Scope and Contents
The volume consists of entries detailing items or services purchased or bartered for by Phineas Goodrich. Entries contain date, name of individual, description and the amount charged. Loose items from the volume include the vote of District No. 2 school committee as well as drawings of fruit and three illustrations clipped from magazines. At a later date, the volume may have been used as a scrapbook or to press flowers. Several of the entries are crossed out indicating that payments had been received and the accounts had been settled.
Dates
- Creation: 1818-1830
Creator
- Goodrich, Phineas (1759-1834) (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
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.
Extent
.25 linear feet (1 volume)Biographical / Historical
Phineas Goodrich (1759-1834) resided in the town of his Acton, Massachusetts throughout his lifetime and engaged in farming. In addition to selling farm produce, he sold or bartered his services for field labor, mending wagons and carpentry. He kept cows, pigs, sheep, horses and oxen. In 1811, he and four others served on the District No. 2 school committee which voted to replace the existing school house with a larger building.
Physical Location
MANU
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, 1941.
Processing Information
Processed: July 2022 By: Baker Library Special Collections
Processing Information
To enhance discoverability, this collection was removed from an artificial collection of account books pertaining to farmers in Massachusetts in July 2022.
Creator
- Goodrich, Phineas (1759-1834) (Person)
- Author
- Baker Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- bak01584
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
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