Historic New England

Ledgers of Caleb Nichols, Cohasset, Mass., 1794-1826

3 ledgers

Date: 1794-1826

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194010

Ref. Code: MS002.006

Ledger of Caleb Nichols, Cohasset, Mass., 1794-1826

Itemizes charges for shop work, including wheelwright jobs, and designated aspects of house construction. Also includes some joiner's work on ships. Creditors' side of ledger lists cost of materials, provisions, labor, and "schooling". Some indexing and cross-reference with other account books.

Date: 1794-1826

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194011

Ref. Code: MS002.006.01

Ledger of Caleb Nichols, Cohasset, Mass., 1804-1824

Itemizes supplies and services for work on ships, with a considerable amount of carting. Quantities and variety of provisions listed suggest a supply outlet or general store.

Date: 1804-1824

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194012

Ref. Code: MS002.006.02

Ledger of Caleb Nichols, Cohasset, Mass., 1812-1820

Lists charges primarily for agricultural services, vegetable produce, carting, and some joiner's work. Draft of one personal letter (1832) to a cousin in Portland, possibly Maine, giving local news.

Date: 1812-1820

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194013

Ref. Code: MS002.006.03

Account book of Seba Perrin, Seekonk, Mass., Apr. 1821-May 1829

Lists charges for labor, some specified. Other notes include rules for Amherst College students, a military company roll call, general American history extracts, ingredients for "blacking", a mortgage, and penmanship practice. Tune to "Isle of Sky" musically annotated.

Date: 1821-1829

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194015

Ref. Code: MS002.007

Album 1, Book 7: Massachusetts Historic Homes and Landmarks

One of eight scrapbooks of 2.5 x 3.5 inch photographic prints, postcards, and original artwork document historic homes and landmarks in Massachusetts. The scrapbooks are undated, but they were probably created in the 1920s. The quality of the photographs is excellent, despite their small format. Of ...

Date: 1920s

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194017

Ref. Code: PC009.001-7

Daybook of Jacob Chesley, Wakefield, N.H., Dec. 1810-May 1822

Gives cost of labor in joiner's shop and prices of bricks, wood, window glass, and of labor for construction. Much hauling, buying, and selling of household goods.

Date: 1810-1822

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194016

Ref. Code: MS002.008

Daybook of Roberts, Rochester, N.H., Jan. 1829-Feb. 1835

Itemizes services and materials. Indicates forging and wheelwright work, and jobs in construction. Also household purchases and some tailoring itemized. At one point -- "moving my goods from Great Falls to Rochester". Mentions "carding machine labor" and "engine."

Date: 1829-1835

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194019

Ref. Code: MS002.009

Album 1, Book 8: Massachusetts Historic Homes and Landmarks

One of eight scrapbooks of 2.5 x 3.5 inch photographic prints, postcards, and original artwork document historic homes and landmarks in Massachusetts. The scrapbooks are undated, but they were probably created in the 1920s. The quality of the photographs is excellent, despite their small format. Of ...

Date: 1920s

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194018

Ref. Code: PC009.001-8

Daybook of Eugene M. Josselyn, West Hanover, Mass., Mar. 1860-Feb. 1896

A daybook of Eugene M. Josselyn of King Street in West Hanover, Massachusetts, for the period of March 1860 through February 1896. It lists some supplies and charges for services (rarely specified). Work for town of Hanover includes snow shoveling and work on bridges. Three notes at the end are reme...

Date: 1860-1896

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194020

Ref. Code: MS002.010

Daybook, Maine coast, Mar. 1827-Feb. 1849

Itemizes charges for varied shop work (coffins, sleighs, etc.), carpentry on buildings and ships. Gives cost of tools and supplies including lumber and glass. Creditors' accounts show cost of household items, clothing, and quantities of foods (some designated as "Board Expense"). One contract for jo...

Date: 1827-1849

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194022

Ref. Code: MS002.012

Ledger of Cyrus Josselyn, Boston, Mass., Mar. 1810-Sept. 1854

Specifies jobs in construction with cost of labor to customers and records employees' pay. Names of 6 males residing in towns of western Massachusetts listed inside back cover. 1821 snow storm recorded.

Date: 1810-1854

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194023

Ref. Code: MS002.011

Ledger, north-central Mass., Nov. 1773-Apr. 1774

Itemizes labor and materials used in construction of buildings, including a meetinghouse.

Date: 1773-1774

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194024

Ref. Code: MS002.013

Ledger of Henry Duncomb, Fairfield County, Conn., 1834-1888

Lists supplies and labor for shop work and on buildings including a townhouse and parsonage. Also itemizes services of domestic employees.

Date: 1834-1888

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194025

Ref. Code: MS002.014

Album 7: Historic Landmarks of Boston and Vicinity by Wilfred French

Approximately one hundred four 6 x 7.75 inch photographs taken by Wilfred French in the mid-1880s and early 1890s. These photographs document the earliest examples of surviving architecture in Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Brookline, Brighton, Newton, Watertown, Cambridge, Medford, Som...

Date: 1880-1895

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194028

Ref. Code: PC009.007

Ledger of Joseph Gould, South Reading, Mass., Jan. 1732-Oct. 1760

Indexed accounts specifying joiner's work, prices and tools. Also shoe-making and wheelwright jobs, as well as work on lock work on guns. Interspersed are records of school attendance, family history and anecdotes, some titles of books purchased, and notes regarding a slave.

Date: 1732-1760

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194026

Ref. Code: MS002.015

Ledger of G. Robbins Chandler, North Yarmouth and Guilford, Maine, Mar. 1811-1875

Farm chore labor, produce, and livestock itemized in equal frequency with building construction. Some later items are in a different hand.

Date: 1811-1875

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194027

Ref. Code: MS002.016

Album 8: Isaac Fenno House, Roxbury, Mass.

This album documents "Buena Vista," the Isaac Fenno House in Roxbury, Massachusetts. This small album is of particular interest for its interior views, which feature statuary and paintings by well-known Boston artists of the 1870s through 1890s. The donor, Almira Fenno Gendrot, was a pupil of Willia...

Date: 1890s

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194034

Ref. Code: PC009.008

Ledger, Suffolk County, Mass., 1810-1812

Farm maintenance expenses clearly itemized

Date: 1810-1812

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194029

Ref. Code: MS002.017

Ledger of Charles Falconer, Beverly Farms, West Beach, Mass., 1853-1855

Gives specific horticultural, farm, and livestock methods and itemized costs of services. Also purchases by and for the writer.

Date: 1853-1855

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194030

Ref. Code: MS002.018

Daybook of J.W. and J.E. Fossett, East Boston, Mass. and Jaffrey, N.H., 1849-1877

Farm methods, produce and some items of clothing, financial transactions and personal errands itemized in an indiscriminate grouping, illustrating the inseparability of personal and business affairs. Includes one page of steamship bills, perhaps of a later date.

Date: 1849-1877

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194031

Ref. Code: MS002.019

Ledger of Lewis Fisher (J.P.), Franklin, Mass., 1804-1846

Lists costs for meat, produce, and timber. Some clothing and household needs included. Writer is paid for farm chores, hauling, work on a mill flume, etc. Family marriages listed near end.

Date: 1804-1846

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194032

Ref. Code: MS002.020

Account book of Charles Hesseltine, Weston, Vermont, 1844-1852

Reimbursements listed for cider and sawn boards and also for jobs requiring skill of a wheelwright and carpenter. Produce listed as barter. Includes a settlement of damages near end.

Date: 1844-1852

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194033

Ref. Code: MS002.021

Album 9: Gardner Estate, "Green Hill," Brookline, Mass.

The residence of John and Isabella Stewart Gardner in Brookline, Mass. This album includes approximately sixty to seventy photographic prints taken around 1890 to 1905, apparently by an amateur photographer. The images primarily document the exterior and landscape, but there are also interior images...

Date: 1890-1905

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194036

Ref. Code: PC009.009

Ledger of G.W. Upham, Southgate and Upham, Worcester, Mass., 1843-1865

An engineer's recording of water wheel installations and repairs with parts, gate rigging, tools, and iron stock listed with prices. Section of 49 pages summarizes major contracts (1843-1864) including purchase of rights. Includes a copy of a letter (W. Boylston) dated 1835 regarding a Leominster sa...

Date: 1843-1865

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194035

Ref. Code: MS002.022

Album 10: Yarmouth, Massachusetts

This album contains photographs of an unidentified residence in Yarmouth, Mass., including several elevations and interior views (see wallpaper on page 9). The album also includes a view of the Lower Village boat landing and several postcards of Lynn and Saugus, Massachusetts. It also includes an a...

Date: ca. 1935

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194039

Ref. Code: PC009.010

Account books of William Wyman and Thomas B., eastern Mass., Aug. 1815-1819

2 account books

Date: 1815-1819

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194037

Ref. Code: MS002.023

Cashbook of James Rundlet, shipping merchant, 1794-1796

Lists cash amounts "on hand" by month. Source of income not listed by type, only by name of client. Banks mentioned by name.

Date: 1794-1796

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194499

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-4

Aerial views of Boston, North and South Shore and coastal Maine and Rhode Island

Aerial views of the North and South Shores of Boston and coastal sections of Rhode Island and southern Maine. Taken by T.F. Hartley, whose firm Hartley and Arnold maintained offices at Boston Airport (later renamed Logan) in the 1930s and 1940s.

Date: 1920-1940

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194498

Ref. Code: PC009.128C

Account book of James Rundlet, shipping merchant, Portsmouth, N.H., 1805-1809

Two separate account books: 1) Lists client's accounts by name for shipments of rum, butter, china, and tea. Condition of merchandise listed. 2) Lists expenses for the building of a new house by month, building materials itemized (e.g. board lengths, amounts of bricks, etc).

Date: 1806-1809

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194502

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-5

Residence of John Reece, Brookline, Massachusetts

Bound albums of circa 1890s prints documenting interiors at the residence of John Reece, 26 Still Street, Brookline, Massachusetts. Reece developed the 50 lens camera. He died accidentally on March 31, 1896. Details of his death and achievements included in an obituary pasted on page 3 of album a. T...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194501

Ref. Code: PC009.129

Waste book of James Rundlet, shipping merchant, Portsmouth, N.H., 1806-1809

Lists exact measurements, prices, and sources of specific parts for a new house. Includes measurements for house sections and outbuildings. Eight pages of a calendar grid tabulating work done by hired laborers and craftsmen.

Date: 1806-1809

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194503

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-6

Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts

"Monographs of American Architecture" (AABN) no. V, Trinity Church Boston. 23 heliotypes, including one in color. Interior details, besides exteriors. Includes portrait of H.H. Richardson in monk's robes. Photographic quality is excellent.

Date: 1888

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194505

Ref. Code: PC009.130

Waste book of James Rundlet, textile merchant, Portsmouth, N.H., 1811

Contains figures in preparation for ledger entries for three month period (March-May). Lists amount and type of fabric and related sundries, prices paid, and source of purchase.

Date: 1811

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194504

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-8

Market book and ledger of James Rundlet, merchant, Portsmouth, N.H., 1833

Labeled "David's Market Book." Entries include wholesale purchases of meat, fish, shellfish, and poultry for retail sale. Includes entries for small repairs made in a (dry goods?) store.

Date: 1833

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194507

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.Rm-JR-I-9

Massachusetts Church Steeples

"Steeple Fund" An illustrated album describing improvements and donations to the reconstruction of church steeples in Blackstone, Brimfield, Douglas, Grafton, Holland, Medway (West); Merrimac, Milford, Millbury, Orange, Paxton, Princeton, Shrewsbury, Sutton, Uxbridge, Wrentham. Includes some "befo...

Date: 1940

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194509

Ref. Code: PC009.131

Beauport

Gloucester, Massachusetts: Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House. Over 100 5x7, 8x10 photographs presumably by Samuel Chamberlain documenting interiors and exterior of Beauport. (Note: Based on interior evidence, Richard Nylander feels that these photos cannot be by Chamberlain because they show Slee...

Date: ca. 1940

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194511

Ref. Code: PC009.132

Ledger of James Rundlet, Portsmouth, N.H., 1821-1822

A list of debts. Includes personal, real estate, bank, and business transactions. Lists debts associated with the purchase of Salmon Falls (woolen mill in Somersworth, NH).

Date: 1821-1822

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194510

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-10

Wall paintings at the Sullivan Dorr residence, Providence, Rhode Island

Bound album of 10 albumen prints, 1877, documenting wall paintings at the Sullivan Dorr residence, Benefit Street, Providence, Rhode Island. Title page indicates that the purpose of the album was specifically to record these frescoes on the walls of the front entry and parlor. Inscribed Sullivan D...

Date: 1877

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194513

Ref. Code: PC009.133

Ledger of James Rundlet, investor, 1831-1846

Lists investments in bank shares, Portsmouth and Piscataqua bridges, real estate, and personal accounts.

Date: 1831-1846

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194514

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-11

Photographs of coastal towns and beaches of New Hampshire and Massachusetts

Bound album of amateur photographs, circa 1897 to 1900. These images depict the following: Hampton Beach, New Hampshire: beach, people, architecture, carriages, and stagecoach Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts: people Newburyport, Massachusetts: back-yard scenes, portraiture, people and horses M...

Date: 1897-1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194521

Ref. Code: PC009.134

Cashbook and ledger of James Rundlet, Portsmouth, N.H., 1847-1851

Monthly cash accounts. Includes personal transactions, retail accounts, and bank investments. Retail accounts chiefly list foodstuffs item by item. Includes town and aqueduct taxes,

Date: 1847-1851

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194516

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-12

John F. Kennedy, Hyannis Port, Mass., 1957

In this informal portrait, Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy, seated at his desk, turns to face the camera. His eyeglasses are in his right hand, and he holds them to the corner of his mouth.

Date: 1957

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194523

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.009

Account book of James Rundlet, commission merchant, Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-1809

Contains invoices of commission sales. Primarily fine textiles, acquired through an agent in London (Mann and Bernard). Invoices list captain, ship, and destination of goods (primarily to Boston).

Date: 1802-1809

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194519

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.Rm-JR-I-13

Account book of James Rundlet, textile merchant and investor, 1823-1844

Settled accounts for water stock of New York City and Boston. Account and brief letter concerning the transport and sale of textiles. Damage costs itemized. Also includes brief store ledger with customers by name, although merchandise is not listed. Debtors named. Names include: Joshua Clepp, Tu...

Date: 1823-1844

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194522

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.Rm-JR-I-14

Old and Historic Houses of New England

A photograph album of 32 images by The Halliday Historic Photograph Company depicting historic structures in Massachusetts. The majority duplicate photographs filed in the geographic files. Album is badly warped. On spine is gold embossed title "Old and Historic Houses in New England." Photograp...

Date: ca. 1895

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194524

Ref. Code: PC009.136

Account book for labor of James Rundlet, merchant and financial investor, Portsmouth, N.H., 1823-1825

Devoted to payment for labor, mainly farm work (manure hauling, use of team of oxen, haying, etc). Barter system evident. Payment by cash, foodstuffs, farm tools, and fabric. Includes a shoe account. Laborers named.

Date: 1823-1825

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194527

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-15

John F. Kennedy in phone booth, Boston, 1957

John F. Kennedy sits in a telephone booth in the Boston Airport (now Logan). Four men stand in conversation just outside of the phone booth.

Date: 1957

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194530

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.011

Pleasant Recollections

Snapshots album embossed "Pleasant Recollections" inscribed "To Jenna and James from Anna and Bill...in appreciation of their part in making this collection possible." circa 1935. Contents include Marblehead, Stoneham (Spot Pond), Lake Winnipesaukee, Kennebunkport, Grange Fair, tug of war, Gooch's...

Date: ca. 1935

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194528

Ref. Code: PC009.137

Account book for labor of James Rundlet, merchant, manufacturer, and investor

First thirty pages torn out. Remaining pages for labor accounts. Laborers mentioned by name, but type of work not specified. Payment made in cash, fabric, and shoes. Back page lists "those who preached in 1826" by name, date, and occasionally by town of origin.

Date: 1826-1830

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194531

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-16

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