Account book, 1828-1843.

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Account book, 1828-1843.

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Contains credits and debits for blacksmithing work, including a lot of horseshoeing; as well as repairing wagons; mending tools; making pot hooks; repairing handcuffs, fetters and locks at the county jail; repairing hay scales; making cranks; sharpening drills; and other similar work. Payments were made with foodstuffs, coal, bushels of hard wood, labor, cloth, hauling, and in other ways, including--rarely--by cash. Laid in at front is a manuscript note reading like a newspaper advertisement for blacksmith work "At the stone shop in Alfred oposit the jail house."

1 v. (336 p.) ; 34 cm.

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Griffin, James B.

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James Griffin was a blacksmith in Alfred, York County, ME during the early 1800s. Apparently working in cooperation with a relative, Ivory Griffin (see page 162) the two are listed in the Maine Register and Business Directory for the year 1856. From the description of Account book, 1828-1843. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122548295 Edmund Snow Carpenter was an archaeologist. From the guide to the The ancient mounds of Pennsylvania, 1950, 1950, (Americ...