In 1801, the store owner and farmer Bela Burnett (b. 1778) settled in Granby, Massachusetts, with his new wife, Clarissa Warner. During their brief marriage, the Burnetts had a daughter, who survived for only a year, and two sons, Bela Jr. and Stoughton (b.1807), before Clarissa's death in 1807 at the age of 27. Bela entered into marriage for a second time in 1808 to Sally Allen, and produced two daughters, Clarissa and Sallena, and less certainly, two more sons. Burnett died in Granby in 1841.

The Burnett account book includes careful records of goods sold, customers' accounts, and the form and method of payment (cash, credit, or barter), as well as some information on family members and boarders, along with a handful of miscellaneous items laid in, such as calculations, notes, and a remedy for yellow jaundice.

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