Chiefly records of a general store in Freetown, Mass. operated by Job and Ebenezer Peirce. The collection consists of ten daybooks and four ledgers. Unfortunately the books for the years 1830-1847 are missing. The accounts show that the business interests of the Peirce family were exceedingly diverse. The Peirces not only conducted a general store which supplied every variety of consumers' needs but, in order to supply the many commodities sold in their general store, they entered into West Indies trade, building and owning their own ships. They were likewise part owners in a sawmill and a forge.
