Historic New England

Ledger, north-central Mass., Nov. 1773-Apr. 1774

Itemizes labor and materials used in construction of buildings, including a meetinghouse.

Date: 1773-1774

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194024

Ref. Code: MS002.013

Ledger of Henry Duncomb, Fairfield County, Conn., 1834-1888

Lists supplies and labor for shop work and on buildings including a townhouse and parsonage. Also itemizes services of domestic employees.

Date: 1834-1888

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194025

Ref. Code: MS002.014

Album 7: Historic Landmarks of Boston and Vicinity by Wilfred French

Approximately one hundred four 6 x 7.75 inch photographs taken by Wilfred French in the mid-1880s and early 1890s. These photographs document the earliest examples of surviving architecture in Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Brookline, Brighton, Newton, Watertown, Cambridge, Medford, Som...

Date: 1880-1895

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194028

Ref. Code: PC009.007

Ledger of Joseph Gould, South Reading, Mass., Jan. 1732-Oct. 1760

Indexed accounts specifying joiner's work, prices and tools. Also shoe-making and wheelwright jobs, as well as work on lock work on guns. Interspersed are records of school attendance, family history and anecdotes, some titles of books purchased, and notes regarding a slave.

Date: 1732-1760

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194026

Ref. Code: MS002.015

Ledger of G. Robbins Chandler, North Yarmouth and Guilford, Maine, Mar. 1811-1875

Farm chore labor, produce, and livestock itemized in equal frequency with building construction. Some later items are in a different hand.

Date: 1811-1875

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194027

Ref. Code: MS002.016

Album 8: Isaac Fenno House, Roxbury, Mass.

This album documents "Buena Vista," the Isaac Fenno House in Roxbury, Massachusetts. This small album is of particular interest for its interior views, which feature statuary and paintings by well-known Boston artists of the 1870s through 1890s. The donor, Almira Fenno Gendrot, was a pupil of Willia...

Date: 1890s

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194034

Ref. Code: PC009.008

Ledger, Suffolk County, Mass., 1810-1812

Farm maintenance expenses clearly itemized

Date: 1810-1812

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194029

Ref. Code: MS002.017

Ledger of Charles Falconer, Beverly Farms, West Beach, Mass., 1853-1855

Gives specific horticultural, farm, and livestock methods and itemized costs of services. Also purchases by and for the writer.

Date: 1853-1855

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194030

Ref. Code: MS002.018

Daybook of J.W. and J.E. Fossett, East Boston, Mass. and Jaffrey, N.H., 1849-1877

Farm methods, produce and some items of clothing, financial transactions and personal errands itemized in an indiscriminate grouping, illustrating the inseparability of personal and business affairs. Includes one page of steamship bills, perhaps of a later date.

Date: 1849-1877

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194031

Ref. Code: MS002.019

Ledger of Lewis Fisher (J.P.), Franklin, Mass., 1804-1846

Lists costs for meat, produce, and timber. Some clothing and household needs included. Writer is paid for farm chores, hauling, work on a mill flume, etc. Family marriages listed near end.

Date: 1804-1846

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194032

Ref. Code: MS002.020

Account book of Charles Hesseltine, Weston, Vermont, 1844-1852

Reimbursements listed for cider and sawn boards and also for jobs requiring skill of a wheelwright and carpenter. Produce listed as barter. Includes a settlement of damages near end.

Date: 1844-1852

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194033

Ref. Code: MS002.021

Album 9: Gardner Estate, "Green Hill," Brookline, Mass.

The residence of John and Isabella Stewart Gardner in Brookline, Mass. This album includes approximately sixty to seventy photographic prints taken around 1890 to 1905, apparently by an amateur photographer. The images primarily document the exterior and landscape, but there are also interior images...

Date: 1890-1905

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194036

Ref. Code: PC009.009

Ledger of G.W. Upham, Southgate and Upham, Worcester, Mass., 1843-1865

An engineer's recording of water wheel installations and repairs with parts, gate rigging, tools, and iron stock listed with prices. Section of 49 pages summarizes major contracts (1843-1864) including purchase of rights. Includes a copy of a letter (W. Boylston) dated 1835 regarding a Leominster sa...

Date: 1843-1865

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194035

Ref. Code: MS002.022

Album 10: Yarmouth, Massachusetts

This album contains photographs of an unidentified residence in Yarmouth, Mass., including several elevations and interior views (see wallpaper on page 9). The album also includes a view of the Lower Village boat landing and several postcards of Lynn and Saugus, Massachusetts. It also includes an a...

Date: ca. 1935

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194039

Ref. Code: PC009.010

Account books of William Wyman and Thomas B., eastern Mass., Aug. 1815-1819

2 account books

Date: 1815-1819

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194037

Ref. Code: MS002.023

Ledger of William Wyman and Thomas B., Eastern Mass., Aug. 1815-Dec. 1816

Lists sales of bulk iron and steel, tools, builders' supplies including glass. Also equipment for mills and machine shops. Occasional household and clothing items interspersed.

Date: 1815-1816

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194038

Ref. Code: MS002.023.01

Account book of William Wyman and Thomas B., eastern Mass., Jan. 1817-1819

Merchandise bought and sold includes iron and steel, grindstones, supplies for construction of various sorts. Payments include costs of carting.

Date: 1817-1819

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194040

Ref. Code: MS002.023.02

Album 12: "Old Newport Houses" by Marie Josephine Gale illustrated with photographs by Elizabeth Covell

This album consists of an address given by Marie Josephine Gale to a meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution, titled "Old Newport Houses," accompanied by photographs illustrating the text. The DAR meeting may have been held in Newport, Rhode Island in 1920. The album includes approximate...

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194044

Ref. Code: PC009.012

Account book of John Ware, Newton Lower Falls, Mass., Mar. 1801-May 1824

Entries cover private transactions, grocery store items and products of a multi-use mill - lumber, cider, paper, and fabrics. Several works apparently operating at one site. One note refers to a water rights dispute.

Date: 1801-1824

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194041

Ref. Code: MS002.024

Ledger of John, Caleb and Nathan Mitchell, Southeast Mass., Mar. 1804-May 1827

Services charged for farm labor, rental of chaise, use of oxen, carting an others. Other items regard animal hides, materials used in tanning, charges for dressing cloth, and orders from a sawmill ("the sawmill").

Date: 1804-1827

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194042

Ref. Code: MS002.025

Daybook of Derbon Marston, North Hampton, N.H., 1820-1836

Lists charges for sawing lumber, hauling and farm chores. Includes occasional weather observations and some personal remarks.

Date: 1820-1836

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194043

Ref. Code: MS002.026

Waste book of James Rundlet, textile merchant, Portsmouth, N.H., 1811

Contains figures in preparation for ledger entries for three month period (March-May). Lists amount and type of fabric and related sundries, prices paid, and source of purchase.

Date: 1811

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194504

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-8

Market book and ledger of James Rundlet, merchant, Portsmouth, N.H., 1833

Labeled "David's Market Book." Entries include wholesale purchases of meat, fish, shellfish, and poultry for retail sale. Includes entries for small repairs made in a (dry goods?) store.

Date: 1833

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194507

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.Rm-JR-I-9

Massachusetts Church Steeples

"Steeple Fund" An illustrated album describing improvements and donations to the reconstruction of church steeples in Blackstone, Brimfield, Douglas, Grafton, Holland, Medway (West); Merrimac, Milford, Millbury, Orange, Paxton, Princeton, Shrewsbury, Sutton, Uxbridge, Wrentham. Includes some "befo...

Date: 1940

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194509

Ref. Code: PC009.131

Beauport

Gloucester, Massachusetts: Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House. Over 100 5x7, 8x10 photographs presumably by Samuel Chamberlain documenting interiors and exterior of Beauport. (Note: Based on interior evidence, Richard Nylander feels that these photos cannot be by Chamberlain because they show Slee...

Date: ca. 1940

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194511

Ref. Code: PC009.132

Ledger of James Rundlet, Portsmouth, N.H., 1821-1822

A list of debts. Includes personal, real estate, bank, and business transactions. Lists debts associated with the purchase of Salmon Falls (woolen mill in Somersworth, NH).

Date: 1821-1822

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194510

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-10

Wall paintings at the Sullivan Dorr residence, Providence, Rhode Island

Bound album of 10 albumen prints, 1877, documenting wall paintings at the Sullivan Dorr residence, Benefit Street, Providence, Rhode Island. Title page indicates that the purpose of the album was specifically to record these frescoes on the walls of the front entry and parlor. Inscribed Sullivan D...

Date: 1877

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194513

Ref. Code: PC009.133

Ledger of James Rundlet, investor, 1831-1846

Lists investments in bank shares, Portsmouth and Piscataqua bridges, real estate, and personal accounts.

Date: 1831-1846

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194514

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-11

Photographs of coastal towns and beaches of New Hampshire and Massachusetts

Bound album of amateur photographs, circa 1897 to 1900. These images depict the following: Hampton Beach, New Hampshire: beach, people, architecture, carriages, and stagecoach Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts: people Newburyport, Massachusetts: back-yard scenes, portraiture, people and horses M...

Date: 1897-1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194521

Ref. Code: PC009.134

Cashbook and ledger of James Rundlet, Portsmouth, N.H., 1847-1851

Monthly cash accounts. Includes personal transactions, retail accounts, and bank investments. Retail accounts chiefly list foodstuffs item by item. Includes town and aqueduct taxes,

Date: 1847-1851

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194516

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-12

John F. Kennedy, Hyannis Port, Mass., 1957

In this informal portrait, Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy, seated at his desk, turns to face the camera. His eyeglasses are in his right hand, and he holds them to the corner of his mouth.

Date: 1957

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194523

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.009

Account book of James Rundlet, commission merchant, Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-1809

Contains invoices of commission sales. Primarily fine textiles, acquired through an agent in London (Mann and Bernard). Invoices list captain, ship, and destination of goods (primarily to Boston).

Date: 1802-1809

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194519

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.Rm-JR-I-13

Account book of James Rundlet, textile merchant and investor, 1823-1844

Settled accounts for water stock of New York City and Boston. Account and brief letter concerning the transport and sale of textiles. Damage costs itemized. Also includes brief store ledger with customers by name, although merchandise is not listed. Debtors named. Names include: Joshua Clepp, Tu...

Date: 1823-1844

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194522

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.Rm-JR-I-14

Old and Historic Houses of New England

A photograph album of 32 images by The Halliday Historic Photograph Company depicting historic structures in Massachusetts. The majority duplicate photographs filed in the geographic files. Album is badly warped. On spine is gold embossed title "Old and Historic Houses in New England." Photograp...

Date: ca. 1895

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194524

Ref. Code: PC009.136

Account book for labor of James Rundlet, merchant and financial investor, Portsmouth, N.H., 1823-1825

Devoted to payment for labor, mainly farm work (manure hauling, use of team of oxen, haying, etc). Barter system evident. Payment by cash, foodstuffs, farm tools, and fabric. Includes a shoe account. Laborers named.

Date: 1823-1825

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194527

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-15

John F. Kennedy in phone booth, Boston, 1957

John F. Kennedy sits in a telephone booth in the Boston Airport (now Logan). Four men stand in conversation just outside of the phone booth.

Date: 1957

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194530

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.011

Pleasant Recollections

Snapshots album embossed "Pleasant Recollections" inscribed "To Jenna and James from Anna and Bill...in appreciation of their part in making this collection possible." circa 1935. Contents include Marblehead, Stoneham (Spot Pond), Lake Winnipesaukee, Kennebunkport, Grange Fair, tug of war, Gooch's...

Date: ca. 1935

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194528

Ref. Code: PC009.137

Account book for labor of James Rundlet, merchant, manufacturer, and investor

First thirty pages torn out. Remaining pages for labor accounts. Laborers mentioned by name, but type of work not specified. Payment made in cash, fabric, and shoes. Back page lists "those who preached in 1826" by name, date, and occasionally by town of origin.

Date: 1826-1830

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194531

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-16

Old Newport Houses

"Old Newport Houses - 1875" Boxed portfolio of 29 mounted albumen photographs, presented with "Compliments of Charles McKim" to "William Dean Howells" (possibly his brother in law?), circa 1880. Identity of photographer is not yet known. This album is cited in Vincent Scully's "Shingle Style" a...

Date: ca. 1875

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194532

Ref. Code: PC009.138

John F. Kennedy at newsstand, Boston, 1957

John F. Kennedy whistles as he peruses reading material at a Boston newsstand. He holds a magazine in his right hand.

Date: 1957

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194533

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.012

Account book for labor of James Rundlet, merchant, Portsmouth, N.H., 1811-1816

Labeled "Accounts with Laborers, Truckmen, Servants, Etc." Services include schooling children, sundry garden chores, iron work, and trucking. Illustrates a barter economy. Payment made in cash, fabric and related sundries, shoes, and foodstuffs.

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194537

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-17

Lloyd Hendricks snapshot album

Snapshot album compiled by architect Lloyd Hendricks of Pocasset, Massachusetts. Includes some postcards. Among houses represented are the Craddock House and Hall House in Medford, Stone Homestead in Belmont, various homes in Yarmouth, Dennis, Hingham, Lexington, Newburyport, Salem, Marblehead, Ca...

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194534

Ref. Code: PC009.139

Antique purchase, Albany, Vermont, 1951

A man in a trenchcoat, viewed from behind, attempts to fit a large wooden wheel in the back of his car.

Date: 1951

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194549

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.013

Moulton House scrapbook

Removed to scrapbooks. Includes photographs, clippings and related memorabilia (correspondence, invoices) relating to property, its background and ownership by Mr. Harland Little. Includes material relating to residences of similar style in other parts of New England. Date, 1920. Includes some in...

Date: 1920

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194538

Ref. Code: PC009.140A

Little scrapbook

Removed to scrapbooks. Consists of memorabilia, snapshots and clippings, covering among other subjects commencement and class reunion of Bates College (Lewiston, Maine), outings in New Hampshire gardens and garden club activities. Includes letter of acknowledgement for albums from W.S. Appleton, 19...

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194539

Ref. Code: PC009.140B

Account book of Edward Rundlet, physician and merchant, Portsmouth, N.H., 1851-1853

Labeled "accounts settled." Customer's name appears only when accounts are settled. Entries include payments on taxes, insurance, railroad fees, and assorted household expenses.

Date: 1851-1853

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194543

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-ER-I-2

Hampton Falls Unitarian Church scrapbook

Removed to scrapbooks. Presumed to be part of this collection, consists of clippings relating to Unitarian Church services, photographs of church, and pageant "Ancestor's Sunday" 1952.

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194540

Ref. Code: PC009.140C

Moulton House scrapbook

Removed to scrapbooks. Consists of genealogical notes, architecture of the house and letters of interest received by the Littles.

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194542

Ref. Code: PC009.140D

Moulton House Legendary and Historical Notes

Removed to scrapbooks. Legendary and historical notes on the Jonathan Moulton House owned by Mr. Harland Little.

Date: 1920-1950

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194544

Ref. Code: PC009.140E

Moulton House manuscript material

Removed to Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. Separated from this collection and filed with "miscellaneous manuscripts: semibound." Volume of original and manuscript copies of documents relating to the Moulton Family of Hampton, New Hampshire. Compiled by Jennie Brooks of Salem, Massachusetts.

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194546

Ref. Code: PC009.140F

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