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: How, Isaac.

Title: Account book

Dates: 1823-1831

Call No.: Doc. 837

Acc. No.: 77x311

Quantity: 1 volume

Location: 31 G

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Isaac How was a hat manufacturer in Haverhill, Massachusetts.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Lists merchants and others who received hats on consignment from Isaac How. Such types as fine wool hats, boys' hats, mens' hats, and mens' course hats are mentioned. How's business ventures extended to New York, Richmond, Va., and Baltimore, Md. Price increases are noted in some of the entries.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

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

PROVENANCE

Purchased from Bookworm and Silverfish, Wytheville, Va.

ACCESS POINTS

Topics:

Hat trade.

Hats - Prices.

Wholesale trade - History - 19th century.

Business records - Massachusetts - Haverhill.

Account books.

Hatters.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 31 G

List of names in Doc. 837 (acc. 77x311)

Burnell & Kimbel

Carlton & Walker

Carroll (of Nurse & Carroll)

Corliss, Enoch

Dodd & Snow

Eagle Bank

Fuller, S.R.

Haseltine (of Wyman & Haseltine)

Haseltine, John, & Co.

Hatch & Osgood Co.

Hatch, A. M.

How, Calvin W., & Co.

How, G. H. G.

How, James

Kimbell (of Burnell & Kimbell)

Merrill, Jonathan

Morse, Joseph T.

Nurse & Carroll

Osgood (of Hatch & Osgood Co.)

Osgood, Isaac

Parker & Wright Co.

Parker, Jabies(?)

Pottin (of Spear & Pottin)

Smith, Nesmith, & Co.

Snow (of Dodd & Snow)

Spear (of Weaver & Spear)

Spear & Pottin

Tileston, Porter & Co.

Tufts, Joseph

Walker (of Carlton & Walker)

Walker, Amosa

Weaver & Spear

Webster, Nathan

Whittemore, George

Wood & Wright

Woodward, James

Wright (of Parker & Wright Co.)

Wright (of Wood & Wright)

Wyman & Haseltine Co.

Wyman, Jonas