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COLLECTION Identifier: Mss:774 1773-1886

Hale family business records

Legal ledger, 1790-1814 Digital

Scope and Contents Ledger containing primarily accounts of legal services and the estate of John Hale, dated 1790-1814. The volume may have been started by John Hale, who was an attorney in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, but was apparently continued by his brother, William Hale, Sr. Includes charges for drawing wills, deeds, arbitration bonds, and most frequently, writs, as well as representing clients in jury trials and appeals. There is an alphabetic index to client names, laid in to the front of the volume,...

Samuel and William Hale, general store, Barrington, N.H. daybook, 1787 December 25-1789 October 24 Digital

Scope and Contents Daybook of Samuel & William Hale recording general store sales in Barrington, New Hampshire, from December 25, 1787, to October 24, 1789. An inscription on the first page refers to the volume as "No. 5 Day Book." Commodities traded included rum, sugar, dry goods, salt, indigo, jackknives, fish, paper, molasses, tea, tobacco, powder, shot, hand soap, chocolate, brimstone, housewares, spelling books, iron, grindstones, and axes. The business also traded in lumber, planks, and boards with...