[Account book of Rev. Samuel Wigglesworth, 1710-1753, 1767-1768].

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[Account book of Rev. Samuel Wigglesworth, 1710-1753, 1767-1768].

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Vellum bound account book. Cover has "Rev(d) Sam(l) Wigglesworth account book". The earliest entries, 1710-1712, are for charges for medical care provided by Samuel Wigglesworth as a physician during the short time he practised medicine before entering the ministry. Includes a statement of the terms for his settlement in Ipswich as well as the following entries: "An account of what I have expended about my house, barn, garden, fences, well, little house, etc." and "Account of my salary for the year" 1715-1753. There are four loose account book pages in the back of the book dated 1767-1768.

1 v. (68 p.) ; 29 cm.

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Wigglesworth, Samuel, 1689-1768

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Samuel Wigglesworth was born 4 Feb 1688. He graduated Harvard 1707 and 1709. In 1710, he went to Ipswich Hamlet to begin practice; however, he soon returned to school to study divinity. Rev. Wigglesworth was ordained the first pastor of the Third Parish in Ipswich, Mass. on 27 Oct 1714. He died 3 Sept. 1768 [see Joseph B. Felt's History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton (Cambridge, Mass.: Printed by C. Folsom, 1834), p. 279-282]. From the description of [Account book of Rev. Samuel Wig...