Notebook, 1696-1774.

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Notebook, 1696-1774.

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The volume contains miscellaneous accounts for domestic goods, farm labors, and funeral and estate expenses and debts following his father's (Zechariah Symmes (1637/38-1707/08)) death. A portion of the diary is interleaved in a 1696 Almanack by John Tulley, with lists of books that Symmes borrowed, a few theological notations, and other miscellaneous notes. There are also several medical recipes. In addition, there are family birth, marriage, and death records from 1725 to 1774, and an "account of the servants born in this howes," 1737/38-1744, and a 1740/41 list of new church members.

1 v. (68 leaves, 20 blank) ; octavo.

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Symmes, Thomas, 1678-1725

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Thomas Symmes (1677/78-1725) was a 1698 Harvard graduate, minister in Boxford, Mass., from 1700/01 to 1708, and minister in Bradford, Mass., from 1708 until his death. There were three generations of clergymen in the family before Symmes. He evidently felt frustrated by his financial limitations, being unable to send any of his sons to college. He is remembered for his leadership of the movement to introduce congregational singing by note in place of the traditional chanting practice. ...

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