Orlando Sargent Account Book
Prosperous, slave-owning farmer from Amesbury, Massachusetts, who also served as town warden, selectman, and representative. Includes details of the purchases of agricultural products (corn, potatoes, lamb, rye, hay, molasses, wood, cheese), and related services with some of the town’s earliest settlers, widow’s expenses, expenses in support of his grandmother, and family dates.
Subjects
- Agricultural prices--Massachusetts--Amesbury--History--18th century
- Amesbury (Mass.)--Economic conditions--18th century
- Amesbury (Mass.)--History--18th century--Biography
- Amesbury (Mass.)--Officials and employees--History--18th century
- Farm produce--Massachusetts--Amesbury--History--18th century
- Farmers--Massachusetts--Amesbury--Economic conditions--18th century
- Sargent family
Contributors
- Sargent, Orlando, 1728-1803
Types of material
- Account books