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:          Danforth, Job, 1745-1838                   

Title:               Account book [microform]

Dates:             1788-1818

Call No.:         Mic. 2855, Mic. 2857.1

Acc. No.:         [none]

Quantity:        2 microfilm reels

Location:        microfilm cabinet

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

Job Danforth was a cabinetmaker in Providence, Rhode Island.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

The accounts are for furniture sold, repairs and other services.

           

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.  Not to be published without permission of owner.

           

 

PROVENANCE

           

Originals in: library of the Rhode Island Historical Society.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            Retail trade - Rhode Island - Providence.

            Furniture making.

            Business records - Rhode Island - Providence.

            Account books.

            Cabinetmakers.

            Furniture workers.

           

 

 

NAME INDEX TO THE JOB DANFORTH ACCOUNT BOOK:

 


Abbott, Stephen    41, 147, 215

Aborn, James    241, 289

Aborn, Lowrey    163

Adam, Robert    57

Addy, John    29

Aldredge, Job     31

Aldrich, Nathan    231

Aldrich, Thomas    253

Allen, Nathan    87

Allen, Paul    61

Alorn, James, Jr.    99

           [i.e. Aborn?]

Ames, Samuel    265

Amington, George    20l

Angal, Jesse    171

Angal, Nathan    49

Angel, Nicholas    83

Arnald, James    63

Arnold, Caleb    227

Arnold, Holdey    289

Arnold, James    191

Arnold, Nathan    81

Arnold, Salman    219

Arnold, Thomas    39, 261

Arnold, Phillip    31, 35, 103, 149

Atwell, Amos    65

 

Bacon, David A.    101

Bangman, Howlan    51

Barns, David L.    179

Barrell, James    179

Barton, Benjamin    47

Barton, Elick (Alec?)    171

Barton, John   57, 161, 279

Batta, Daniel    97

Battey, Samson    63

Benevolent Congrega­tional Society    253

Billings & Danforth    203

Billings, Alpheus    191

Billings, William    55, 56, 68, 253, 261

Booluck (Bullock?), Jabez    165

Bosworth, Lewis    167

Bowen, Ephraim    165

Bowen, Jabez     37, 237

Box, Daniel    9

Brown & Frances    23, 54

Brown, Edward    1

Brown, Elisha    51, 207

Brown, Gedion    1

Brown, William     267

Brownell, Thomas    227

Burgas (Burgess?), Tristram    219

Burrell, James    229, 283

Burrill, James   13, 169

Butler, Samuel  145, 213

 

Cargill, David    53

Carlisle, John     153

Carver, John     37

Chase, Amos     23

Cheval, John    3

Clark, Samuel     173

Clark, Thomas    95

Clark, William    95

Colegrove, Mr.    89

Convers, Charles    235

Cornal, Richard    223

            [see also Cornell]

Cornell, Richard    83

            [see also Cornal]

Cowen, Ward    59

            [see also Cowing]

Cowing, Ward    157

            [see also Cowen]

Coy, Woodbury    15

Crapo, Phillip    177, 223

Cushing, Henry    273, 275

 

[Danforth], Ozias     25, 47, 95, 225

Danforth, Walter R.     293

Danforth, William    255, 259

Dexter, Andrew     5

Dier, Charles    9

Dorrance, John    151

Dunwall [Dunwell?], Esther   59

Dunwall, Ledey   169

Dyer, Elisha   25l, 275, 277

 

Earl, Calep [Earle, Caleb?]   97, 101

Edey, William   65

 

Fairfield, Reuben   33

Farnam, Stephen   207

Feeld [Field?], John   39

Fenner & White   65

Fenner, Arthur   93

Fenner, John   17

Fenner, Joseph   283

Fenner, Obadiah   203

Fenner, Stephen   93, 241

Fenner, Thomas   195

Filbrocks, Mam(?)    173

Filbrocks, Thomas   173

Finney, Jeremiah   163

Fisher, Nathan   73

Fisk, Caleb    155

Fitten, John    59

Foster, Theodore    27

Fuller, Joseph    213

 

Garsham [Gresham?], Jona.   7

Gibbs, John    45

Gilmore, Nathaniel    49

Gladding, Benjamin    149, 219, 293

Gladding, Hale    1

Gladding, Timothy     53, 54, 231

Goddard, William    91

Grafton, Nathaniel    51

Green, John (Capt.)    235

Green, Sylvester    239

Grinell, Peter    267

 

Hale, Joseph    195

Ham, Levi    29

Harding, Walker    75

Harrington, Jacob    269

Harris, Caleb    43

Hawes, Joseph    221

Hill, David    31

Himes, Stutely(?)    179

Hitchcock, Enos    167

Hoiden, Charles    69, 233

Holroyd & Tillinghast    85, 185, 265

Holroyd, William    277

Holt, John    189

Howlan [Howland?], Benjamin    49

Hunt, Joel (?)    219

 

Ingraham, Samuel    69

Ingraham, Simeon    187

 

Jackson – see Waterman & Jackson

Jackson, Nathan    187

Jackson, Richard    27

Jackson, Richard, Jr.    65

Jackson, Stephen     71, 243

Jackson, Thomas     59, 161, 185, 217

Jencks, John    247

Jenner, Thomas    169

Jones, Alexander    73

Jones, Gersham    67, 180

Jones, William    209, 263

Jons [Jones?], Thomas    221

Jons [Jones?], William    165

 

Kent, Hezekiah    265

King, William    265

Knobals, Isaac    99

 

Lackman, John    271

Lagess, Benjamin    47

Lanford, John    175

Langford, John    187

Langford, Holding (Holden?)    187

Langley    219

Larned, Asa    91

Lee, Joseph    179

Lee, William    257, 291

Licks, John    177

Lindenbagger, John    33

Lister, William    19

 

Maharry, William    279

Manton, Daniel    153

Manton, Edward    155

Markie, John (Dr.)   295

Martin, David    41

Martin, Joseph    13

Marton, Edward    61

Mason & Lanard    21

Mason, Amesea    221

Mason, James    197

Mason, John    103

Mathews, Abel, & Son    163

McCoy, Jonathan    249

McLane, David    99

McNeill, Hopestill    87

Medbury, Ames    49

Milton, John    177

 

Nightingale, Samuel    165, 205

 

Olney, Jenckes    167, 277

 

Packard, Nathaniel    89

Paul, William    23

Pearce, Isaac    271

Peare, Samuel    43

Peckham, Phillip    165

Peckham, William    77

Potter, Earl    179, 245

Potter, George    79

Potter, Phineas    76

Potter, Phineas & Joseph    75

Proud, Samuel    33, 173

 

Randal, Samuel    263

Rathborn, Joshua    29, 41

Remington, Mr.    79

Rhodes, James    33

Rhodes, Richard    61

Rhodes, William    87

Riley, Terrence    153

 

Sabin, John    77

Sales, Edward    205

Scot, Hearvey    287

Seamans, Young    81

Sheldon, John    23

Smith, Edward    23, 247

Smith, Samuel    51, 79

Smith, Stephen C.     295

Spockman    177

Sprague, Ebenezer     35

Sprague, Stephen    163

Stewart, Archibald    99, 173

Stuart, Archibald    163

Sweet, Philip    245

 

Taber, William    273

Tabor, Joseph    269

Taler (Taylor?), William    39

Talman, Elizabeth    23, 47

Taylor, William     273

Thayer, Timothy    175

Thomas, Lewis     215

Thornton, Burden    159

Thornton, Eseck (Isaac?)    35

Thornton, Richard    73, 74

Thornton, Solomon    239

Throop, Amos    25

Tillinghast – see  Holroyd & Tillinghast

Tillinghast, Joseph    77

Tillinghast, Nicholas    77

Thurston, Sam.    89

Tripp, Seth    201

Turpin, Benjamin    41

 

Vaughan, Boon    91

 

Walker, Timothy    69

Warner, John    189

Warrin, Abijah    157

Waterman & Jackson    159

Waterman, Arthur    43

Waterman, Benjamin    83

Waterman, Edward    227

Waterman, Elisher (Elisha?)    53

Waterman, James    45

Waterman, John    49

Waterman, John (Col.)    189

Waterman, Nathan    11, 160

Waterman, Richard    167

Waterman, Rufus    55, 56, 285

Waterman, William    19, 77

Webb, Thomas S.    235

Wheaton, Caleb    195

Wheaton, Samuel    203

Wheeler, Bennet    209, 257

            [also spelled Wheelor]

Whipple, Bangaman (Benjamin?)    223

Whipple, Jeremiah    247

White - see Fenner & White

Whitman (Deacon)    63

Whitman, Jacob    17, 57, 145, 183

Wilkinson, William    177

Williams, Andrew    43, 151

Williams, Christopher    243

Williams, John    183

Williams, Joseph    19

Williams, Oliver    85

Williams, Samuel    233

Windsor, John (Elder)    47

Winsor, Emor, & Son    197

Winsor, Isaac    93

Winsor, Jeremiah    101

Winsor, Troy (?)    201

Wiswell    175

Wright, Aaron     71

Wood, John    5

 

Young, John    193