Account book, 1759-1770.

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Account book, 1759-1770.

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This manuscript account book spans the period of April 16, 1759, to November 19, 1770, and illuminates Condy's bookselling activities. This book traces his dealings with a variety of Massachusetts political figures including Robert Treat Paine, many Harvard College students, James Otis, Josiah Quincy, Andrew Oliver, Joseph Hawley, Timothy Paine, Peter Oliver, Roger Sherman, Joseph Warren, Thomas Hutchinson, Samuel Adams, Francis Bernard, John Cushing, printers Thomas and John Fleet, Benjamin West, and several accounts listed with bookbinders, booksellers, etc. Condy sold many London periodicals, religious, medical and legal books, and dry goods.

1 v. (234 leaves) ; folio.1 folder ; folio.

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Condy, Jeremiah, 1709-1768

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Jeremiah Condy (1708-1768), bookseller, publisher, and Baptist minister, was the son of Boston schoolmaster Jeremiah Condy and Susanna Hiller Condy. His father was an early convert to Baptism (c. 1720), and it was determined that the younger Condy should attend college to increase the number of college-educated Baptists in New England. He attended Harvard first as a Hollis Fellow, later as a Hopkins Fellow (B.A., 1726; M.A., 1733). He served as Harvard Librarian, 1729-1730, before b...