Papers, 1782-1868, 1829-1861 (bulk).

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Sargent family. Papers, 1782-1868, 1829-1861 (bulk).

Papers, 1782-1868, 1829-1861 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/147438319

Consists of two account books, kept primarily by John Jenks Sargent, and related family documents. The first account book opens with 38 leaves of accounts kept by Nathaniel Sargent, most of which record only amounts carried over from his waste book. The most detailed accounts deal with settling the estate of Benjamin Massay and being guardian for the Massay children. The remainder of the book contains accounts kept by John Jenks Sargent on some 96 leaves. It includes personal and business accounts including (leaf 28) the "cost of shoemakers shop," extensive lists of repairs on his house, and on renting parts of the house out to boarders. At the end of the volume, on un-numbered leaves, are a list of tenants from 1794 to 1861 and accounts of things given to his daughters previous to their marriages including an itemized list of ingredients for their wedding cakes. The second volume records shoes and boots made by Sargent from 1823 to 1838. Also included is a bill of wages adopted by journeymen shoemakers of Lynn, 1860. The collection also features probate court records of John Jenks Sargent's estate after he died intestate in 1868. The contract made by Charles H. Sargent with Pine Groves Cemetery for the burial is also included. Other legal documents deal with the transfer of ownership of the rental properties. Loose accounts record miscellaneous financial transactions. Several issues of a newspaper, the Lynn Report, were kept with the estate transactions. A water bill addressed to Mrs. Bessie G. Sargent in 1895 was found with the other papers.

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