The Winterthur Library

The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware 19735

302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Savage, Samuel Phillips, 1718-1797.

Title: Ledger

Dates: 1742-1749

Call No.: Fol. 122

Acc. No.: 78x59

Quantity: 1 volume

Location: 5 E 11

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Samuel Phillips Savage was a merchant in Boston, Massachusetts; he later moved to Weston, Mass. The son of Arthur Savage and Faith Phillips, he married Sarah Tyler. He was moderator of the meeting at Old South Church on Dec. 14, 1773, where it was decided that tea should not be landed in Boston's harbor, a decision which led to the Boston Tea Party. He had a brother named Arthur.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The volume opens with four pages of transactions made for the estate of Arthur Savage. The remainder of the entries record transactions made by Samuel Phillips Savage with craftsmen, store keepers, other merchants, and Arthur Savage's estate. Very few of the entries refer to specific products, instead mentioning merchandise and sundry accounts. A few note the buying and selling of apparel. Savage conducted business in and around Boston as well as with merchants in Newport, Providence, London, and other cities. A number of his transactions were with women; some were noted as being widows, but others were shopkeepers.

RELATED MATERIALS

Savage family accounts are found in Box & Austin ledgers, Fol. 79 at this repository.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

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

PROVENANCE

Purchased from Argosy Book Stores, Inc.

ACCESS POINTS

People:

Savage, Arthur, 1680-1735.

Topics:

Accounts current.

Decedents' estates - Massachusetts - Boston.

Business records - Massachusetts - Boston.

Businesswomen.

Boston (Mass.) - Commerce.

Ledgers.

Estate records.

Merchants.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 5 E 11

Name index to Fol. 122 (acc. 78x59)

(Occupation index follows name index)

Samuel P. Savage had a brother named Arthur, and it is not always possible to tell definitely whether the accounts refer to father or brother. Also, there was possibly a third Arthur Savage (“comm. of an eastern fort”).

Accounts are on two-page spreads. Leaf 20/21 is torn. Leaves 36/37-38/39, 44/45, 56/57, 62/63, and 67/68-68/69 have been removed (left hand of one page and right hand of other page remain).

Adams 16

“Adventure to Bristol” 15

“Adventure to London” 26

Allen, James 52

of Boston

Amoury, Rebecca 16

Atkins, Joshua 30

of Truro

Baker, Samuel 48

of Connecticut

Bass, Samuel 13, 24

of Boston

Baxter, Thomas 47

of Boston

Beaton, John 29

of Concord

Bell, Jno. 4

Billings, John & Richd. 7, 27

Borland, Francis 2, 4, l, 293

Box & Austin 7, 26

of Boston

Brainard, Hezekiah 61

Broadstreet, Samuel 7, 10, 19

[also spelled Broadstreat]

Brock, Thomas 13

Bromfield, Edward 18

of Boston

Brown, James 65

of Providence

Bullfinch, Thomas 50

of Boston

Burkill, John 20

of Providence

Byles 28

Byles, Josiah 2, 4

Byles, Josiah, Jr. 4, 14

Checkley, Sarah, & Co. 74

Cheever, Ezekiel 47

Of Charlestown

Cirgil, David 56

of Boston

Clarke, B. 26

Clarke, Benjamin 3, 26, 33

of Boston

Clarke, William 42

of Boston

Cobourne, Ebenezer 29

of Boston

Cobourne, Seth 31

of Boston

Codman, John 47

of Charlestown

Coffin, Charles 4, 19

of Boston

Coffin, Mary 64

Coleman & Sparhawk 13, 48

Collis, Peter 8

of Southold, Long Island

Compston, John 50

of Boston

Compton, John 4

Craige 16

Daniel 13

Davenport, James 25

of Boston

Davis, Hannah (widow) 54

of Boston

Davis, Robert 60

of Barnstable

Dean, Joseph 50

of Salem

Dennie, John 61

of Boston

Downe[?], William 4

Dumarisq 16

Dudley, John 74

of Exeter

Dunkin, James 67

of Haverhill

Dunskin, Robert 11

of Boston

Dupe, Elias 31

of Boston

East, Margaret 3, 25

of Charlestowm

Edwards, Joseph 10

Ely, John 4

Ely, John, 3d 29, 53

of Springfield

Etheridge, Thomas (Maj.) 33, 55

of Boston

Ferner[?] 2

[perhaps Turner?]

Foster, Isaac (Capt.) 18

of Charlestown

Forster, James 44, 62

of Boston

Franklin, John 8

Franklin, Peter 14

of Newport

Fraser, Deborah (widow) 15

of Boston

Frost, George 42

Frost, Joseph 17

Frost, Joseph 42

of Boston

Frost, Joseph 59

of Piscataqua

Frost, Mary 12

of New Castle

Frost, Simon 4, 40

of Kittery

Frost, William 12

of New Castle

Gardner, John 28

of Boston

Gibbs, Robert 49

of Providence

Gidney, Barthow. 7, 53

of Boston

Gilman, Elizabeth 71

of Exeter

Gilman, John 43

of Exeter

Gooding, Thomas 46

of Boston

Gould, John 42

of Boston

Grant, Samuel 43

of Boston

Green 16

Green, Thomas 18

of Boston

Greenleaf, Richard 27

of Newbury

Griswold, Thomas 17, 30

of Winsor

Gulston, Joseph (Senr.) 13

Hale & Watkins 41

of Newbury

Hall 3

Hastings, Samuel 22

of Bostom

Hill, Samuel 2, 4, 13, 15

Hitchcock, Jacob 36

of Springfield

Holbrook, Ebenezar 22

of Somphret[?]

Hubbard, Martha 13, 17-19, 21, 23

of N. London

Hughes, Sarah (widow) 67

of Boston

Hussey, S. 4

Hussey, Silvanus 51

of Nantucket

Jeffries, David 3, 4, 7, 32, 51

of Boston

Johnson, Thomas 28

of Boston

Kneeland, Samuel 10

Lapington, John 10, 19

of Charlestown

Ledley, Hugh 58

of Wimdham

Ledgard, John 32

of Groton

Lewis, Lydia 47

Little, Ebenezer 65

of Newbury

Loring, John 7, 9

Loring, Nathaniel 14

of Boston

McDaniel, (Capt.) 13

McGee, Thomas 30

of Boston

Miller, Phebe 44

of Boston

Miller, Samuel 52

of Boston

Mitchel, Thos. 16

Montgomery, Nathaniel 16

of Piscatague

Neal, Benjamin 4, 7, 31, 56

of Boston

Newell, Martha 40

of Charleston

Newmarch, Joseph 12

of New Castle

Noyes, Oliver 4, 6, 26

Oliver & Binney 16

Owen, William 4, 5, 7

Partridge, Richard 4, 5

of London

Peirson, William 23

of Piscataque coaster

Pepperell 13

Perry 16

Phillips 13

Phillips, Hannah 6

Phillips, William 4, 14

Pitman, Joshua 52

of Boston

Plumsted & Phillips 13

Preston, John 70

of Ashford

Pyncheon, George 43

of Springfield

Pyncheon, Joseph 72

of Brockf.

Rankin, Benjamin 30

of Boston

Richardson, John 3

Rogers, Timo. 4

Russell, Chambers 33

Russell, Danl. 4, 6, 27

Russell, Faith 3, 6, 13, 17

Russell, James 2, 4, 45, 49

of Charlestown

Russell, Thomas 70

of Boston

Sargeant, Nathaniel 73

of Piscatqaua

Savage Arthur 2-3, 8, 17, 25, 39

[father of S.P.S.]

Savage, Arthur [Jr.] 3, 4, 8, 27

[brother of S.P.S.]

Comm. Of an eastern fort

Savage, Arthur 32

Comm. Of an eastern fort

Savage, Habijah 3

[first name was perhaps really Abijah]

Savage family 50, 52

Savage, Thomas 71

of Boston

Schollay, John - see Scollay

Scollay, John 3, 7, 24, 46

of Boston

Scollay, Samuel 44

Of Medford

Sever, Nicholas 36

of Kingston

Sewall, Mary (widow) 25

of Boston

Sewall, Samuel 23

Soley, Darkis 2, 4, 5

of Chasestown[?]

Spear, Samuel 40

of Boston

Stevens, Abigail 19, 58

of Charlestown

Stevens, Gammon 72

of Boston

Stevens, John 4, 22

of Charlestown

Storer[?], Grant & Adams 3

Storke & Champion 60

of London

Storke, Samuel 4, 13, 16, 17, 60

of London

[includes Samuel Storke & Son]

Sumner, Benjamin 73

of Boston

Swan, Mary 59

of Menotomy

Thair, Nathaniel 7, 23

of Boston

Turner 13

Tyler, Mrs. 42

Tyler, Sarah 9

Tyler, T. 18

Tyler, Thomas 3, 4, 8, 54

Tyler, William 2, 4, 7, 13, 15-18, 39, 48

Tyng, John 24

of Boston

Wadey, Humphrey 41

of Dartmouth

Waldo, Mr. 3, 39

Wansey, Wm. 15

Ward, Miles 4, 28

of Salem

Warren, Mary 66

of Plymouth

Warren, Mary & Eliza. 27

of Plymouth

Watt, Robert 25

of Boston

Watts 16

Williams, Henry 4, 20

of Salem

Williams, Stephen (Revd.) 11

of Springfield

Williams, William 66

Wing, John 20

of Newport

Winslow, John 55

of Boston

Wood & Lattimer 16

Wroe, Anna, & Co. 17

Wyer, Edward 3, 4