Shoemakers

Scope and Contents From 1772 to about 1807, Daniel Smith used this volume to keep his accounts for making and repairing shoes. Some day labor is also recorded. Beginning in 1803, the accounts are settled by John Smith, and the entries change to agricultural commodities. Some of these latter accounts (on, or facing, leaves 74, 86, 102, and 107) are "setled ... from the begining of the world up to this day." Also includes school district receipts for 1787-1807 (leaf 61); an account of "sundries of articles that...

Scope and Contents Contains accounts of Hazen Richardson, a carpenter and cabinetmaker from Stockbridge, Vermont, with over 65 individuals. Includes such entries as "to trundle Bedstid," "to one Beauro," "to Six Citchin Chairs," "to one Candle Stand." Other than the price, the accounts do not give any information about the furniture, for example the species of wood used. The one exception is a charge for a cherry coffin. Also includes entries for manual labor ("to myself two dys work on the Schoolhouse"), for...