Description: Isaac Somes' ledger of items he bought in Boston and probably brought back to sell on Mount Desert Island. Reference on back pages to Somes' leasing of woolen mill to Richard Nanson (?) in 1879 -1883. Nanson was to agree to prohibit smoking on premises. May be a draft of a leasing agreement between Somes and Nanson (?) for operation of the woolen mill. Ledger begins in 1850 and continues to 1857. The draft fo the agreement with Nanson was written in 1878. [show more]
Description: This old leather-bound ledger has the number "4" on the back binding. It measures 13 and one quarter inches in length by 8 inches wide and 2 inches thick when closed. There is a black scalloping line around the perimeter of the front cover. There is a pattern of "x" shapes on the binding with black lines wrapped around the shapes. The entries are in cursive and the dates range from 1806-1821although the years are not necessarily set up chronologically. At the top of each page is a date and a name with three columns to the right with headings. One of the headings seems to designate a book reference and another a count. On the left side of each page are years in graduated order by which transactions are listed. It appears that most of the entries deal with supplies and work payments. [show more]
Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book
Collection:
Benjamin Sawyer
Description: Covers period approximately 1848-1855. Shows payments for such things as overcoat, broad axe chisel; flour, cornmeal. Benjamin Sawyer was from Tremont, father of Caroline, who married Frederick Ashley.