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: Briggs, Josiah.

Title: Account book

Dates: 1823-1832

Call No.: Doc. 721

Acc. No.: 58x27

Quantity: 1 volume

Location: 31 F

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Josiah Briggs was a turner, cabinetmaker, and handyman in the vicinity of Colerain (also spelled Colrain), Franklin County, Massachusetts.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Records debits and credits accrued by Briggs for a variety of activities including shingling, laying floors, mending wheels, setting glass, fixing wool wheels, hanging gates, painting heads of barrels, and making spit boxes, hammer handles, knife handles, and hog troughs. He turned bedstead posts, table legs, etc. for Jesse Lyons and Lucius Lyons, cabinetmakers in Colerain, Mass. Briggs often received lumber and boards in exchange for his labor as well as cloth, shoes, and bushels of farm products. Others pastured cows and planted crops for him. The volume also contains many references to work at a mill.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

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

PROVENANCE

Purchased from Argosy Book Stores, New York City.

ACCESS POINTS

People:

Lyons, Jesse.

Lyons, Lucius.

Topics:

Tools - Repairing.

Casual labor.

Furniture - Repairing.

Turning.

Cabinetwork.

Sawmills.

Mills and mill-work.

Agricultural implements - Maintenance and repair.

Lumber trade - Massachusetts - Colrain.

Agriculture - Massachusetts - Colrain.

Wheels.

Business records - Massachusetts - Colrain.

Account books.

Cabinetmakers.

Turners.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 31 F

Name index to Doc. 721 (acc. 58x27)

Aaron 154

Abraham 143

Adams 120

Adams, Edward (Capt.) 21, 22

Adams, Enos 123, 130

Anderson 132, 133, 152, 163, 167

Austin 170

Barber, Thomas 58, 118

Bass, Joel 94, 95, 96

Bell, John 63, 103

Bigalow, Charles 98, 100, 101-103, 106, 107

Bigalow, Charles L. 108

Bishop 22

Bishop, A. 170

Bishop, Austin 170, 172

Bishop, Justin 40

Bishop, Luna 5, 12, 18, 140

Bishop, Sylvester 19, 22

Blakesly, Enos 46

Blanden, Simeon 16, 17, 21, 34, 37, 85

Blanden, W. 135

Blanden, Wheaton 94, 96, 98, 99

Blanden's Mill 94

Blandin - see: Blanden

Booth 156

Briggs, J. 77

Briggs, John R. 168

Briggs, Josiah 84, 99, 113, 1l8, 127, 136, 145, 147, 154, 160

Brown, Reuben 46, 108

Brown, Samuel 157

Brussy 85

Brussy, Jonathan 126, 131-134

Brussy, Jonathan M. 135, 136, 138, 140, 149

Burrows, Orlando 137, 138

Canady(?) John, jr. 50, 51

Canida - see: Canady

Carey - see Cary

Cary, Aaron 13, 15, 62

Clary, Zenus 11, 14, 23, 38, 39, 47, 48, 83, 89, 101, 111, 114, 119, 127

Churchel, A. 68, 69, 71, 78

Churchel, Antemus or Antymus 62, 68, 70, 73

Cooms, Jonathan 79, 104, 108

Cory - see: Cary

Coy, Aaron 61

Coy, Levi 130

Coy, Reuben 47

Covets(?), Mr. 110

Danestes(?) 166

Davenport, Eld. 1, 121, 172, 173

Davenport, Daniel 83, 85

Davenport, E. 35, 172

Davenport, Edward (Eldr.) 4, 5, 6, 13, 19, 20, 24, 27, 28, 30, 33-38, 41, 42, 46, 48, 49, 52, 55, 56, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 68, 77, 80, 88, 118, 137, 157

Davenport, John 13, 18

Davenport, Jonathan 161

Davenport, Joseph 17, 83, 90, 109, 126, 149-151, 154

Davenport, Joshua 155

Davenport, Nathaniel 131, 139

Davenport, Stephen 29, 39, 52

Davenport, Susana (Widow) 53

Davenport, Thomas 49

Davis 70-72

Dean, Doct. 92

Dean, C. (Dr.) 129

Deavenport - see: Davenport

Denison, David (Major) 46, 49, 59, 122, 126, 127

Derby 63, 64-67, 133, 166

Derby, Samuel 62, 68, 69, 72-74, 76, 88, 90, 94, 99, 103, 109, 113, 114, 120, 125, 128, 132, 134, 135, 141

Devenport - see: Davenport

Dole, Isaac 51

Dole, Josiah 51

Donaldson, Levi 91

Donaldson, Moses 17, 46

Donalson - see: Donaldson

Donelson - see: Donaldson

Draper 115

Draper, Whiting 118

Druree - see: Drury

Drury, John 142, 143

Dunels, Samuel 56, 58, 64, 66, 67, 93

Dunton(?), Miss 156

Durrington -see: Purington

Eddy, Ebenr. 18

Eddy, Leonard 52, 95, 97, 112, 115, 170

Edmond 107

Edwards, Elisha 46, 47, 88

Eels, George (Col.) 18

Ellis, Silas 28, 43

Fairbanks, Benjamin 77, 95

Farley, Joel 15, 39

Faulkner, James 60

Faulkner, John 48

Field, Mr. 155

Fisk, Daniel 87, 90

Fisk, Joseph 52, 72

Fisk, William 15, 23, 118, 123

Ford, Samuel A. 163, 167

Forthner, James 11

Fox, David 14, 33, 44, 45, 125

Fox, Thomas 45, 73, 90, 113, 118, 119, 138, 147

Fox, William 68

Gale, Jesse 23

Gates, Josiah 16, 71, 72, 75

George 107

Gleason, Abijah 112

Goff, Crumel 4

Goodno(?) 149

Gould, Samuel 57, 114

Gragg, Jacob 6, 7, 10, 12, 14-21, 25, 28, 30, 33, 39-41, 43-45, 47-49, 51, 52, 58, 59, 80

Gragg, Samuel 48, 124, 125, 157, 159

Green, Squire 38

Green, Gilbert 119

Griswould 156

Griswould, J. 146

Griswould, Joseph 108, 109, 111, 113, 118, 139, 160

Hall, Arad (Eld.) 2, 16, 18, 38

Handy, Charles 35

Harris 44, 80

Harris, B. 51

Harris, Beriah 13, 14, 16, 36, 39, 49, 50-52, 70, 71, 78, 98, 102, 117, 130

Harvey, Esq. 105

Hastings, George 149, 150, 162

Hastings, Samuel 129

Hendrick, Oliver 128

Hendrick, John 107

Henry 89

Henry, Benjamin 105

Herrington, Cassius 18

Hibboard, John 29, 141

Higgins, Samuel 41, 44

Hillman 167

Hillman, Arad 61, 91, 94, 100, 101, 124, 125, 128, 129

Hillman, John M. 166

Hillman, Presbry 16, 89, 92, 95, 112, 133, 162

Hillman, Rheuben 58, 76, 90, 127

Howard, M. C. 36, 37, 91, 95, 122, 164

Howard, Moses C. 8, 16-21, 49, 78, 92, 114, 116, 144

Ignatius 153

Israel 124

Joel 7

Johnson 9

Johnson, Charles 160

Johnson, G. 142

Johnson, Isaac 91-93, 103, 113, 120, 170

Johnson, Isaac, jr. 100, 101

Johnson, Jonathan 60, 108, 159

Joshua 150, 161

Kemp, Cyrus 45

Kendrick, John 19, 68-72, 74, 81, 85, 86, 108, 112, 168, 169

Kendrick, Oliver 112

Kinsman, David 53, 55, 57, 60, 61

Lake, Burden 7, 11, 19, 20, 32, 38, 41, 43, 45, 47, 48, 50, 53, 55, 58-60, 78, 87-90, 94

Lamb, Isaac 54

Leason [i.e. Gleason?], Aron 171

Lind, Ezra 43

Lines, Ezra 21

Littlejohn, James 140, 142, 143, 150

Littlejohn, William 36, 44

Lucy 210

Luther 165, 166

Lyons 152

Lyons 152

Lyons, Jesse 3

Lyons, Lucius 93, 102-104, 115, 128, 133, 140

M. C. 20

Magee - see: McGee

Manuel(?) 78

Manning, J. 156

Maxam, John 79, 86, 124, 128, 160

Maxam, Peter 29

Maxam, Samuel 54, 102

McClallen, (widow) 64

McClallen, James 29, 32, 33, 38, 40, 43, 57, 113, 115, 121, 136, 142

McClannel, James 107, 109, 111

McCrillis, Wm. 20, 38, 58, 79, 123

McCrillis, Wm., jr. 45, 60

McGee 152

McGee, Chester 29

McGee, Joseph 17, 117, 119

Merryfield, Robert 9, 12, 14, 17, 30, 46, 47, 49, 60, 103, 119, 126, 127

Miller, (widow) 51

Miller, David 89

Miller, John 78, 81

Moore 132, 152

Morrison, Hugh 127

Murdick, Wm. 41

Nelson, Obid 94, 106, 120, 127

Newel 52

Newton 114, 172

Newton, D. 70, 72, 81, 86, 115, 168

Newton, Dan 55, 62, 67, 68, 79, 83, 87, 88, 92, 93, 95-98, 101, 106-108, 110-113, 126, 157, 165-170, 173

Newton, J. 63, 64, 81, 869 161

Newton, Joseph 55, 56, 66, 74, 85, 136, 161, 171

Nims, L. 53

Nims, William 40, 43

Oaks, John 137

Parmiter, Asahel 40, 81

Parsons 56

Pearce - see: Pierce

Perkins, I. 55

Perkins, Ignatius 8, 13, 17, 33, 40-45, 54, 55, 61, 79, 86, 87, 92, 97-100, 113, 116, 122, 128, 129, 131, 132, 137, 138, 152

Peterson, Silvanus 31, 72, 135

Peterson, Sylvester 40, 57

Pierce, J. (Capt.) 126

Pierce, Josiah 3

Pierce, S. (Capt.) 15

Pierce, Samuel (Capt.) 11, 13, 19, 21, 24, 29, 35, 40, 44, 46, 47, 49, 52, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 79, 106, 116, 117

Plumb 139

Porter, B. S. 67, 158

Porter, Barnabas 31

Porter, Barnabas S. 32

Powers, Lyman 50

Puppen(?) Doctr. 138

Purington 71

Purington, Ann 79

Purington, Anna 59, 97

Purington, David 14, 20, 21, 23, 30, 38, 40, 41, 58, 59, 67, 89, 92, 93, 97, 98, 102, 103, 106, 112, 117, 138, 139

Purington, Henry 62, 63, 65

Purington, Isaac 15, 43

Purington, Seth 1, 19, 39, 48, 74, 97, 134

Purington, Thomas 42, 45, 47, 51, 139

Purkins - see: Perkins

Purrington - see: Purington

Ridelle, Robert 87

Roberts, Joel(?) 86, 126, 130

Robinson, Eldr. 105, 116, 128

Robinson, George 119, 123, 126

Russel 125

Russel, George 106

Samuel 167

Sanders, William 50

Sears, Mr. 12, 20

Sears, Enos 14, 20, 54

Sessions, Mr. 15

Sessions, Warren 141

Shaw, Capt. 20, 58, 64, 72, 87-89, 112, 119-121, 123-125, 127, 129, 136

Shaw, C. 156

Shaw, G. 47, 57

Shaw, G. (Capt.) 61, 107

Shaw, George (Capt.) 47, 57, 83, 88, 114, 116

Shaw, P. 169

Shaw, Philo 113

Shaw, Philo S. 109-112, 114-117

Shaw, Sumner 98, 101-103, 106, 107, 113, 114

Shippee - see: Shippy)

Shippy, Abraham 143, 147, 158

Shippy, Amasy or Amissa 22, 24, 34

Shippy, Andrus 23, 39, 45, 48, 50, 52, 53, 90, 91, 93, 124, 146, 147

Shippy, Darling 91, 158

Shippy, I. 159

Shippy, Ira 42, 51, 68-74, 76, 78, 81, 88-91, 93, 95-97, 99, 100, 111, 119, 120, 123, 126, 128, 129, 131, 132, 137-139, 141-143, 147, 157, 159

Shippy, J. 157

Shippy, Jesse 120

Shippy, Peter 58, 83, 143, 157

Shippy, Peter, jr. 158

Sikes, Solomon 54, 56-58

Smith 40, 128, 141

Smith, Doct. 123, 125

Smith, Calvin 17, 53, 114, 118

Smith, David 53, 97

Smith, Hezekiah 137

Smith, John 8, 9, 11, 54, 56-60, 62, 65, 81, 86, 87, 92, 117, 119, 120, 131, 134, 140, 145, 156

Smith, Joseph (Lieut., Capt. & Maj.) 13, 18, 20, 23, 50, 51, 59, 60, 72, 75, 97, 99, 107, 108, 110, 112, 118, 120, 135

Smith, R. 105, 172

Smith, Rominer 13, 14, 19, 20, 25, 27, 31, 37, 38, 42, 44, 47, 49, 52, 56, 64, 66, 69, 74, 77, 81, 82, 85-89, 104, 109, 110, 113, 114, 121, 126, 128, 132, 135, 144, 145, 148, 157, 164

Smith, Rominer, jr. 17, 46, 54

Smith, Samuel 61

Smith, Thompson 51, 62

Stearns, Doctr. 23

Stratton 154

Stratton, Jacob 109

Sturtevant, Nehemiah 100, 124, 125

Sumner, Amady 103

Taft 136

Taft, Sullivan 15, 79

Tatman - see: Totman

Taylor, Asa 34, 35, 46, 93, 96, 101

Taylor, Ebenezer 73, 75, 90

Taylor, Henry 58, 59

Thomas, Miranda 171

Thomas, Sebra 11, 13, 15, 22, 36, 37, 45, 59, 66, 95, 140

Thomas, Willard 111

Thompson, C(?) 81, 85, 86

Thompson, Charles 81

Thompson, H(?) 81, 85, 86

Thompson, Holtis 50

Thompson, J. T. 166

Thompson, Luther 130

Thompson, William 41, 45, 46, 77

Thomson - see Thompson

Tinkum or Tinkurn 123

Tisdale, Abraham 12, 49

Totman, Caleb 21, 28, 48, 129

Totman, Stodard 52

Town & Nims 116

Town, Arad 110

Turner, Lorin 11

Tuttle, Whiting 52, 85

Upton, B. 170

Upton, Benjamin 155, 170

Vincent, Chanler 40

Vincent, Henry 161

Vincent, Joshua 21, 85

Vincent, Orrin 33, 39, 69, 100

Walkup(?), George 124

Washburn [or Washborn], John 117, 137, 158

Washbun, Stodard 18

Weld(?), Luther 131

Wells, Horace 130, 131

Wheelock, Thomas 66, 67

White, E. 170

White, Edmond 170

White, G. 83

White, Gardiner 70, 73, 78

White, J. W. 21

White, J. Willard 71

White, James W. 3, 24-26, 30-32, 48, 50, 59, 61-68, 70-75, 77, 78, 109

White, Jonathan 68

White, Leonard 16

White, T. 25, 26

White, Thomas 25-28, 30, 37, 47, 54, 56

White, W. 148

White, Willard 3, 20

Willcox 16

Willcox, Abraham 123

Willcox, Ephraim 23

Willcox, Ireneas 15

Willeover (place?) 170

Williams 149, 152

Williams, Newton 164

Williams, Seth(?) 148

Willis 8, 18

Willis, Aaron 154, 156, 158

Willis, Alden 89

Willis, D. 19

Willis, Daniel 35, 43, 48-51, 53, 55, 57, 58, 60-64, 70, 72, 77, 84-86, 88, 91, 97, 98, 114, 117, 131, 132, 135, 139, 141

Willis, David 132

Willis, George W. 142

Wills - see: Wells

Wilson, Hue 50

Wilson, James (Deacon) 19, 53, 56, 57

Wilson, Samuel 27, 39

Winslow, George (Dr.) 22, 25, l07, l15, 116, 142

Wood, Edmond 17, 92