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:             1717-1740

Call No.:         Doc. 1077

Acc. No.:         66x132

Quantity:        1 volume (46 leaves)

Location:        31 H

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

This account book was kept by an unknown person.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

This account book was kept by the unidentified owner of the sawmill at Bartlet's Brook near Duxbury, Massachusetts, from 1717-1740.  Entries note the amount of lumber sawed into planks and boards which were sold to various customers.  Oak slitwork, cedar boards, spruce boards, and planks were frequently mentioned.  One page documents the oak slitwork for a barn including posts, rafters, and sills.  Entries for the year 1725 appear upside down at the end of the volume.  These entries document such work on the mill as mending troughs, "fitting up mill," "drew stones with oxen," "mending doggs," and "making a swoop."        

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

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

           

 

PROVENANCE

           

Purchased from Rockwell Gardiner.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            Business records - Massachusetts - 18th century.

            Sawmills - Massachusetts - 18th century.

            Sawing.

            Mills and mill-work - Massachusetts - 18th century.

            Lumber trade - Massachusetts - 18th century.

            Account books.

            Sawyers.

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 31 H

 

 

Name index to Doc. 1077 (acc. 66x132)

 


Alden, David  43

Alden, John  12

 

Bartlets Brook  1, 33, 54, 80, 98

Bates, Joseph  27

Bennet, John  80

Bosworth, Ichabod  58, 65, 72, 73

 

Carver, Eleazer(?)  33

Carver, Nathaniel(?)  33

Cob, Ebenezer  75

Cob, James - see Cobb

Cobb, James  36, 85, 88, 93, 95, 96

(also spelled Cob)

Cushman, Ichabod   50, 59

Cushman, Ichabod (Jr.)   27, 65

Cushman, William   77, 88, 90

 

Darling, Thomas   83

Delano, David   89

Drew, John   12, 15

Drew, Thomas   86, 91

Duxborough (Duxbury?)   77

 

Harris, Joseph   90, 92

Hascol, William   8, 18, 20, 25, 97

Holmes, John   24, 38

 

Knowlton, Thomas   42

 

Miller, Francis   66, 68, 73

 

Noyce? Samuel  96

 

Paddock, Ichabod  28

Partridge, James  39, [40,] 44, [48]

Perkins, Josiah   54, 96, 98

Phillips, Blany   77

Phinney, Ebenezer (Jr.)   67

 

Simmons, Aaron  19, 85

Soul, James   86

Soul, James (Jr.)   80, 89, 92

Soul, John   4, 21, 36, 42, 46, 50, 55, 63, 71

Soul, John (Jr.)   58, 64, 70, 71

Southworth, (Lieut.)   63

Standish, Zechariah   38

 

Thacker, Peter   19

Thomas, David   70

Thomas, Edward   22, 64

Thomas, Edward (Jr.)   42, 78

Thomas, Henry   38

Thomas, Nathan   46

Thompson, Jacob   99

Tinkham, Isaac   3, 4, 18, 27, 41, 53, 54, 61, 93, 97

Tinkham, John   18, 46, 49, 96, 97

Tinkham, Peter   70

Tinkham, Samuel   4

Tomson, Caleb   56, 64, 70, 75, 82, 86, 87, 91, 94

Tomson, Jacob   54, 62, 69, 76, 81, 87, 89, 94

Tomson, Joseph   47, 98

 

Vaughan, Daniel   8, 90

Vaughan, Elisha  17, 22

Vaughan, George  10, 17, 20, 27, 43

Vaughan, Jabez   9, 19, 21, 43, 59, 66

Vaughan, Jabez (Jr.)   59

Vaughan, (Lieut.)   74

 

Waterman, Joseph   81, 853 87-89, 94

Wood, David   15

Wood, (Deacon)   96

Wood, Ebeneazer  51, 53, 55

Wood, Henry  6

Wood, Judah?  99

Wood, Timothy  22, 26, 37, 53, 57, 60, 79, 82, 92

Wood, Timothy (Jr.)  60, 79