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:         [unknown]                              

Title:               Account book

Dates:             1857-1860

Call No.:         Doc. 644

Acc. No.:        67x10

Quantity:        1 volume

Location:        31 F

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

This volume was kept by an unidentified tinsmith in New Bedford, Massachusetts.  He may have been a Quaker.

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Records debits and credits accrued for tinsmithing, as well as some general store activity and specific mentions of ceramic and Brittania ware sales.  Types of objects listed include bowls, dust pans, cake chests, brooms, spoons, lamps, stove pipes, pots and pans, plates, a stone china tea set, and dippers. Amounts paid to someone for cleaning are recorded. The keeper also noted soldering and mending boilers and furnaces.  The city of New Bedford was charged for spittoons for Engine Company no. 2.  

 

The volume bears the stationers label of Perce & Parsons, cheap books and newspaper depot, New Bedford.

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

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

           

 

PROVENANCE

           

Purchased from N. David Scotti.

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            Kitchen utensils.

            Cookware.

            Silverware.

            Tinsmithing.

            Hardware.

            Pewter.

            Tinware.

            Metal-work.

            Stoves - Maintenance and repair.

            Wages - Domestics.

            Business records - Massachusetts - New Bedford.

            Account books.

            Tinsmiths.

           

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 31 F

 

 

 


Name index to Doc. 644 (acc. 67x10):

 

Allen, James (Capt.)  63

Arnold, James 76

Arnold, James E. 79, 80

Ashley, John  4, 16, 29, 30, 36, 47, 50, 58, 59,  79

Ashley, Rudolphus   28-30, 61

Ashley, Thomas  1, 4, 9, 10, 24, 42, 36, 39

Ashley, Thomas H.  1, 5-7

Ashley, Wm.  42, 47

Ashley, Wm. C.   28, 31

 

Bonney, Capt.   61

Bonney, Nathl.(Capt.)  36

Booth, Darius   82

Bourne, E. O.   50

Bradfa(?), Seth   77

Bradford, Aaron  26, 27

Bradford, Henry  19, 23, 25, 41, 56, 90

Bradford, Melvin  10

Brooks, Abraham  20

Brown, Samuel R.  12

Brownell, Wm.  37, 41, 43, 57, 64

Burr, Joseph  31

Butts, Francis (Capt.)  12, 14, 25, 29, 42, 45, 49, 52, 53

 

Case, Restcome  11

Chace, Elisha 49

Chambers, Clark 29

Clark, Thomas 16

Cobb, Asahel (Revd.)  52, 62

Cobb, Azael 41

Cole, Andrew A. 30

Cummings, Sylvester  4, 7, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 21, 38, 50, 52, 85, 92

Cushman, J.  58

Cushman, J. C.  1, 15, 20, 23, 24, 26, 28, 32, 34, 57

Cushman, J. M. 34, 37, 90

 

Davis, Humphry 10, 21

Davis, John 95

Davis, Joseph 96

Davis, Phillip T. 46, 47, 54

Delano, Joseph (Capt.)  50, 53, 54

Delano, Joseph C. (Capt.)  36

Demaranville, Jonathan 66

Dillingham, Edward G. 48, 49

Drew, Peleg 9

Durginne, Wm. F. 86, 87

 

Eldredge, J. H. 21

Eldredge, Martin 19

Eldredge, Martin L.  60, 95

Elliott   64, 65

Elliott, S. E. 20, 21

Elliott, Samuel  86

Engine Co. no. 2 (New Bedford)  94

Ennison, Benjamin  41

(see also Kennison)

 

Gammons, Leonard 49, 91

Gidley, Abraham 88-91

Gifford, Betsy (Mrs.) 8

Gifford(?), David M. 54

Gifford, S. H. (Mrs.)  1, 7, 11, 32, 36, 37, 42

Grinnell, A. B. (Mrs.)  23, 25, 27, 32, 33, 35, 38, 42, 46, 49, 58, 61, 63, 84, 87, 94

 

Hall, Benj. E. 72

Hammond(?)   51

Hammond, Emeline 61

Hammond, Frederick 60

Haskell, Elisha 3-5

Haskell, Geo. 26

Haskell, Geo. W. 17, 40, 41

Haskell, William C. 20

Haskins, S. N   47

Haskins, Samuel  53, 57

Haskins, Samuel N.  45

Haswell, S. S.   9, 39, 43, 47, 58, 62, 69, 92

Haswell, Stephen 72, 73

Haswell, Stephen S. 72

Hathaway, Emeline (Mrs.)  2

Hathaway, Francis  28, 30-32

Hathaway, Frank 33

Hathaway, Geo. L.  1, 22, 24, 25, 28, 33, 34, 35

Hathaway, Job  30, 39

Hathaway, Joseph  14

Hathaway, Thomas S.  2, 3-5

Hawes, David C.  29, 33, 68, 69, 74-76, 81, 87, 88, 91, 93

Hawes, Levi 23

Holmes & Bro. 83

Hoskins, Saml.  57

Howard, Ami 2, 6, 10, 12, 15, 19, 21, 22, 43, 45, 65, 72

Howla[nd?], Geo. 9

Jenney, Weston (Capt.)  33, 39

 

Keen, Harvey   40, 92-94

(also spelled Keene)

Keen, Harvey B. 52, 83, 90-92

(also spelled Keene)

Keene - see Keen

Kempton, David B. 62

Kennison, Benjamin 78

(see also Ennison)

King, Josiah B. 62, 63

 

Lawton, Joseph 44

Lewis, Geo. W. 13

Lincoln, Benj. F. 32

Luce, James L. 83, 84

Luce, Wm. C. 83

Lund, J. P. 73

Luscomb, Leonard 50, 96

Luscomb, Leonard (Capt.)  80

 

Marchant, C. B.   84-86

Maxim, Joseph    16, 32, 37

Mayhew, Chas.    96

Mayhew, Nathan   82, 85

Mayhew, Susan    40

Mayhew, Wm. B.    82, 84

McCully, John    94

Mendall, Ellis   28

Mendall, George  43, 44, 46, 51, 52, 54, 56, 64, 65, 67, 69, 70

Morse, Albert 22

Morse, Charles 38, 39

 

Nash, Thomas 31

New Bedford, city of  94

 

Orney, Phillip (Capt.) 54

 

Packard, Asa 4, 6, 18, 24, 31, 34, 35, 40, 43, 44, 46, 52, 53, 55, 57, 58, 61, 63, 70, 80, 81, 83, 85, 86, 89, 90, 93

Parker, Daniel 54, 56, 59, 68, 70

Parker, John (Capt.) 93, 94

Parker, Jonathan 94

Parker, Lucy 64, 95

Parkhurst, John 23, 78

Parsons, Parmelius 73

Pease, T D. 82

Perkins, S. W. 15

Perry, Thadeus M. 66

Pierce   65

Pierce., David 20, 41, 46, 57, 59, 62, 80, 89

Pierce, Eli 13

Pierce, I. E. 92

Pierce(?), Ira E. 83

Pierce, L. N    5

Pierce, Loyd N. 13, 30, 52

Pierce, Maria 51

Pittsley, Wm. 93, 47

Purple (Mrs.) 28, 34, 36

Purple, Betsy 34

Purple, J. L. 34

Purple, Jasper 24

Purple, N. E. 34

Quinnell, Isaac 11, 15

 

Randall, Leonard 10, 22, 31, 48, 51, 55, 61, 64, 67, 71, 74, 77, 80, 81, 83, 96

Randall, Robert C.   9

Reynolds, C.  17

Reynolds, Charles  2, 20, 56

Reynolds, Isaac  29

Reynolds, Wm.  64, 65, 67

Richmond, A D. 19

Ricketson, Benjamin  23

Roberts, James  68, 89

Roberts, Jas. A.   37

Robinson, Jones  41, 59

Russell, G. T. 70

Russell, Geo. 25

 

Sherman, Edward  38, 39, 50

Sisson  29, 32, 35

Sisson, Job 16

Smith, Kilborn  82

Snow, Nancy (Mrs.)  6

Spooner, Abijah 68

Spooner, Alden 55   

Spooner, Caleb 52, 56

Spooner, Henry 14

Spooner, Jonathan 73

Spooner, Joseph 1

Spooner, Joshua 37, 40, 51, 60

Spooner, Nathaniel 17, 90

Spooner, Walter  62, 92

Swift, Elizabeth 19-21

Swift, Jer'eh  2, 3, 7-9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 91

Swift, Nathaniel 3, 44

Swift, R. N. 34

Sweet (or Swift?) 43

 

Taber, Alexander 60, 75, 92

Taber, Bartholomew 75, 77

Taber, Freeman 59, 60, 84, 85, 89, 91, 92, 96

Taber, Jabez 95

Taber, John 42

Taber, Joseph 12

Taber, Joseph F. 62

Taber, Leonard 24, 26, 27, 40

Taber, Masen 62

Taber, Pardon 22

Taber, Wm. 95

Taber, Wm. C. 5, 11

Terry, Nancy 9, 16, 22, 29, 30

(also spelled Tery)

Tery   19

Tery, Nancy - see Terry

Thompson, James 10

Tinkham  60

Tinkham, Emeline (Mrs.)  2

Tirrell, Ellen  34

Tobey, Elisha  15

Tuck, John  39, 50

Twombly, Daniel  23, 67, 69

Twombly, Wm.  13, 17

 

Walker, John  79

Walker, John W.  53, 55

Warner, Joseph  43

Washburn, Charles 65

Washburn, Israel 47

Washburn, Lemuel 43, 56, 57, 60

Washburn, Lettuce 8, 12, 19, 24, 25

Washburn, Revel(? or Rewel)  63, 71

Washburn, Susan 84

Washburn, Wm.  5, 32, 57, 60, 85

Webster, Cornelius  88-90

White, Phineas  3

White, Sherman  14, 19, 86, 94

Whittemore, L.  5, 24

Wilber, James  76

Wilbur, Jonathan (Capt.)  45

Wilbur, Wm. 35

Wilde, Samuel 35, 37, 40, 47, 51, 53, 66-69, 71-79, 84, 88, 91, 93

Williams, John 20, 49, 58

Wilson, Benjamin 2, 20, 76

Wing, James  72, 86, 90, 93

Wing, Levi 1, 95

Winslow, F. (Capt.)  73, 75, 89

Winslow, Frederic (Capt.)  63-65, [67], 74-76, 83

Winslow, William 10, 12, 15, 19, 21, 23, 47, 55

Wood, Jabez 40

Wood, Thomas 2, 54, 55, 65, 66