- Title
- Frederick Mordantt Bell ledger, 1773-1799
- Bell, Frederick Mordantt, -1777, creator
- New Hampshire
- Ledger of Frederick Mordantt Bell of Dover, New Hampshire, recording general store sales of commodities like codfish, salt fish, raisins, sugar, handkerchiefs, rum, molasses, clove water, indigo, and coffee in 1773-1774. An inscription on the back cover of the volume describes it as “Ledger A,” and there are accounts entered after Bell's death in a different hand, dated 1796-1799. Names in the volume include Enoch Chase, Ensign Ichabod Horne, Samuel Ham, Silas Drew, Lieutenant Moses Wingate, Jonathan Gage, Captain John Gage, the estate of Colonel John Gage, Benjamin Peirce, Benjamin Gerrish, Jonathan Meserve, Sarah Titcomb, Ebenezer Garland, Captain Samuel Gerrish, and Esther Parks. Bell’s customers lived in Dover and surrounding New Hampshire towns, such as Rochester, Madbury, and Barrington. An entry for Captain Stephen Evans charges for codfish delivered to an enslaved woman. An entry for Captain James Richardson shows expenses related to voyages to Portsmouth for unspecified business. Bell sometimes accepted barter of goods and services as payment: William Watson made and mended shoes for Bell and his wife; Ensign Joseph Roberts of New Durham and Captain William Paren of Portsmouth traded staves; and Amos Varney of Rochester offered Bell furniture including several tables. The second part of the volume, possibly used by a Bell relative engaged in business in Dover, contains a memorandum of stock delivered to Benjamin Smith in Kennebunk, Maine, in 1796-1797, including flour, sugar, butter, and molasses; and accounts of sales to Smith and his brother Joseph Smith, merchants Wales & Field of Boston, and others, dated 1797-1799. There is also an entry for molasses purchased from Clark & Hovey of Boston.
- .25 linear feet (1 volume).
- English
- Ledgers (account books).
- Books and documents
- Bell, Frederick Mordantt
Barter accounting
Coastwise shipping--United States
General stores--New Hampshire--Dover
Merchants--New Hampshire--Dover
Merchants--Massachusetts--Boston
Merchants--Maine
New Hampshire--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - The Frederick Mordantt Bell ledger was previously cataloged with the Hale family business records.
- Frederick Mordantt Bell operated a general store in Dover, New Hampshire. He was also a captain in the Second New Hampshire Regiment during the Revolutionary War and was mortally wounded during the first Battle of Saratoga on September 19, 1777.
- Frederick Mordantt Bell Ledger. Baker Library, Harvard Business School.
- Colonial North American Project at Harvard University
- Baker Library, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
- 99153728720303941_HBS.BAKER.GEN:38852798-2019
- Title
- Frederick Mordantt Bell ledger, 1773-1799
- Creator / Contributor
- Bell, Frederick Mordantt, -1777, creator
- Place of Origin
- New Hampshire
- Description
- Ledger of Frederick Mordantt Bell of Dover, New Hampshire, recording general store sales of commodities like codfish, salt fish, raisins, sugar, handkerchiefs, rum, molasses, clove water, indigo, and coffee in 1773-1774. An inscription on the back cover of the volume describes it as “Ledger A,” and there are accounts entered after Bell's death in a different hand, dated 1796-1799. Names in the volume include Enoch Chase, Ensign Ichabod Horne, Samuel Ham, Silas Drew, Lieutenant Moses Wingate, Jonathan Gage, Captain John Gage, the estate of Colonel John Gage, Benjamin Peirce, Benjamin Gerrish, Jonathan Meserve, Sarah Titcomb, Ebenezer Garland, Captain Samuel Gerrish, and Esther Parks. Bell’s customers lived in Dover and surrounding New Hampshire towns, such as Rochester, Madbury, and Barrington. An entry for Captain Stephen Evans charges for codfish delivered to an enslaved woman. An entry for Captain James Richardson shows expenses related to voyages to Portsmouth for unspecified business. Bell sometimes accepted barter of goods and services as payment: William Watson made and mended shoes for Bell and his wife; Ensign Joseph Roberts of New Durham and Captain William Paren of Portsmouth traded staves; and Amos Varney of Rochester offered Bell furniture including several tables. The second part of the volume, possibly used by a Bell relative engaged in business in Dover, contains a memorandum of stock delivered to Benjamin Smith in Kennebunk, Maine, in 1796-1797, including flour, sugar, butter, and molasses; and accounts of sales to Smith and his brother Joseph Smith, merchants Wales & Field of Boston, and others, dated 1797-1799. There is also an entry for molasses purchased from Clark & Hovey of Boston.
- Extent
- .25 linear feet (1 volume).
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Ledgers (account books).
- Digital Format
- Books and documents
- Subjects
- Bell, Frederick Mordantt
Barter accounting
Coastwise shipping--United States
General stores--New Hampshire--Dover
Merchants--New Hampshire--Dover
Merchants--Massachusetts--Boston
Merchants--Maine
New Hampshire--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Notes
- The Frederick Mordantt Bell ledger was previously cataloged with the Hale family business records.
- Biographical / Historical Note
- Frederick Mordantt Bell operated a general store in Dover, New Hampshire. He was also a captain in the Second New Hampshire Regiment during the Revolutionary War and was mortally wounded during the first Battle of Saratoga on September 19, 1777.
- Cite As
- Frederick Mordantt Bell Ledger. Baker Library, Harvard Business School.
- Series
- Colonial North American Project at Harvard University
- Repository
- Baker Library, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
- Record ID
- 99153728720303941_HBS.BAKER.GEN:38852798-2019
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