Notes and receipts, 1805-1849.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Notes and receipts, 1805-1849.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122601729

Consists of G.W. Perkins' invoices, receipts, and financial notes from 1805 to 1849, recording the purchases of a full range of domestic products and personal activities. It included such diverse things as a two year record of bread purchases and receipts for items sent from Augusta, Me. to Boston. Perkins bought items at auctions on a fairly regular basis. Paymets rendered for his services in land deals are also well represented in the volume. Receipts from various types of local stores are present as well. The volume opens with the phrase: "These papers give an idea of what it cost to live a hundred years ago."

1 v. (305 p.) ; 28 cm.

Winterthur Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6784506

Winterthur Library

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Perkins, George Washington, 1778-1856.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6796b0h (person)

George W. Perkins lived in Bridgewater, Ma., Boston, Ma., and Augusta, Me. He was involved with many surveying activities and land transactions in Maine. In the 1830s, he appears to have been an agent for Merril and Higgins. From the description of Notes and receipts, 1805-1849. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122601729 ...