  20, 36, 72, 108, 118

(also spelled Westone)

Westone  23

(see also Weston)

Westone, Ezra - see Weston

Westone, Ezra (Jr.) - see Weston

Westone, Caban 87

Westone, James (Jr.) 110

Westone, Nathaniel 16, 19, 105          

Westone, Peleg 59

Westone, Silvanius 62

Westone Store 57

Whitney, Simon 114

William  iv, 45, 77

Willow (schooner) 106

Winslow, Edward 53

Winsor  20

Winsor, Ebes 128

Winsor, George 8

Winsor, James 115

Winsor, Nathaniel (Jr.) 17, 27, 111