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Preferred Citation:

Seth Stowers Ledger, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in September 2011.

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Scope and Contents

Ledger, 1769-1811, of Seth Stowers of Hingham, Massachussetts. Includes entries for the sale of tobacco, fish, shoes, cloth, vineagar, and other household products. Also includes entries about the hiring out of day laborers, plowing, glazing, and making barrels. There are also entries of Elijah Stowers during the Revolutionary War, including for an ounce of tea in a hospital. Finally, there is one page of entries in a separate hand that date from 1808 to 1811.

Related Material

Early American History Resources in the Special Collections Research Center

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Ledgers (Accounting)
• Massachusetts--History--18th century
• United States--Revolutionary War--1775-1783