The Winterthur Library

The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, DE 19735

302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Knowlton, Moses F.

Title: Cash, invoice, sales & bill book

Dates: 1837 Oct.-Nov., 1839

Call No.: Doc. 855

Acc. No.: 77x479

Quantity: 1 volume (17 pages)

Location: 31 F 4

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Moses F. Knowlton operated a general store in Unity, New Hampshire, but seems to have lived in Wendell [now Sunapee].

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Records items purchased and sold by Knowlton, including food (raisins, tea, molasses, etc.), fabric (sheeting, shirting, etc.), dry goods (gloves, handkerchiefs, etc.), crockery, tools, and other items of a general store. Also included is a letter to Major Bartlett from Knowlton inviting Bartlett to join the Fourth of July celebration in 1839.

ORGANIZATION

Chronological order.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

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

PROVENANCE

Purchased from Doris Harris.

ACCESS POINTS

Topics:

Fourth of July celebrations.

Food prices - 19th century.

Dry-goods.

Textile fabrics - Prices - 19th century.

Tools.

Pottery.

General stores – New Hampshire – Wendell.

Business records – New Hampshire – Wendell.

Invoices.

Account books.

Merchants.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 31 F 4

Name index to Doc. 855 (acc. 77x479):

Adams, J. M.

Bailey, O.

Bailey, R.

Barnard, J.

Bartlett, (Maj.)

Black, Samuel

Clement, J. C.

Colby, Clark S.

Cram, David

Currier, Bradford

Dodge, Wm.

Foster, E.

Gill, A. G.

Hall, J. A.

Ide, Simeon

Kidder, Elijah

Knowlton, John P.

Knowlton, Moses F.

Lesby, John

Locke, Wm.

Loid, J. W.

[i.e. Lloyd?]

Pike, J. M.

Rice, M.

Roundy, A.

Squire, J. P.

Trusty, William