Gilman Robertson's account book lists making or repairing bedsteads, tables, rakes, barrels and tubs, chairs, buttons, rocking chairs, clock reels, whiffletrees, wheel heads, turning a yoke, mending wheels, repairing wagons and sleighs, painting a bucket, and other jobs. He also records charges for pasturing a cow, grinding axes, nails, produce, hair combs, and other items. A few accounts record charges for such items as silk handkerchiefs, textile fabrics, tea, gunpowder, sugar, a grammar book, paper, etc. Payments are not always recorded, but when they are, were most often made with wood, labor, or produce. At the back of the volume may be found Robertson's accounts of visiting schools and teachers on behalf of the town of Freedom. Almost the first thing written in the volume are some mathematical rules of reduction. The work is arranged by customers' names, but there is no index to the volume. Ralph Lewis also did some work for Freedom, particularly inspecting bridges. Lewis' main job was making and repairing tubs and firkins and putting hoops on barrels. He usually did not specify the kinds of tubs he made, but some were called pork tubs. His accounts are arranged by date; debits and credits were sometimes listed on separate pages. He was paid by cash and meat. Laid into the volume are 17 scraps of paper or bills, all seeming to relate to Ralph Lewis.
