Account books, c.1812-c.1829.

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Waters, Jason, 1785-1869. Account books, c.1812-c.1829.

Account books, c.1812-c.1829.

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The entries in these account books indicate that, in addition to a general store, Waters was for a time a partner of blacksmith Cornelius Putnam (1782- ) and a partner of Amasa Braman (1766-1830), a Millbury physician who gave more of his time to business than to the practice of medicine. Waters also distributed yarn from textile mills to local women for weaving into cloth, and the account books include detailed records of these transactions. The first sixteen folio volumes are daybooks, c.1812-c.1825. The volumes occasionally include very brief entries about the weather (especially the weather for the Christmas season) and records of meals away from his boarding house or with company. There are also very brief, sporadic notations about his activities. The remaining folio volumes are ledgers and all but one (c.1812-c.1826) are indexed. The octavo volume includes general store, weaving, and auction accounts, c.1818-c.1829, with most of the entries undated. It is not clear from the auction records for 1824 whether Waters was acting as auctioneer or whether these represent a record of the auction of his personal property.

22 v. ; folio.1 v. ; octavo.

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