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Account book of Captain Jeremiah Green, distiller, Boston. Signed receipts for business and personal cash disbursements, mostly for molasses, in the handwriting of the receiptors with three or four separate receipts per page, numerous entries on separate pieces of paper tipped in at the inner margin of the leaves, and additional entries pasted onto existing, unused pages, all in chronological order. Two entries pasted on inside back cover. Signature of Green on first sheet. Collection of autographs of distinguished Boston merchants of recognizable, important families, though not, perhaps, the most well-known as implied in the catalog. Collection includes: Thomas Boylston, Abraham, Fuller, Isaac Gridley, Jabez Hatch, Jacob Wendell, Thomas Gray, Joseph Lee, Oliver Wiswell, Abraham Wendell, William Chesebrough, Harrison Gray, and Joseph Wadsworth, 1744 March 23 - 1752 December 30

 Item — Box: VMF 6, Folder: 3

Brown ink, calf, back cover separated, pages 142-156 loose. 7 1/2 x 4 3/4," 160 pages

Dates

  • Creation: 1744 March 23 - 1752 December 30

Collecting Area Details

Part of the Manuscripts Collecting Area

Contact:
Joel Minor
Olin Library, 1 Brookings Drive
MSC 1061-141-B
St. Louis MO 63130 US
(314) 935-5495