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Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island Campaign collection, 1745-1746.

Title: Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island Campaign collection, 1745-1746.

The papers include the draft of Pepperrell's report on the fortifications of the grand battery at Louisburg following its capture, orders to Col. Robert Hale (1703-1767) concerning the state of his regiment, and a nine-page poem by an unidentified author which is entitled "Siege of Louisbourg, 1745. By General Pepperel [sic] and the New England Troops--and Consequent Peace of Aix-la-Chappele as Narrated by a Field Officer, afterward General in the Revolutionary War." There are also two documents of [John?] Osborne ( - ), chairman of the Committee of War of the Massachusetts General Court, seeking compensation for his work as military paymaster. There is also a folio volume entitled the "Journal or Minutes made in an Expedition against Louisbourg, 1745," which is a detailed account of the campaign by Benjamin Green ( - ), Secretary to Sir William Pepperrell. This journal covers the period 24 March to 13 August 1745 and includes daily entries; it describes the expedition from its earliest organization and departure through the temporary encampment of the New England army at Canso in Nova Scotia, naval engagements, the siege and fall of Louisburg itself in June, and the eventual return of the force to New England in the fall.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (6 items)1 v. (42 leaves) ; folio.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207150928 View

Green, Benjamin. Gift box standardization in department stores.

Title: Gift box standardization in department stores. 1959.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56153994 View

Davids, Eliza P. Account book, 1877-1889.

Title: Account book, 1877-1889.

Consists of a complete record of household expenses, 1877-1889. Eliza purchased many household commodities and at times included details about them in the account book. Among other expenses are books by title, muslin, plated forks, spoons, a ladle, salts, household furnishings, red wine (medicine), a green student's lamp, tuition, travel, etc. She also recorded who she traded with. Benjamin Green, for example, was paid for an oil cloth used to cover her hall floor and stairs. William Price did some graining. In 1882, she hired Charles Pulley to shake her carpets. Regular payments out suggest that she had servants.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (130 p.) ; 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122548333 View

Green, Jonas, d. 1819. Account book, 1803-1865, bulk 1804-1812.

Title: Account book, 1803-1865, bulk 1804-1812.

Records Green's activities as a weaver between 1803 and 1819. He made such items as coverlets, check blankets, fine flannel for blankets, bedtick, and "lincy wool." He was usually paid with farm produce, including wheat, butter, veal, pork, cheese, and rye. After his death, his son, Benjamin, used the volume to record miscellaneous transactions involving farm animals and produce. Benjamin also recorded the building of chimneys on his father's estate along with the renting of lands, looms, and other weaving accessories that had belonged to his father. A list of family births and deaths is also featured.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (76 p.) ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122649800 View