Joseph D. Norton and Son Account Book, 1851-1881
1 envelope (2 linear in.)
Collection number: MS 103
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Joseph D. Norton and Son Account Book
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Joseph D. Norton and Son Account Book, 1851-1881
1 envelope (2 linear in.)
Collection number: MS 103
Abstract:
Father and son wood turners, manufacturers of ladders, and general wood workers from the Loudville section of Westhampton, Massachusetts. Includes names of customers and businesses (bulk of the accounts are with local lumber and furniture dealers S.M. Smith Co., E.H. Lyman, Medad Pomeroy, and Charles Loud & Co.), items sold (such as bureaus, tables, and lumber), furniture that they repaired, and supply items which they acquired (such as varnish, stain, glass, tacks). Also contains documentation of employee payment, flour, tow, sugar, and coffee purchases, and employee lost work days.
Terms of Access and Use: The collection is open for research. Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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