Deacon Orlando Sargent (Sargeant) Account Book, 1753-1808
1 volume
Collection number: MS 139
|
Deacon Orlando Sargent (Sargeant) Account Book
Browse Finding Aid:
> Collection Overview
|
Deacon Orlando Sargent (Sargeant) Account Book, 1753-1808
1 volume
Collection number: MS 139
Abstract:
Prosperous, slave-owning farmer from Amesbury, Massachusetts, who also served as town warden, selectman, and representative. Includes details of the purchases of agricultural products (corn, potatoes, lamb, rye, hay, molasses, wood, cheese), and related services with some of the town's earliest settlers, widow's expenses, expenses in support of his grandmother, and family dates.
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
|