- Title
- William Botsford daybook, 1799-1867 (inclusive)
- Botsford, William, 1773-1864, creator
- Canada
- Daybook of New Brunswick, Canada, jurist William Botsford, recording credits and debits for services including drawing leases, affidavits, indentures, and bonds, and trying cases in civil and admiralty courts, from 1799 to 1804. His clients included Overseers of the Poor, and British naval officers and government officials; an entry from 1799 lists a charge of one pound for "drawing a memorial to His Excellency." In February 1800, there is an entry for fees charged to "Proprietors of Slaves." The volume also contains accounts of washing done by Sarah Hunt and May Roberts, and entries in 1801-1802 list cash lent or paid to several black men, Jordan, or Jourdan, and Thomas, who received wages for unspecified work. Botsford was paid via cash or barter. The end of the volume contains some ledger accounts dated 1799-1800 concerning costs of an unnamed corporation, and accounts of his estate, dated 1864-1867, as well as copies of regimental orders, militia drills, company rosters, and notes about uniforms in 1810, when Botsford was promoted from captain to major in the British army.
- .25 linear feet (1 volume)
- English
- Daybooks.
- Books and documents
- Botsford, William
Self-employed women--Canada--History
Black people--Employment--Canada--History
Barter accounting
Decedents' estates
Costs (Law)
Court proceedings--Canada
Lawyers--Fees
Practice of law--Canada--History
Maritime law
Saint John (N.B.) - Collections and items have been digitized with the generous support of The Polonsky Foundation.
See also: Manuscripts in Baker Library (4th ed., 1978), Entry 1232.
Electronic finding aid available: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/bak00714/catalog - William Botsford (1773-1864; Yale AB 1792) was as a judge and lawyer in Saint John and Westcock, New Brunswick, Canada. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut; his father, Amos Botsford, was a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War, and the family moved to Nova Scotia in 1782. He served as judge of the Court of Vice-Admiralty in New Brunswick from 1803 to 1808, was elected to the general assembly for Westmorland County in 1812, and was appointed solicitor general in 1816. In 1823, William Botsford was appointed to the Supreme Court of New Brunswick, from which he retired in 1845 due to poor health.
- William Botsford Daybook. Baker Library, Harvard Business School.
- Colonial North American Project at Harvard University
- Baker Library, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
- 990146988150203941
- Title
- William Botsford daybook, 1799-1867 (inclusive)
- Creator / Contributor
- Botsford, William, 1773-1864, creator
- Place of Origin
- Canada
- Description
- Daybook of New Brunswick, Canada, jurist William Botsford, recording credits and debits for services including drawing leases, affidavits, indentures, and bonds, and trying cases in civil and admiralty courts, from 1799 to 1804. His clients included Overseers of the Poor, and British naval officers and government officials; an entry from 1799 lists a charge of one pound for "drawing a memorial to His Excellency." In February 1800, there is an entry for fees charged to "Proprietors of Slaves." The volume also contains accounts of washing done by Sarah Hunt and May Roberts, and entries in 1801-1802 list cash lent or paid to several black men, Jordan, or Jourdan, and Thomas, who received wages for unspecified work. Botsford was paid via cash or barter. The end of the volume contains some ledger accounts dated 1799-1800 concerning costs of an unnamed corporation, and accounts of his estate, dated 1864-1867, as well as copies of regimental orders, militia drills, company rosters, and notes about uniforms in 1810, when Botsford was promoted from captain to major in the British army.
- Extent
- .25 linear feet (1 volume)
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Daybooks.
- Digital Format
- Books and documents
- Subjects
- Botsford, William
Self-employed women--Canada--History
Black people--Employment--Canada--History
Barter accounting
Decedents' estates
Costs (Law)
Court proceedings--Canada
Lawyers--Fees
Practice of law--Canada--History
Maritime law
Saint John (N.B.) - Notes
- Collections and items have been digitized with the generous support of The Polonsky Foundation.
See also: Manuscripts in Baker Library (4th ed., 1978), Entry 1232.
Electronic finding aid available: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/bak00714/catalog - Biographical / Historical Note
- William Botsford (1773-1864; Yale AB 1792) was as a judge and lawyer in Saint John and Westcock, New Brunswick, Canada. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut; his father, Amos Botsford, was a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War, and the family moved to Nova Scotia in 1782. He served as judge of the Court of Vice-Admiralty in New Brunswick from 1803 to 1808, was elected to the general assembly for Westmorland County in 1812, and was appointed solicitor general in 1816. In 1823, William Botsford was appointed to the Supreme Court of New Brunswick, from which he retired in 1845 due to poor health.
- Cite As
- William Botsford Daybook. Baker Library, Harvard Business School.
- Series
- Colonial North American Project at Harvard University
- Repository
- Baker Library, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
- Record ID
- 990146988150203941
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