Scope and Contents
Ledger maintained by Berlin, Connecticut, merchants Curtis & Grannis, recording sales of commodities from their general store, including cloth, tea, corn, and molasses, for which they received cash and payment-in-kind in the form of farm labor and crops, and other services, such as shoemaking. Emma Buckely and Sarah Savage traded washing and weaving, respectively, for calico and linen. An entry from 1791 records unspecified goods provided to an African American man named Adam, for which he paid cash. There is an index to accounts in the front of the volume.
Dates
- Creation: 1784-1800
Creator
- Curtis and Grannis (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials stored onsite. Please contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for more information regarding access procedures.
Extent
.25 linear feet (1 volume)Biographical / Historical
Curtis & Grannis, a mercantile partnership of Giles Curtis and Enos Grannis, was active in Berlin, Connecticut, from the 1780s to 1800. The firm operated a general store and sold commodities like cloth, tea, and molasses.
Physical Location
MANU
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Eugene Schwab, 1941.
Digitization Funding
Collections and items have been digitized with the generous support of The Polonsky Foundation.
General note
To enhance discoverability, this collection was removed from an artificial collection of records of general stores in Connecticut and Rhode Island in January 2021
Creator
- Curtis and Grannis (Organization)
- Author
- Baker Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- bak01347
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
Baker Library Special Collections and Archives holds unique resources that focus on the evolution of business and industry, as well as the records of the Harvard Business School, documenting the institution's development over the last century. These rich and varied collections support research in a diverse range of fields such as business, economic, social and cultural history as well as the history of science and technology.
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