Cook Borden and Company Account Books 1863-1914

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Cook Borden and Company Account Books MS 288., 1863-1914

Cook Borden and Company Account Books 1863-1914

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Cook Borden (a great uncle of Lizzie Borden) and his sons were prosperous lumber dealers from Fall River, Massachusetts who supplied large mills and transportation companies in the region. Three volumes include lists of customers and building contractors, company and personal profits and losses, accounts for expenses, horses, harnesses, lumber, and the planing mill, as well as accounts indicating the cost of rent, labor (with the "teamers"), insurance, interest, and other items.

3 volumes (520 pp., 1000 pp., 603 pp.); (1.25 linear ft.)

eng,

Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries