Daybook, 1847-1854.

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Daybook, 1847-1854.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84665268

Consists of a record of the business of a Nantucket, MA carpenter/builder. Entries reflect such activities as "putting up 55 ft. fence," "fitting lock on door," "for building house as per Contract," and "for putting in 2 windows to House." Clients include a large number of individuals, plus institutions such as: the Atheneum; the Coffin School; the North Congregational Society, the Unitarian Church, and St. Paul's Church; the United States (for work on light houses); the Billiard Saloon, and the Bowling Saloon; the Nantucket Fire Department; and the local school committee. Many of the individual entries are for quantities of nails, planking, carting, and labor. Special note should be taken of the $5.00 washing machines which, beginning October 1848, were called "Ladies Delight;" and of refrigerators sold (pp. 69, 102, 103).

1 v. (252 p.) ; 33 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8325441

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Thompson, James, 1817-1877

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Easton, Edward F., 1818-1875.

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Easton and Thompson.

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Easton and Thompson was a company doing carpentry work in Nantucket, MA. When the partnership began in uncertain, but it was already in business on New North Wharf (now called Steamboat Wharf) at the time of the disastrous 1846 fire. It continued after the time of this daybook, possibly as late as 1870. One of the partners, James Thompson, died in 1870; Edward F. Easton died in 1875. From the description of Daybook, 1847-1854. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 84665268 ...