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: 1830-1831

Call No.: Fol. 33

Acc. No.: 80x188

Quantity: 1 volume (220 leaves)

Location: 5 B 1

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Nothing is known about the person who kept this account book.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Contains accounts of an anonymous hardware merchant who dealt in supplies used in fishery industries in or near Boston, Massachusetts. Items sold include, for example, herring nets, mackerel knives, cod lines, and seine twine. Other items such as axes, buttons, and handsaw files also appear. Leaves 73-139 contain rough manuscript drafts of seven stories or essays on miscellaneous topics, including: havoc wreaked by a merino ram gone loose; voting and buying votes; a fishing trip by two boys; revivals and religion; and women's rights.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

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

PROVENANCE

Purchased from N. David Scotti.

ACCESS POINTS

Topics:

Fisheries - Massachusetts - Boston - Equipment and supplies.

Hardware - Massachusetts - Boston.

Business records - Massachusetts - Boston.

Account books.

Essays.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 5 B 1

Name index to Fol. 33 (acc. 80x188)

(occupation index follows name index)

Adams, George 121

Allen, Joseph 187

Archbauld, George 7

Barnes, D.W. & L.H. 69

Battelle & Little 180

Bramhall & Howe 63, 205

Brooks, Charles 66

Burns, J. & W.P. 127

Clapp, Isaac 169

Coffin, Francis 92

Coolidge, Flavel 22

Coolidge, Nathaniel, Jr. 52

Curtis, Samuel 18

Daggett & Hernon & Co. 179

Davis, Samuel 27

Davis, Stephen G. 90

Ellms, Charles 13

Fiske & Bridge 84

French, Thomas N. 31

Frost, William 58

Gardner, John 24

Gilbert, Samuel 54

Gray, George H. 97

Greenough, William 20

Griggs & Weld 200

Harrington, Bowen 65

Hastings & Marsh 21

Hosmer & Grew 23

Howe, Samuel A. 113

Humphrey, William 194

Johnson, Milton 146

Jones, C. & J. 190

Kidder & Simmons 196

Lombard & Whitmore 15, 199

Loring & Kupfer 5, 155, 204

Macomber, Sawin & Hunting 68

May, Samuel & Co. 48

Means & Clark 165

Mitchell & Freeman 35

Moore, Charles 130

Noble, J. & M. 56

Page, Kilby 18

Parker John 50

Peirce & Goodnow 47

Peirce. Silus & Co. 73

Perry, I. J. 145

Peters, Edward D. 185

Pickens & Littlehale 79

Porter, William 29

Richards, Reuben 133

Rodgers, George A. 46

Scudder, Charles & Co. 16

Smith, James A. 122

Stearns, George 102

Sullivan & Barbour 55

Thompson & Willey 17

Thompson, John & Co. 107

Thompson, Thomas M. 166

Tuckerman, Wm. 6

West, Joseph 61

White, James P. 192

Wilkins, C. & W.B. 40, 191

Winsor & Ware 117

Wise, Isaac K. 25

Occupation index to Fol. 33 (acc. 80x188)

baker 92

blacksmith 58

brush maker 22

cabinetmaker 7

cartman 56

crockery merchant 35

dry goods merchant 100

hardware merchant 5-6, 16-17, 20 23, 25, 48, 66, 69, 97, 121, 133, 155, 204

importer 15, 40, 46-47, 55, 63-65, 68, 73, 107, 117, 122, 179-180, 191, 194, 196, 199,

200

laborer 127, 203

mason 29

merchant 21, 50, 79, 84, 86, 90, 92, 102, 113, 145, 169, 185, 200

paint merchant 90

painter and gilder 18

plane maker 24

ship chandler 69

stationer 13

W. I. goods - see importer

wallpaper merchant 118