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Ledger kept by Boston, Massachusetts, merchant John Gregory from 1788 to 1796, recording sales of items including fabric, shoes, flour, and salt in exchange for cash or barter of goods like rum, tow cloth, and pot and pearl ashes. He traded with fellow merchants including Stephen Higginson (1743-1828) and Ebenezer Parsons (1746-1819) of Boston, in addition to a number of British agents and merchants throughout New England and in Georgia. Other customer included Newburyport, Massachusetts, insurance agent William Morland (1728-1818) and a David Townsend of Boston, possibly the Massachusetts inspector of pot and pearl ashes. There are also charges associated with shipping and importing goods from England and Europe. The volume contains a number of loose accounts, as well as correspondence with Paris merchants Homberg & Homberg & Frères regarding an order of fabrics including velvet, lustrings, and drabs; Gregory pasted in samples of the patterns and colors of fabrics he sought. Includes an index of names.

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Ledger of an itinerant hat maker trading in Middlebury and Salisbury, Vt.

Financial ledger of John Hagaman, farmer, Justice of the Peace in Brighton, N. Y., from April 1, 1840 to July 31, 1845. The ledger kept track of his reimbursable expenses as Justice of the Peace, his real estate deals, the settlement of his brother Charles' estate, his professional dealings with the Town of Brighton and County of Monroe, the State of New York, and day to day matters with merchants and his brothers. Ledger pages exist for Wm. Hagaman, Jeremiah Hagaman, H. S. Hagaman. He had a sand and gravel business and the ledger contains records of business with masons, contractors and teamsters. He did business with Richard Gorsline, Gideon Cobb, Enos Stone among others. Folder of 30 documents, primarily from the 1840's, include account pages of farm and brickyard business, a letter to Maria Wilson discussing Mt. Hope College,and a few legal judgements and declarations.

Collection consists of one volume and an index of individual account entries kept by Ipswich, Massachusetts, farmer John Baker from 1769 to 1837. The later entries likely reflect work done by his children or other relatives. Ledger entries include the date of transaction, product purchased, or task performed, and amount charged. His services included mowing, blacksmithing, sewing and mending shoes, and cutting and hauling wood. Products he sold included animals skins and wool. The volume also contains receipts for payment of taxes by John Baker in the 1830s.

The John T. P. Fletcher ledger consists of a few pages of financial entries which document his transactions with "Rogers and Mortensen," "Condra and Waite," and the income Fletcher realized through the sale of butter and eggs.