Account book
00-1972-109-3
Scope and Contents
Account Book (1972-109-3) documents transactions of an unknown blacksmith. The book is organized chronologically, and the entries included the name of the customer, sometimes a description of the job, and the price. The book may have been used as a scrapbook. The item is housed in 3B Box 1.
Dates
- created: 1796-1801
- Other: Date acquired: 01/11/1972
Creator
- Unknown (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This item is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has been transferred to the Litchfield Historical Society for materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Biographical / Historical
The name of the creator of this volume is unknown, but they appear to have worked as a blacksmith.
Extent
1.00 Volumes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Account Book (1972-109-3) documents transactions of an unknown blacksmith. The book is organized chronologically, and the entries included the name of the customer, sometimes a description of the job, and the price. The book may have been used as a scrapbook.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Several of the pages are in very bad condition. There are holes and rips, and there appears to be remnant of newspaper clippings of the scrapbook left on the pages; in some places the original text is unreadable.
Source of Acquisition
William L. Warren
Method of Acquisition
Gift
Genre / Form
- Title
- Account book
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Benjamin Bradley
- Date
- 01/07/2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Litchfield Historical Society Repository
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Litchfield CT 06759
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