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COLLECTION Identifier: Mss:1831-1858 B662

Elijah Boardman ledger

Overview

The Elijah Boardman ledger, spanning the years 1831 to 1858, documents the work of a Vermont farmer and Congregational deacon.

Dates

  • Creation: 1831-1858

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Materials stored offsite; access requires advance notice.

Extent

0.50 linear feet (1 box)

This collection consists of loose pages of a ledger dating from 1831-1858. Reference is made to an earlier volume belonging his father, Deacon Timothy Boardman and suggest accounts are being continued in this ledger. Accounts contain items and/or services received by Elijah Boardman as well as items and/or services which Boardman provided to the same individual. Most services were bartered. Deacon Boardman usually exchanged agricultural products, livestock or farm labor for goods or services. Occasionally there is mention of his charitable donations to Seaman's Friends Society and Education Society. Entries for his son, Horace, consist of money sent to the boy while at college, 1852-1854, in Manchester.

Accounts include Fowsley Gookin, Timothy Boardman (brother), Benjamin Bateman (blacksmith), Henry Winchell (shoemaker) , Henry Johnson, Thomas H. Hitchcock (blacksmith) , Sherman Stewart (shoemaker), G. A King, William F. Barnes, Jacob A. Bailey (carpenter), Philaman Stewart, Notes Given to Different Persons, Levi Boardman, Martha Boardman, Lorenzo Sheldon (doctor), R. A. Kilburn (shoemaker), S. P. Deland, Joseph Pearson, Charles G. Boardman (brother), Samuel W. Boardman (brother), Daniel Kelly, Rodney Abbot, Thomas Hale, Lucius Campbell, Cash Received From Different Persons, Daniel Dimick, Mason Goodrich (blacksmith), William M. Boardman, Daniel Smith, William Gookin, George Graves, William A. Clemant (blacksmith/wheelwright), Silas Pratt, Abner Fenn, N. R. Whitney, Joel Lockland, Artimas Ward, Moses Curtis, Alonzo Gorham, Gersham Cheny, Sylvester Blodget, Robert Barney, Horace Bateman, "Irishman", James L. Gilmore, Luther Daniels (storekeeper/banker), Barrett & Son, Clement & Liscomb, James Graham, Dennis Smith, James Foley, Sheldons Morgan & Slason, Liscomb & Osgood, Mead & Bogue, Martha J. Foot, Horace Boardman (son ) and William H. Hall.

Biographical / Historical

Elijah Boardman, son of Timothy and Mary (Ward) Boardman, was born March 9, 1792 in West Rutland, Vermont. With his father, a deacon of the Congregational Church, Elijah and his brothers Timothy, Samuel and Charles gained far more education than most of their generation. Following in his father's footsteps, Elijah became a Congregational deacon. In addition to tending to spiritual duties, Deacon Boardman maintained a working farm which sustained his own family as well as provide for items to be traded. These items include sale of potatoes, vinegar, mittens, sheep skins, port, oats, hay, mutton, beef, veal, salt, straw, calfskin, apples, milk and cheese. He also lent money in various amounts and provided mortgage money. Deacon Boardman sought services such as black smithing, harrowing, mowing, mending, thrashing, carting, shearing, grave digging, sawing wood, carpentry, masonry as well as general farm labor.Elijah married Mary Foote on October 15, 1815, and the couple had six children. Deacon Boardman died September 24, 1873 in West Rutland, Vermont.

Physical Location

MANU

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from Harvard College Library, 1932

Processing Information

Processed: March 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 March 2021.

Author
Baker Library
Description rules
dacs
Language of description
und
EAD ID
bak01376

Repository Details

Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository

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