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1	1703-1728	near Marblehead, Mass., Dealer and Farm Account Book: lists salaries paid, and sales of bushels of food, rum, cloth, wood, and loads of logs for a mill. Customers included Nathaniel Potter, Nathaniel Fairfield, and members of the Quarles family of Salem, Mass.
2	1793	Cambridge, Mass., Horse Dealer's Account Book: stud stock, mares to be bred, boarded.
3	1808-1814	Worcester, Mass., General Store Daybook and Ledger, with Index: sale of hardware, clothing, fabric, household items, leather goods, sundries. Customers included Aaron Bancroft (1755-1839), Ephraim Mower (1748-1810), Isaiah Thomas, and Pliny Earle (1762-1832).
4	1817-1826	unknown location, Dealer's Ledger (fragment): sale of sundries, unspecified purchases, and payments made by customers, e.g. Samuel Tuckerman and Joseph Brigham.
Folio Volume
1	undated	unknown location, Dry Goods Store Inventory: dealt with a variety of fabric, clothing, boots, shoes, notions, crockery, glassware.
2	undated	7 Indexes: a. Worcester, Mass., area customers included Levi William Lincoln (1801-1843) b. Boston, Mass., area Marine Shipper, with mention of specific voyages c. Worcester County, Mass. dealer d. Sterling or Worcester, Mass., - customers included Ebenezer Ball, West Boylston Manufacturing Company e. Sterling or Worcester, Mass. (cont.) customers included Edward Dillingham Bangs (1790-1838), William Eaton (1764-1811) f. Sterling or Worcester, Mass. (cont.) g. Boston, Mass., area dealer whose customers included Thomas Bulfinch (1728-1802), Nathaniel Appleton (1731-1798)
3	c. 1750	Boston, Mass., Index to a Dealer's Account Book: customers included Benjamin Fanueil, Samuel Sewall, Ephraim Mower (1723-1790). Possibly kept by a member of the Gerrish family.
4	1765-1766	near Boston, Mass., Innkeeper's Account Book: served liquor, cheese, cider, "flip," etc. Plus personal cash accounts.
5	1765-1775	Boston, Mass., General Merchandise Ledger, with Index: wholesale dealings in sugar, chocolate, spices, sundries. Customers included members of the Pynchon family.
6	1789-1791	Danvers, Mass., General Store Daybook: sale of rum, molasses, candles, grog, etc. Covers of volume were used as a logbook in 1789, and contains weather records.
7	1796-1798	Boston, Mass., Wholesale and Commission Dealer's Account Book: sales of specific types of fabric, a wide variety of food-stuffs and dry goods (e.g., wool cards), bills receivable, and records of money received for sundry jobs (e.g., coopering). Customers included Stephen and Samuel Salisbury (1739-1818).
8	1802-1807	Boston, Mass., area, Furrier's Account (or Muff) Book: sale of specific types of fur, fur articles of clothing, wholesale purchases of fur, salaries paid to largely female employees.
9	1803	Boston, Mass., Index to Sheriff's Record Book of writs and executions served: possibly that of Boston sheriff Jeremiah Allen ( - ).
10	1804-1805	Boston, Mass., Wharfinger's Account Book: debits owed to wharfinger for unloading at wharfage and storing specific items (e.g., wine, rice, bales of cotton). Customers included Stephen and Samuel Salisbury, Joseph Ripley ( - ).
11	1808-1819	Worcester or Boston, Mass., Wholesale and Imports Account Book: brief lists of sundry accounts, substantial cash accounts, and "stock" under names of such clients as Levi Lincoln, Daniel Waldo (1763-1845), and Isaiah Thomas. Dealt with clients in England as well.
12	1814-1819	Nantucket, Mass., Dealer's Ledger: unspecified sales to such customers as Isaac Coffin (1759-1839) and Joseph Starbuck (1774-1861).
13	1819-1820	Danvers, Mass., Importer's Waste Book, Journal, and Ledger (3 volumes bound together): Importer's initials are "A.P." Inventory of his entire property; records of imports (e.g., canary wine, fabric, foodstuffs); costs, insurance, credits and debits. Customers included James Thornhill ( - ), John Vallens ( - )
14	1822-1827	Worcester area, Sawmill Daybooks (4 volumes): lists of sawing prices, sawing orders (dealing with a variety of wood), drawing in logs. Customers included John Chaddock (  -   )
15	1827	Unknown location, Auctioneer's Account Book: sale of store, dwelling house and its contents, land, farm, goods. Lengthy list of all items sold and the price
16	c1828-1836	Rutland County, Vt., Dealer's Account Book: unspecified debits and credits. Frequently dealt with customers in Orwell, Vt.
17	1829	Worcester, Mass., General Store Daybook: sale of fabric, articles of clothing, tobacco, liquor, foodstuffs, notions. Customers included Elijah Burbank (1762-1847), Silvenas Livermore (  -  )
18	1829	Worcester, Mass., General Store Ledger
19	1829-1830	Worcester, Mass., General Store Daybook: (cont.) additional sales of sheeting, shirting, handkerchiefs. Customers included residents of Sutton, Mass.