Samuel Abbot business papers, 1754-1819 (inclusive), Women, Enterprise & Society

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Creator
Abbot, Samuel , 1732-1812
Type
Account books.Accounts.Ledgers (account books).Bills of exhange.Estate administration recordsInvoices.Letters.Promissory notes.Bills of exchange.Legal instruments.
Language
English
Origin
Massachusetts
Description
16 linear ft. (44 v., 38 boxes).
Identifier
colonialnorthamerica.library.harvard.edu/990006027230203941_HBS.Baker.GEN:WES
Subjects
Abbot, Benjamin
Abbot, George
Abbot, Samuel
Abbot, Sarah
Hancock, John
Hayley, Mary
Kellogg, Joseph
Kneeland, John
Kneeland, Samuel Abbot
Penhallow, Prudence
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Penhallow, Samuel
Warren, Joseph
Harrison, Ansley, and Co. (London, England)
Harrison, Barnard & Sprague.
Harrison, Ansley & Co.
Hayley & Hopkins.
Trecothick, Apthorp & Thomlinson.
South Church (Andover, Mass.)
African Americans--Employment--Massachusetts
Bank notes--Massachusetts
Collecting of accounts--Massachusetts
Commission merchants
Women merchants--Massachusetts
Women--Employment--Massachusetts
Claims against decedents' estates
Commerce--Massachusetts
Debt, Public--United States
Debt, Public--Massachusetts
Finance, Public--United States--History
Slavery--Massachusetts
Slave bills of sale
Marketing
Shays' Rebellion, 1786-1787
Smallpox--Prevention
Shipping--Massachusetts
Taxation--Massachusetts
Wholesale trade--Massachusetts
Andover (Mass. : Town). Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of Poor
Boston (Mass.)
Massachusetts--Commerce--Great Britain
Great Britain--Commerce--Massachusetts
United States--Pay, allowances, etc
United States--History
Boston (Mass.)--History
Massachusetts--Economic conditions
Massachusetts--Politics and government

Content Notes

Papers of Samuel Abbot (1732-1812), Boston merchant, who set up in the city in 1754, and went back to his home town of Andover at the time of the Revolution. The business was then carried on by his step-son, John Kneeland, whose letters descriptive of Boston during the War are in the collection. Bound volumes include account books and letter books (in incomplete series); unbound papers include domestic and foreign letters, invoices, accounts, and miscellany.