John Woodward Account Book 1838-1868

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

John Woodward Account Book 1838-1868

http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/umass/mums063.html

John Woodward was a farmer in Groton, Mass., during the middle decades of the nineteenth century. Although little is known of his life, it appears that Woodward was born in nearby Tyngsboro on March 7, 1813, and that he married twice: first to Rebecca Sawtelle of Groton in 1823 and second to Mary Jane Nutting -- almost 30 years his junior -- in Dec. 1866. With Mary Jane, at least, he was highly reproductive, fathering his first son, a seventh child, at the age of 66. Woodward died in Groton on Apr. 20, 1895, and was buried in his family's ancestral home of Dunstable. John Woodward's accounts document the financial transactions of fairly typical farmer in Groton over the period of three decades. Raising an array of produce, from cranberries and chestnuts, to squash, barley, apples, and turnips, Woodward also raised poultry and a variety of livestock. The ledger documents the day to day exchanges of food and labor that comprised the core of the local economy. Noteworthy among his customers are locally prominent families such as Blood and Swett and at least two Nuttings.

1 vol.; (0.1 linear feet)

eng,

Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6323345

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Woodward, John (John O.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66m5jxh (person)

John Woodward (1665-1728), geologist, physician and author; Professor of Physics at Gresham College, London. From the guide to the John Woodward: Correspondence, 1695-1727, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives) From the guide to the John Woodward: Correspondence, 1699-1723, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives) Epithet: MD; of Sloane MS 2039 British Library Archives a...