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: Taylor, Abner

Title: Account book

Dates: 1806-1832

Call No.: Doc. 755

Acc. No.: 56x10.2

Quantity: 1 volume (145 pages)

Location: 31 G

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Abner Taylor was a furniture maker in Lee, Massachusetts.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Records debits and credits accrued by Abner Taylor for making and repairing a variety of furniture forms, including small chairs, looking glasses, cradles, breakfast tables, candle stands, bedsteads, vial cases, kitchen tables, bureaus, pine chests, trundle bedsteads, and frames for window curtains. He also performed such activities as framing, working on wagons, staining, fixing and attending a loom, and making a shuttle. Credits were given for pine boards, cherry boards, horseshoes, baskets, and a variety of agricultural chores and products.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

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

PROVENANCE

Purchased from Lawrence B. Romaine.

ACCESS POINTS

Topics:

Furniture making.

Furniture – Repairing.

Furniture - Prices - 19th century.

Carriages and carts - Maintenance and repair.

Framing (Building)

Furniture finishing.

Cabinet hardware.

Lumber trade - Massachusetts - Lee.

Agriculture - Massachusetts - Lee.

Business records - Massachusetts - Lee.

Account books.

Cabinetmakers.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 31 G

Name index to Doc. 755 (acc. 56x10.2):

Abby 103

Abigail 68

Adams, Barnabus 26, 38, 39, 128, 129

Alderman 117

Alderman, John 113

Alvin 86, 87

Ambrose 14

Andrus 115, 120

Anna 16

Arnold 120, 134

Ashley 34, 115, 116, 120, 134

Ashley, Capt. 137

Ashley & Co. 124

Ashley, R. 24

Ashley, Robert M. 34, 35, 111

Austin 121

Avery 120

B, J. 85

Backus 65, 114, 118, 120, 132, 133

Backus, Seth 24, 64, 65, 118

Backus, Walley 80, 81

Baker, David 86, 87

Ball 133

Ball & Co. 115

Ball, John 59, 118, 119

Ball, Nathan 24, 122

Barden 115

Barden, Lot 144, 145

Barkley, Bartholamew 28, 29

Barlow 116, 117

Barlow, B. 52

Barlow, Peleg 94, 95

Barnard, Robert F. 110

Barnum 120, 124, 133

Barnum, Robert F. 111

Barnum, Willard 62

Barrett 6

Barrett, H. 104

Bartlett, Hubbard (Dr.) 26, 27, 138, 139

Bartlett, N. 39

Bassett 115, 116

Bassett & Ball 130

Bassett, Gershom 24

Bassett, Hannah 15

Bassett, Nathan 0, l, 37, 40, 41

Bassett, Nathaniel 18, 36, 66, 136, 137

Bassett, T. 128

Battle, Ithiel 84, 85

Bellows 25, 111, 116, 124, 132, 133, 134

Bellows, Eli R. 108, 111

Bennet, George 4

Bennett, Henry W. 106, 107

Berkshire County, Mass. 106

Betsey 16

Bingham 120, 121

Blair 98, 117

Bliss 52

Bowman 120, 133

Bracken 115

Bradley 39, 61, 115, 142

Bradley & Whitons 83, 89

Bradley, Eli 82, 83, 100, 101

Bradley, Joel 88

Bradley, Stephen 124, 125

Briggs, Joshua 49, 100, 101

Brown 44, 108, 112, 115, 120, 121, 124, 132-134

Brown & Co. 114, 115, 117, 121, 132, 133

Brown, Elisha 108, 109

Burchard 46, 114, 132

Burchard, Amos 6, 48, 49

Burnsey? 22

Burt, J. 21, 66

Burt, John 29, 46, 47, 66

Cannon 114, 132

Chadwick, Arch. 24

Chadwick, Herman 56, 57

Chaplin? 1

Charles 103

Chafee 113

Chandler 14

Chaplain 129

Chenn 132

Church 115

Church, L. 87, 98

Church, Luman 98, 99

Churchill 115

Clark 4, 34, 108, 111, 115, 116, 132, 134

Clifford 117, 132

Cobb 132

Coe, Alvan 24

Collins 108, 111, 115, 116, 132, 133,

Collins, Augustus 114

Comstock 46, 52

Comstock, Isaac 28, 29

Comstock, P. 21

Comstock, Stephen 60

Cook 108, 133

Cooley 124

Cooper 118

Couch 113, 114, 115-117, 120, 132, 133

Couch, Olive W. 111

Crocker 112, 116, 132

Crosby, T. 4

Crossen 124, 134

Culver 3, 133

Culver, Solomon 4, 5

Cummins 103

Cummings 115

Cumstock - see Comstock

Curtis 98, 120, 124, 133

Danford 111, 132-134

Davis 70, 108, 115, 132, 133

Deming or Demming 120, 132, 133

Dewey, Calvin 113

Dewey, Rollin? C. 110

Dexter 113

Dickinson 115, 132, 140

Dickinson & Co. 117

Dillingham, 114, 132

Dillingham, N. 20-23

Dillingham, Nathan 102, 103

Dimmick 114

Dimmock, Sylvanus 108, 109

Dresser? 120

Drody 58

Drody, Thomas 94, 95

Drolly? or Drody 58

Durant & Wright 44, 48, 130

Durant, Thomas 131

Dwight 120

I)wight, H. W. 111

Dwight, Henry W. 120

D’Wolf 115, 133

Eas ton 58

Edwards 8

Edmund or Edmond 73, 140, 141

Edwin (Culver?) 5

Elisha 44

Ellis 113

Ellis, Manoah 54

Emily 92

Ezer 35

F. & Hinman 71

Farlin 118

Farmers Herald? 76

Fessendon 25, 39, 111, 114, 117

Fessendon, C. T? 42, 63

Fessendon, Cornelius 24, 25, 111

Fitch 98

Foot 70, 112, 114-118, 120, 132, 133

Foot & Co. 110, 112, 115, 116, 118, 132

Foot & Hinman Store 46, 70, 71, 112, 113

Foot & Hinman 121

Foot, A? 30

Foot, Alvan 52, 53

Foot, Asahel 9, 16, 17

Foot, Cyrus 11, 76

Foot, David 8, 9, 10, 122

Foot, Elisha 14, 15, 113

Foot, Fenner 10, 48

Foot, Jona. 3, 12, 13

Foot, Perceval 44

Foot, S. 10, 66

Foot, Silas? 9

Foot, Sylvanus 2, 3, 12, 13

Freese 114, 116, 118, 132

Gardner 44, 114-117, 132, 133, 134

Gardner & Benton 98

Gardner, Ira 66

Gardner, Warnum 44, 45, 70, 113

Gates, Luke 50, 51

Gibbs, Christina 12

Gifford 59

Gifford, A. 38

Gifford, Jesse 86, 87

Gifford, P. 72

Gold 111

Gold, Thomas 111

Goodwin 112, 115, 116

Graham 120

Granger 117

Graves, Obadiah 140, 141

Green 114, 120, 132

Green, Philo 6, 20

H?, R? 18

Hall 98, 124

Hall, Moses 70, 71

Hamblin 117

Hamilton, George 111

Harris 111, 115

Harry 22, 23, 38

Hayden 120

Hayden, Festus 70

Hayden, Moses 113

Henry 38

Herrick 116, 133

Herrick, Israel 111

Herring 120

Hinckley 112, 114, 115, 117, 118, 120, 132, 133

Hinckley & Co. 115, 116, 118, 132

Hinckley & Langdon 112, 114, 132, 133

Hinckley, Benjamin 134, 135

Hinckley, Herman 56, 57

Hinckley, Joseph 70, 72, 73, 140

Hinckley, S. 122

Hinckley, Silas 62

Hinckley, Warren 135

Hinckley, Zenas 25, A6, 62, 63

Hinkley - see: Hinckley

Hinman 98, 114, 115, 117, 118

Hinman, Foot J. 15

Hinmon, Ransom 74, 75

Hitchcock 141

Holbrook 34

Hooper, Abigail 71

Hower 30

Howk? 111

Howse?, Benjamin 10

Hoyt 115

Huch. 120

Hudson, John S. 96, 97

Hulbert 57, 112

Hulburt 133

Hulburt, Ardon 111

Hulburt, Chauncy 112

Hulet, 115, 117, 120, 121, 133

Hunt & Sherill 112

Hutchinson 133

Hyde 24

Ingersol 4, 89, 114-117, 131, 132

Ingersol, Jared l44, 145

Ingersol, John 145

Ingersol, Theodore 88, 89

Ingersoll, David 78, 79

Ingersoll, Moses 84, 85

Ives 114

Ives, Oliver 122, 123

Janes & Bowls 99

Jarvis 142, 143

Jenkins 112

Joel 19, 42

John 22

Jones 120, 132

Jones, Samuel 120, 124

Keep 116, 118

Keep, James 136, 137

Kilburn 108, 114

Kilburn & Co. 117

King 98

Kingsley 117

Kingsley, Isaiah 111

Kirkum & Co. 115

Kisterbank 108

Kisterbock 120

Knox, Hanson 113

L., E. 143

Laflin 116

Laflin? Loomis & Co. 75

Langdon 112, 114, 116, 117, 118, 120, 133

Langdon, J. 74

Langdon, Martin 49

Lee 58

Leeshman (of West & Leeshman) 32, 33

Leonard 116

Leonard, Cyrus 83, 128

Leonard, Cyrus F. 142, 143

Leonard, H. 94

Leonard, Samuel 113

Lewis 116

Loomis 56

Loomis, Riley 74, 75

Loring? 8

Lucy 92

Lydia 60, 61

Maltby? 24

Mary 71

Merrill 117

Messenger 98, 115, 117, 133

Miller 100

Miller, Joel 111

Miller, William 111, 113

Moore 116

Munn 120, 121

Munson 116, 117

Nabby 36

Nancy 103

Nate 40

Newbury 115, 133

Newel 111

Norcutt 72, 115, 120, 124, 132, 133

Norcutt, J. 52

Norcutt, John 70

Nye 133

Nye, Deacon 129

Nye, Ira 2, 3, 4, 143

Nye, John 78, 79

Nye, L. 140

Nye, Levi 58, 59

Nye, Levi, jr. 66, 67

Oliver 122

Ornsby, Elijah, jr. 111

Osburn 118, 134

Palmer 132

Pamela 71

Patterson 117

Pearce 132

Peck 30, 32, 114, 132, 133

Pepoor? or Pepoon 120, 121, 133

Percival 52

Perkins 116, 118

Perry 117

Perry, J. B. 40, 109

Phelps 115, 117, 133

Phillips 116

Phinney, Anselm 44, 48

Pierce 118, 132

Platt 137

Poole 115

Porter 141

Porter, David 142, 143

Porter, Ebenezer 111

Power 120, 134

Prudy 106

Pumfrey 22

Putnam 111, 117, 132

Putnam, David 103

Randal 116

Ray 114, 117, 120

Remele? or Premmele 63, 115, 132

Reynolds 114, 118

Roberts 116

Rogers 133

Ross 112, 120

Ruggles 132

S., N. 64

Sadd 116

Sally 17, 122

Samuel 68

Sarah 144

Seaman 121

Sedgwick 120, 133

Sergeant 70, 115, 117, 132

Seymour 41, 114, 115, 116, 120, 132, 133

Shakers 24

Shelden, Ephraim 60

Skinner 130

Slater 133

Smith 114, 116, 117, 120, 132, 134

Smith, James 42, 43, 46, 71

Smith, Nancy 52

Smith, P? 44

Snow 114, 116, 117, 118, 132, 134

Snow, Nathan 127

Society - W.B? 127

Spencer 133

Stearns, Simon 90, 91

Stedman 114, 118, 120,133

Stedman, P. 120

Stedman, T. 120

Stevens 112, 133

Sterns - see: Stearns

Stockwell 120

Strong 132

Sturgess, Thomas 64, 65

Sturges, William 68

Sylvia 31, 92

Sylvanus 12

T., J. 10

Tannerly or Tannerby 80

Taylor 116, 124

Taylor, A. 112

Taylor, Abner 13, 58, 62, 63, 106, 143

Taylor, Sylvester 111

Thatcher 117, 132

Thatcher, Jethro 41, 82, 83, 86, 87

Thatcher, John 30, 31, 92, 93

Thatcher, Stephen 31, 63, 102 .

Thatcher, Timothy 56, 57

Thayer, Nathl. (Dr.) 6, 7, 31?

Thomas 93, 117

Thompson, Isaac 39

Tilbath? 120

Tobey 114, 115, 117, 133

Tuttle, Chester 4

VanDusen 114, 133

VanDusen, Matthew 104, l05

VanRansellear or Venrauselleu 110, 133

Venduson 108, 114, 117, 120

Vosburgh 115

Vosburgh & Co. 116

W. B. Society 127

Wadsworth 98

Walker 115, 116, 134

Ward 133

Warren 134

Webster 118, 130

West 115, 116, 133

West & Leishman 32, 33

West, A. 8

West, Amasa 44, 46, 76, 77

West, Ebenezer 32, 33

West, Joshua 34, 35, 67

West, Stephen 92

West, Timothy N. 18, 19

West, Thomas 93

Westwalt, Ambrose 72, 73

Westwalt, Saml. 102

White, Wessel 80, 81

Whiting 113, 133

Whiting, John 113

Whitney 101

Whiton 91, 105, 114, 116, 117, 132, 134

Whiton & Bradley - see Bradley & Whiton

Whiton & Sadd 90, 91, 55

Whiton & Thayer 126

Whiton, James 54, 55, 91, 126, 127

Whiton, Mandley 88, 89

Whiton, T. 130, 138

Whittlesey 133

Wilcox 116

Willard 132

William 68

Williams 114, 116, 120, 133

Williams, A. 42

Williams, Asa 104

Williams, Betsey 118

Williams, Daniel 90, 91

Willaims, Ephraim 50, 51

Willys or Wyllys 132

Wilson 112

Wormer 132

Wormer, Richard 76, 77

Wright, Samuel 106

Yale, Josiah 19

Yale, P. 18, 19