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Solomon Woodward Jr. letters and accounts.
- Title
- Solomon Woodward Jr. letters and accounts.
- Author
- Woodward, Solomon, Jr., 1804-1886
- Publication
- 1833-1858.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | MssCol 4688 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 4688 MssCol 4688 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Thomas J. Taylor Collection.
- Description
- .01 linear feet (1 folder).
- Subjects
- Merchants
- Taunton (Mass.) > Social life and customs > 19th century
- Farmers
- Methodist Church > Massachusetts > Taunton
- Waybills
- Accounts > Massachusetts > Taunton
- Invoices
- Grocery trade > Massachusetts > Taunton
- Woodward, Solomon, Jr., 1804-1886
- Politicians
- Dry-goods > Massachusetts
- Account books
- Receipts (financial records)
- Merchants > Massachusetts > Taunton
- Grocers
- Genre/Form
- Account books.
- Invoices.
- Receipts (financial records)
- Waybills.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Source (note)
- Purchased at Wormser sale as part of the Thomas J. Taylor Collection, 1934.
- Call Number
- MssCol 4688
- OCLC
- 1004429061
- Author
- Woodward, Solomon, Jr., 1804-1886, creator.
- Title
- Solomon Woodward Jr. letters and accounts.
- Production
- 1833-1858.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Summary
- Solomon Woodward Jr. (1804-1886) of Taunton, Massachusetts was a dry-goods merchant, farmer, and politician, representing Taunton in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1860 and 1861. He was the son of Solomon Woodward (died 1877) and Mary Wilbore, and the grandson of Ambrose and Rachel Woodward. He married Betsey H. Perkins in 1828. The collection of Solomon Woodward Jr. letters and accounts comprises three letters written to or by him regarding business and local Methodist church affairs, 1845, 1850 and undated; loose financial documents such as invoices, waybills and receipts, 1833-1858; and six pocket account memorandum books, 1833-1847. Accounting records document purchases of textiles and millinery goods from wholesale suppliers in Boston; his grocery account with John W. Seabury; subscriptions to newspapers and abolitionist, Methodist and household publications; tuition payments for his children; and other transactions.
- Source
- Purchased at Wormser sale as part of the Thomas J. Taylor Collection, 1934.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Farmers.Grocers.Merchants.Politicians.
- Added Author
- Thomas J. Taylor Collection.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 4688