Seth Stowers Ledger
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Scope and Contents
Ledger, 1769-1811, of Seth Stowers of Hingham, Massachussetts. Includes entries for the sale of tobacco, fish, shoes, cloth, vineagar, and other household products. Also includes entries about the hiring out of day laborers, plowing, glazing, and making barrels. There are also entries of Elijah Stowers during the Revolutionary War, including for an ounce of tea in a hospital. Finally, there is one page of entries in a separate hand that date from 1808 to 1811.
Dates
- Creation: 1769-1811
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access:
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Conditions Governing Use:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Biographical Information:
Extent
0.01 Linear Foot
Processing Information:
Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in September 2011.
- Title
- Guide to the Seth Stowers Ledger
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Benjamin Bromley, Public Services Archives Specialist.
- Date
- 2011-09-22
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The collection description/finding aid is written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository