John Stone Ledger
A native of Barnstable County, Mass., John Stone was born on July 18, 1809, and spent the entirety of his brief life in the town of North Dennis. A general storekeeper and merchant who dealt in lumber and building materials, Stone married Elizabeth Downes on Dec. 8, 1832, only to see her die barely a year later. He married a second time to Isabella Nickerson Thomas (ca.1838?), with whom he had one son, John M. Stone, in 1839. Just 34 when he passed, John Stone died on May 18, 1843.
This volume is comprised of a number of miscellaneous accounts kept by Stone, and because there are no page numbers, the exact nature of the book is difficult to discern, however these include inventories of goods (apparently at Stone’s store) and some records of expenditures.
Background on John Stone
A native of Barnstable County, Mass., John Stone was born on July 18, 1809, and spent the entirety of his brief life in the town of North Dennis. A general storekeeper and merchant who dealt in lumber and building materials, Stone married Elizabeth Downes on Dec. 8, 1832, only to see her die barely a year later. He married a second time to Isabella Nickerson Thomas (ca.1838?), with whom he had one son, John M. Stone, in 1839. Just 34 when he passed, John Stone died on May 18, 1843, and is buried in Dennis Village Cemetery.
Contents of Collection
This volume is comprised of a number of miscellaneous accounts kept by Stone, and because there are no page numbers, the exact nature of the book is difficult to discern, however these include inventories of goods (apparently at Stone’s store) and some records of expenditures.
- Calculation of the labor of Abrat Stone, 1837
- Calculation of the expenses and materials for Uriah Howe’s house, undated
- Costs of loads and lumber, 1837-1840
- Cost of earthenware, undated
- Inventory of goods bought of L. and B.G. Chase, 1837
- Amount of shingles and boards sold or in cargo, 1837-1840
- Accounts with individuals, 1837-1840
- Invoice of goods (general store), Feb. 7, 1839. 28p.
- List of goods (sold or taken?), 3d trip to 12th trip, undated
- Miscellaneous individual accounts, 1838-1840
- Blank, 28p.
- Invoice of goods (general store), Nov. 18, 1837
- Blank, 79p.
- Crocker and Sears and Co., account, 1841
- Supplier accounts (Joseph Humenwell, Tombly and Co., Bowers and Stow, George Yellon, G. W. Torry), 1840-1842
- Bills not paid, 1840-1841
- Notes due, 1841
- Andrew Stone account, 1838-1841
- Books lent back, undated
- Materials for house, undated
Administrative information
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The collection is open for research.
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Provenance
Acquired from Charles Apfelbaum.
Processing Information
Processed by I. Eliot Wentworth, Aug. 2017.
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Cite as: John Stone Ledger (MS 247 bd). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.