Account book of William Dawes, Jr., tanner, grocer, and merchant of Boston. Dawes was a member of the Sons of Liberty and rode, with Paul Revere, to Lexington and Concord on 18 Apr. 1775. Included are records of cash transactions and accounts with shoemakers, carpenters, printers, ship captains, hatmakers, blacksmiths, and other tradespeople of various towns in Massachusetts. Among these are Samuel Babcock; Samuel Baker; James Bird; Bond & Bryant; Cato, "a black man"; Samuel Fenno; Moses Fessenden; John Hobby; James Lanman; John Lloyd; Joseph May; John Mears; Ebenezer Parsons; John Pingrey; Giles Richards; Benjamin Russell; Benjamin Sweetser; Tappan & Fowle; and Susanna Wiley, as well as Dawes' sons William M. Dawes and Charles Dawes. Products listed include textiles, clothing, skins, sails, tools, groceries, rum, tea, tobacco, candles, and indigo.
