Scope and Contents
This is the household account book of Henry W. Dodd from 1869 to 1881. The years 1869 to 1871 keep precise, detailed records of Dodd’s income and expenses. Common expenses include clothing, museum and theater tickets, ice cream and fruit, alcohol, presents for family members, and medicine and doctor bills. There are occasional comments and puns by Dodd. There is a gap from 1871 to 1875, at which point the handwriting, content, and form of the record became less carefully maintained; in 1876, Dodd himself noted that “Bal. Book all in a muss.” There are fewer comments during this period, mostly concerning Dodd’s efforts to stop drinking. The end of the book is a record of the account of Henry’s mother, Caroline W. Dodd, and a list of assets.
Dates
- Creation: 1869-1881
Creator
- Dodd, Henry W. (1849-1908) (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
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Extent
.25 linear feet (1 volume)Biographical / Historical
Henry W. Dodd (1849-1908) was born to Theodore S. Dodd and Caroline W. Dodd in Bangor, Maine. By the age of twenty he had moved to Boston, Massachusetts, and lived with the family of his brother Horace. There, he became a cotton broker. He married Mary Dillingham in 1881, and they continued to live in Boston until Dodd’s death from cirrhosis of the liver in 1908.
Physical Location
MANU
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Kenneth S. Usher, 1970.
Processing Information
Processed: May 2024 By: Tamsin Myers
Processing Information
To enhance discoverability, this collection was removed from an artificial collection of household management account books in May 2024.
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Creator
- Dodd, Henry W. (1849-1908) (Person)
- Author
- Baker Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- bak01907
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
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