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 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

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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



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

 

Baker  25, 44

Brazier  24

 

Captain   18

Carpenter  50

Clergyman  11

Coaster  23

Cooper  46

 

Distiller  31

Doctor 9, 50

 

Fisherman    30

Founder  70

 

Gentleman  42

Gunsmith   52

 

Hatter  33

 

Japanner   28

 

Major   33

Mariner   42

Mason   33

Merchant  14, 18, 61

 

Nailer   30

 

Shopkeeper   11, 21, 24, 28, 29, 31, 33, 42, 43, 44, 47, 55, 56, 62, 73

Shoemaker   22

 

Tailor   30, 52

Tanner   24

Trader   28, 29, 31, 32, 40, 50, 53, 58

 

Wharfinger  53

“work done on house”   10