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Tradesmen, craftsmen, doctors, and lawyers in the 18th and 19th centuries kept account books to record their business with their customers. Between the 1740s and the time he died in 1771, Elijah Williams of Deerfield, Massachusetts, did business with most of the people of that town. He sold cloth, food, hardware, and liquor and accepted in exchange ("contra") cash, labor, farm animals, and farm products. Each sale was recorded with the amount and the value attached under the customer's name. On the opposite page was written the type and amount of payment. Some accounts were balanced monthly, some yearly, and some less often.
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Account Book of Elijah Williams, Ledger C, Vol. 4
creator Elijah Williams (1712-1771) |
date 1755-1759 |
location Deerfield, Massachusetts |
height 14.5" |
width 9.5" |
process/materials manuscript, paper, ink |
item type Personal Documents/Account book |
accession # #L00.085 |
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