1810-1832
GUSN-181144
This 1810-1832 ledger of Thomas Barnes, a mason in Waltham, Massachusetts, itemizes prices for labor and the construction and repair of houses in the Boston area. Near the end of the ledger there are notes pertaining to the attendance of apprentices and the delivery of goods, meat, and wood. The ledger includes references to the town of Waltham, Theodore Lyman Esq., Christopher Gore, Capt. Samuel Townsend, Harrison G. Otis Esq., William Pratt Esq., William Payne Esq., and the Boston Manufacturing Co.
masons (construction workers)
masonry
wages
houses
construction (assembling)
repairing
apprentices
wood (plant material)
labor
dwellings
ledgers (account books)
Other identifier Account book 3
1 ledger (83 pages)
4 loose slips of paper
MS002
Account books collection
MS002.003
Waltham (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Barnes, Thomas (Stonemason)
ledgers (account books)
Lyman, Theodore, 1753-1839
Gore, Christopher, 1758-1827
Townsend, Samuel
Otis, Harrison Gray, 1765-1848
Pratt, William, Esq.
Payne, William, Esq.
Boston Manufacturing Company
Delivery of goods
Meat
Item
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