Scope and Contents
The William Tuttle records consist of bills, invoices, and receipts, dated 1790 to 1804, related to operation of a general store in Littleton, Massachusetts. The bulk of the the records are accounts and receipts to Tuttle from other merchants, among them David Carriel and Larkin & Hurd of Charlestown, Benjamin Hall, Jr., of Medford, and Joseph Peirce and Samuel Eliot of Boston, for commodities he carried in his store including dry goods, sugar, powder and shot, Souchong and Bohea tea, molasses, gin, rice, flour, and rum. There are additionally promissory notes, some personal bills and receipts, and a letter from Isaac Sparhawk Gardner, brother of William Gardner, one of the store's original owners, regarding a deed to be granted to the Tuttle family.
Dates
- Creation: 1790-1804
Creator
- Tuttle, William (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials stored onsite. Please contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for more information regarding access procedures.
Extent
.5 linear feet (1 box)Biographical / Historical
William Tuttle was a merchant in Littleton, Massachusetts, active from the 1790s to the early 1800s. He married Mary Reed, the widow of general store owner Isaac Reed (1754-1789) and took over Reed's business in 1790. The general store was originally operated by Isaac Reed and William Gardner, but the men dissolved their partnership in 1784, and Reed continued as sole proprietor until his death.
Physical Location
MANU
Digitization Funding
Collections and items have been digitized with the generous support of The Polonsky Foundation.
Processing Information
To enhance discoverability, this collection was removed from an artificial collection of records of general stores in Massachusetts in January 2021.
Creator
- Tuttle, William (Person)
- Author
- Baker Library
- Date
- February 2021
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- bak01326
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
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