Account books

Artist Abiel Heywood 1759 - 1839

Date1823-1844

Terms

Account Books
Ink
Leather
Paper
Concord (Massachusetts)

Dimensions30.46 × 20.31 cm (12 × 8 in.)

MarkingsIn ink on front cover: "73 Abiel Heywood/ Concord/ A. HEY Mass./ Expenses/ From 1839 to/ [written in a smaller hand] Isaac [several times] Boston [several times] His Book." On leather spine: "Abiel Heywood Concord Mass."

Credit LineGift of the Concord Museum's Decorative Arts Fund (1989)

Object numberB2091

DescriptionMarbled pasteboard covers, leather spine. Household account book of Abiel Heywood, including details about those who worked for him, both as farmhands and as domestic staff. Sukey (Susan) Melven [Melvin] contracted to work for him for $1 per week in 1829; the same year, Rufus Cummings contracted to work as a laborer for $12.50 per week.

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