Benjamin Huntington account books, 1768-1792.

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Benjamin Huntington account books, 1768-1792.

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This collection consists of a ledger (1768-1771) and daybook (1789-1792) belonging to Norwich, Connecticut, store keeper and town clerk, Benjamin Huntington. Most of the transactions written in the account book were bartered. Thomas Danforth, pewterer, settled his account with pewter products. The fees recorded in the daybook largely pertain to Huntington's duties as Town Clerk, such as recording deeds and births.

2 volumes.

Connecticut Historical Society

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Huntington, Benjamin, 1736-1800

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Benjamin Huntington (April 19, 1736 – October 16, 1800) was an eighteenth-century American lawyer, jurist and politician from Connecticut and served as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives during the First United States Congress. Born in Norwich in the Connecticut Colony, Huntington pursued academic studies, ultimately graduating from Yale College. Appointed surveyor of lands for Windham County in October 1764, Huntington went on t...