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West, Richardson & Lord. Business records, 1792-1855.

Title: Business records, 1792-1855.

The bulk of this collection falls within the period late 1790s through the 1830s. The collection includes business correspondence, bills from printers, bills for presses and type, inventory records, and legal documents (partnership agreements, copyright certificates, and leases). There are business papers of Melvin Lord dating to 1855. Applications for copyright, 1801-1839, 1850, are filed in box 1, folder 2. Small receipts and orders are filed in the last folder of box 5. The rest of the manuscripts are arranged in boxes 1 through 5 in alphabetical order by writer or name of business. Correspondents include: Ebenezer Turrell Andrews (1766-1851), Carter, Hendee & Company, Nathaniel Cheever (1778-1819), Collins & Company, Evert Duyckinck (1764?-1833), Peter Edes (1756-1840), Jonathan Hagar (1779-1855), James Hammond (1784-1866), the Handel & Haydn Society of Boston, J. & J. Harper, Hezekiah Howe (1775-1838), Clarendon Harris (1800-1884), John Hutchens (1794?-1833), Lowell Mason (1792-1872) (there is also correspondence to Mason in care of West, Richardson & Lord scattered throughout the collection by writer), James Thacher (1754-1844), Isaiah Thomas, Jr. (1773-1819), and Wilkinson, Kemp & Suggett (in London). There are also manuscripts written by the various partners. The first item in box 1, folder 4 is a list of booksellers in the United States, c. 1834.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes.

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Vickery, Sukey, 1779-1821. Papers, 1799-1815.

Title: Papers, 1799-1815.

This collection contains letters and poetry of Sukey Vickery, 1799-1815. Included are printed poems as they appeared in the Massachusetts Spy in 1801 as well as several poems in her handwriting entitled "To Adelaide," "Address to Hope," and "Ode for the New Year, Jan. 1st, 1784." The latter was apparently written several years after that date as a tribute to the successful conclusion of the American Revolution. There is a letter written to Isaiah Thomas, Jr. (1773-1819) concerning his proposed publication of her novel and her desire for anonymity, a lengthy letter addressed to Adelaide Hartwell ( - ) of Leicester in 1799 concerning the troubles of a mutual friend, and a fragment of Sukey Vickery's diary, 18-22 December 1815, with entries pertaining to the education of her daughters.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (14 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207176731 View

G. & C. Merriam (Firm). Business records, 1818-1860.

Title: Business records, 1818-1860.

This collection consists of business correspondence and account books. Much of the business correspondence is in the form of notes written on printed price lists, and book announcements from various publishers including such firms as Lea, Carey, and Blanchard, the American Sunday School Union, and Harper & Brothers. Also included are shipping receipts, bills, book orders, and advertisements for new publications. The collection also includes a copy-flo copy (of microfilm) of six account books, 1818-1836. The originals are located at Yale University. There are three account books and one daybook, 1818-1834, dealing with the Merriams' business in West Brookfield under the names E. Merriam & Co. and E. & G. Merriam. The entries include the quantities and titles or types (e.g., almanacs, readers, ledgers, spelling books) of books purchased by each customer, printing and binding orders, and the purchase of writing supplies, such as quills, inkstands, paper, pencils, and blank bills and warrants. There were occasional sales of fabric and clothing, as well as such novelty items as brushes, razors, shaving cups, lace, thread, and paint. The volumes record the debits and credits of customers, many of whom paid in goods rather than cash. There is also a Springfield, Mass., daybook and an account book for Merriam, Little and Co. (possibly a brother-in-law of George Merriam was a partner for a brief period of time) and G. & C. Merriam, 1831-1836, with similar entries. The Merriams' large number of customers included members of the Merriam family, Chester Kellogg (1792-1860), Elisha Hammond (1780-1851), Samuel M'Gregore Burnside (1783-1850), Isaiah Thomas, Jr. (1773-1819), G. W. Callender ( - ), and James Loring (1770-1850). Several companies that dealt frequently with the Merriams included Spooner and Thurston, Lewis and Reed, Mixter and Hancock, and West, Richardson and Lord.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes.

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Trumbull family. Papers, 1773-1903.

Title: Papers, 1773-1903.

The collection includes ten interleaved almanacs, for the years 1808, 1809, 1813-1819, and 1822, which contain Joseph Trumbull's accounts and notes. There are two octavo volumes in which Louisa Clap Trumbull kept her "... feelings ... thoughts ... doings and undoings ..." for the period March 1829 to December 1879. The entries are sporadic (sometimes only one or two per year), though some are quite lengthy. Louisa recounts the history of her family, her early life, her present life, the life of her husband, and the lives of her children, as well as their spouses and children. There are also diaries of Louisa Jane Trumbull for the years 1829-1834; 1834-1835; 1836; and 1835-1836. They were kept because her sisters had journals and because her mother wanted her "to write what happens every day." The entries are sporadic and at times state that nothing of importance has occurred. The entries describe the activities and travels of the Trumbull family and their many visitors. There are references to Louisa's brothers and sisters and uncomplimentary comments about the Irish. There is also mention of sickness in the family and the death of her young brother, John Trumbull. The later journals include entries listing what she has read, as well as her reflections on self-improvement. For the year 1841, Louisa Jane Trumbull kept a record of her correspondence in _The Boston Almanac for the Year 1841_ (Boston: Thomas Groom, c1840). She made note of to whom letters were written and from whom letters were received; along with a note regarding the total number of each. The folio volumes include George A. Trumbull's one-volume account book, 1819-1823, in which he recorded the purchase and sale of books and paper supplies. There is also a family ledger kept from 1865-1885, in which is first recorded the income and expenditures of George A. Trumbull until his death in 1868, followed by accounts entered for Louisa Clap Trumbull, probably by her son, John, until her death in 1885. The collection contains miscellaneous papers, including a genealogical chart of the Trumbull family; deeds, bills, indentures, promissory notes, petitions, and correspondence; a photocopy of a typescript list of pictures owned by Dorothy McMahon of Plainville, Mass.; two copies of a photograph of James Henry Lea (1846-1914) made in Germany; a typescript of materials in the Burton Historical Collection at the Detroit Public Library; two autographs of G. A. Trumbull, cashier; and a drawing of land taken from the Trumbull Estate by the Providence & Worcester Rail Road. Most of the legal documents concern family landholdings in Worcester. The collection also contains school copybooks of George A. Trumbull for the years 1801 to 1805 and an inventory of books and stationary bought from Isaiah Thomas, Jr. by George A. Trumbull, dated 1 March 1813. There is a collection of newspaper clippings (e.g., poetry, anecdotes, narrations) and receipts that had been found in George A. Trumbull's account book for the period 1819 to 1823. There are notes on the Trumbull family possessions, including estate inventories of Louisa Clap Trumbull, John Trumbull, Susan Trumbull Price, and Mary Louisa Trumbull Cogswell, along with an inventory of wedding gifts received by Susan Trumbull Price.

ArchivalResource: 21 v. ; octavo.4 v. ; folio.1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207175682 View