Overview
The Robert Getchell account book, dated 1816 to 1821, contains the accounts of a Maine farmer.
Dates
- Creation: 1816-1821
Creator
- Getchell, Robert (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials stored onsite. Please contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for more information on access procedures and reproduction services.
Conditions Governing Use
Account book of Robert Getchell, (1739-1742) are available on microfilm (1 reel, 35mm.) from Historical Collections, Baker Library. Order no. 83-0613.
Extent
0.25 linear feet (1 volume)The collection contains one volume of accounts kept by Robert Getchell, 1815-1821. The bulk of accounts mentions agricultural labor and products which Getchell sold or bartered in exchange for goods and services. He notes dates of transaction, description of activities, names of individuals involved and amounts charged. Accounts include William Bennett, Joseph Getchell, Samuel Chadbourne, George Bennett, Daniel Littlefield, Moses Williams, Isaiah Getchell, Daniel Goodwin, Nicholas West, Betty Gilpartrick, Nahum Morrell, Jacob Williams, William Lord and John Cain.
Biographical / Historical
Robert Getchell, son of Joshua and Phoebe (Gray) Getchell, was born in Wells, Maine on July 24, 1771. He continued to reside in the town of his birth where he farmed his land, worked on farm implements and boats, cut wood and sold fish and farm produce. He married his first wife, Priscilla Littlefield, in 1795, or there about; the couple had nine children. In 1818, he married his second wife, Lydia Maxwell; they had ten children. Robert Getchell died on April 11, 1854.
Physical Location
MANU
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, 1974.
Processing Information
Processed: February 2021 By: Baker Library Special Collections Staff
Processing Information
To enhance discoverability, this collection was removed from an artificial collection of the records of Account books of farmers in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont in February 2021.
Creator
- Getchell, Robert (Person)
- Author
- Baker Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- bak01369
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
Baker Library Special Collections and Archives holds unique resources that focus on the evolution of business and industry, as well as the records of the Harvard Business School, documenting the institution's development over the last century. These rich and varied collections support research in a diverse range of fields such as business, economic, social and cultural history as well as the history of science and technology.
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