Scope and Contents
Three accounts books maintained by Boston tailor Daniel Rea from 1736 to 1784. Volume one is a daybook with entries from 1736 to 1749, for making, mending, or altering clothing. Volume two is a ledger recording credits and debits from 1750 to 1778. Daniel Rea accepted payment in goods and services; Captain Samuel Stebbins settled his account in 1757 by bartering earthenware and two coats, quilted by his daughter. Volume three is a daybook recording charges and payments from 1772 to 1784. Some entries relate to household or personal events, but the majority are entries for clothing made for clients. The entries contain the type of clothing altered, mending, or made, cost of the work, type of materials, client’s name, and who the clothing was made for. Some of Daniel Rea's clients had clothing made for enslaved people. See more information at the item level scope and content note.
Daniel Rea's clients also included New Hampshire Governor John Wentworth (1737-1820), Boston merchants Cornelius Waldo (1684-1753), William Blair Townsend (1723-1778), John Rowe, George Erving, John Kneeland, and Thomas Fayerweather, Captain John Wendell, carpet weaver Isaac Cherry, horse jockey Samuel Anthony, Reverend Samuel Wigglesworth, Reverend Charles Chauncy (1705-1787), John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and physician Joseph Warren (1741-1775).
Dates
- Creation: 1736-1784
Creator
- Rea, Daniel (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
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Extent
.75 linear feet (3 volumes)Biographical / Historical
Daniel Rea (1711-1798) was a tailor active in Boston, Massachusetts, between the 1750s and 1780s. Daniel Rea's services included crafting and mending assorted types of jackets and coats, suits, and breeches. He also sold silk stockings and undergarments.
Physical Location
MANU
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Charles H. Taylor.
Digitization Funding
Collections and items have been digitized with the generous support of The Polonsky Foundation.
Processing Information
Processed: January 2019 By: Brooke McManus
Remediation note
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Creator
- Rea, Daniel (Person)
Subject
- Townsend, William Blair (1723-1778) (Person)
- Rowe, John (Person)
- Fayerweather, Thomas (Person)
- Author
- Baker Library
- Date
- February 2024
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- bak00695
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
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