Details

Subjects:

Accounting -- United States -- 18th century.
Tailoring -- United States -- Early works to 1800.
Economic conditions.
Social conditions.
Tailoring.
Accounting.
Connecticut -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
Connecticut -- Economic conditions -- 18th century.
Connecticut.
United States.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Accounts.
Credit records.
Ledgers (account books)
Manuscripts, American.

Summary:

Ledger of miscellaneous accounts of Samuel Avery, a tailor, probably from Hartford County, Connecticut, covering the years 1773-1797. Often includes the nature of a given debt, credit, or other transaction, as well as listing the name of the individual who holds the debt or credit. Some of the names that appear throughout the ledger are those of Samuel, Andrew, Caleb, Simeon, General Ebenezer, and Colonel Joshua Huntington; Nathan, Benjamin, and Joseph Lord; John Perrit; and Joseph Gale. Most of the transactions consist of debts and credits for making, altering or mending clothes (in particular men's coats, in some cases as part of a military uniform), small leather goods, and shoes. The payment method (usually cash, but payments in kind were not uncommon) and whether the customer wished to pay in full or in installments were also recorded. Alphabetical index, with 12 lettered tabs in black and red ink, containing names of individuals that appear in the ledger, is shelved with the manuscript.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, 96; 1-68, 68, 69-94, [95], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper center verso. Some openings present matching foliation with the same arabic numeral on the left and right sides.
Layout: Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large column on the left with the debtor or creditor and a brief description of the credit or debt, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the debt and credit. Long lines are also used.
Script: Written in cursive script, by multiple hands, including that of Samuel Avery.
Binding: Contemporary parchment over cardboard.
Origin: Probably written in Connecticut, between 1773 (f. 1r) and 1797 (f. 1r).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1586.

OCLC:

694175948

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