Manuscripts
Account book. Boston (Mass.)
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The Town of Boston in New England / by Capt. John Bonner 1722
Rare Books
An 1835 copy of a 1722 map of Boston. "Engraved and printed by Fra. Dening, Boston NE 1722. Sold by Capt. John Bonner and Willm. Price against the town house where may be had all Sorts of Prints & Mapps &c." Printed MS note: I have examined this plan and find it to be an exact copy of the original Stephen P. Fuller, Surveyor, Boston, July 2, 1835. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
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Hunneman & Co. builders, Boston, Mass
Visual Materials
Image of an elevation view of the side of a red manual fire engine with hand buckets decorated with images of scantily clad women, an angel, and an American eagle that sits in the street before the Merchants Exchange building in Boston, Massachusetts; the building is labeled with the signs "Neal & Co."; "Ogdensburgh Rail Road Office"; "Market Bank"; "Merchant Exchange Hotel. Post Office."; "Vermont Central Rail Road Office."; "New England Mutual Marine Ins. Office"; "Bayley & [?]"; "O.D. Ashl[?]"; "F.A. Heath[?]" and “Equiptable [?] Insurance Office.”
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Samuel White accounts
Manuscripts
Accounts of sales, receipts, and credit that Samuel White kept from Aug. 8, 1783 to Feb. 3, 1784. The sales records include the names of White's customers, (including Paul Revere and John Hancock), goods and prices. Also includes records of shipments and deliveries to the Bell, Success, and Hawk as well to the Live Oak, Enderby, and other merchant ships and "for the use of Hancock's warf." Also includes records of legal expenses of lawsuits involving the Bell. The manuscript opens with the "Inventory of the Effects in the possession of Samuel White. Received by ship Bell Capt. Robt. Birrell."
mssHM 53112
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Account book of Brig John Freeman
Manuscripts
This account book contains the expenses of building and outfitting the ship, a list of the owners with their shares, recorded receipts and expenditures, and dividends paid to the owners. In the volume is a letter (1865, March 10) regarding payment of dividends to the ship's owners.
mssHM 74898
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Account books (1879). 2 items
Manuscripts
The collection is arranged alphabetically by author, or in the case of ephemera, type. The first six boxes consist entirely of correspondence, the lone exception being a manuscript entitled "Mind your Business," one of Scamman's school papers. Highlights include an extensive series of correspondence between the husband and wife from the early 1890s detailing Scamman's discovery that one of his trusted employees, Henry T. Briggs, had embezzled thousands of dollars from Scamman's bank in Downieville. Though Scamman did not prosecute Briggs criminally, he ordered his disgraced clerk to hand over all of his life insurance, his stock in the gold mine in which both men had invested, and any money in his possession. Also prominent in the correspondence are letters to and from captains of Scamman's ship, the bark "Wildwood." The collection's ephemera component is its largest, and includes business ledgers, checks, legal documents, receipts, bills, mortgages, promissory notes, insurance policies, deeds, and tax forms. There is also an autographed copy of a book given to Scamman's daughter in 1932 in oversize. Subjects in the collection include: agriculture; banks and banking; Butte County and Downieville (Calif.); merchant ships; mining; and Saco (Me.).
mssScamman papers
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Account books (1879). 2 items
Manuscripts
The collection is arranged alphabetically by author, or in the case of ephemera, type. The first six boxes consist entirely of correspondence, the lone exception being a manuscript entitled "Mind your Business," one of Scamman's school papers. Highlights include an extensive series of correspondence between the husband and wife from the early 1890s detailing Scamman's discovery that one of his trusted employees, Henry T. Briggs, had embezzled thousands of dollars from Scamman's bank in Downieville. Though Scamman did not prosecute Briggs criminally, he ordered his disgraced clerk to hand over all of his life insurance, his stock in the gold mine in which both men had invested, and any money in his possession. Also prominent in the correspondence are letters to and from captains of Scamman's ship, the bark "Wildwood." The collection's ephemera component is its largest, and includes business ledgers, checks, legal documents, receipts, bills, mortgages, promissory notes, insurance policies, deeds, and tax forms. There is also an autographed copy of a book given to Scamman's daughter in 1932 in oversize. Subjects in the collection include: agriculture; banks and banking; Butte County and Downieville (Calif.); merchant ships; mining; and Saco (Me.).
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