- Title
- Account book of a Connecticut farmer, 1797-1799
- Connecticut
- Account book kept by a late eighteenth-century store owner and farmer in Norwich, Connecticut, from April 3, 1797 to September 9, 1799, describing business transactions with local laborers and residents. Most of the volume records work done for him by African-American laborers, who were paid in goods from his store. The name of the laborer is recorded along with the date of work, cost of service and type of payment. The bulk of the accounts are for Will; he gathers corn, hoes, loads wood, kills and butchers hogs, plants and weeds. Other names mentioned in the volume include Hannah Danforth, Mrs. Darrow, Philip Turner (a surgeon), Caleb Huntington, Captain Joseph Gale and Samuel Danforth.
- .25 linear feet (1 volume)
- English
- Account books-Connecticut-Norwich-18th century.
- Books and documents
- Agriculture--Connecticut--Norwich
Farmers--Connecticut--Norwich
General stores--Connecticut--Norwich
African American agricultural laborers--Connecticut--Norwich - See also: Manuscripts in Baker Library (4th ed., 1978), Entry 23.
Electronic finding aid available: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/bak00730/catalog - Account Book of a Connecticut Farmer, Baker Library, Harvard Business School.
- Colonial North American Project at Harvard University
- Baker Library, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
- 990127851440203941_HBS.BAKER.GEN:25752984-2016
- Title
- Account book of a Connecticut farmer, 1797-1799
- Place of Origin
- Connecticut
- Description
- Account book kept by a late eighteenth-century store owner and farmer in Norwich, Connecticut, from April 3, 1797 to September 9, 1799, describing business transactions with local laborers and residents. Most of the volume records work done for him by African-American laborers, who were paid in goods from his store. The name of the laborer is recorded along with the date of work, cost of service and type of payment. The bulk of the accounts are for Will; he gathers corn, hoes, loads wood, kills and butchers hogs, plants and weeds. Other names mentioned in the volume include Hannah Danforth, Mrs. Darrow, Philip Turner (a surgeon), Caleb Huntington, Captain Joseph Gale and Samuel Danforth.
- Extent
- .25 linear feet (1 volume)
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Account books-Connecticut-Norwich-18th century.
- Digital Format
- Books and documents
- Subjects
- Agriculture--Connecticut--Norwich
Farmers--Connecticut--Norwich
General stores--Connecticut--Norwich
African American agricultural laborers--Connecticut--Norwich - Notes
- See also: Manuscripts in Baker Library (4th ed., 1978), Entry 23.
Electronic finding aid available: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/bak00730/catalog - Cite As
- Account Book of a Connecticut Farmer, Baker Library, Harvard Business School.
- Series
- Colonial North American Project at Harvard University
- Repository
- Baker Library, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
- Record ID
- 990127851440203941_HBS.BAKER.GEN:25752984-2016
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