Ebenezer Pope Ledger
Blacksmith who was prominent in the town affairs of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Includes debit and credit entries, the method and form of customer payment (cash, services, labor, and goods such as corn, potatoes, wheat, cider brandy, hog, veal, sheep, lambs, and an ox), and an entry noting the building of the Great Barrington and Alford Turnpike in 1812. Also includes documentation of seamstress activity and of African American customers.
Subjects
- African Americans--Massachusetts--Great Barrington--History--19th century
- Barter--Massachusetts--Great Barrington--History--19th century
- Blacksmiths--Massachusetts--Great Barrington--Economic conditions--19th century
- George, Negro
- Great Barrington (Mass.)--History--19th century
- Great Barrington and Alford Turnpike (Mass.)--History
- Palmer, Anna M
- Toll roads--Massachusetts--History--19th century
- Wages--Men--Massachusetts--Great Barrington--History--19th century
- Wages--Women--Massachusetts--Great Barrington--History--19th century
- Wages-in-kind--Massachusetts--Great Barrington--History--19th century
Contributors
- Pope, Ebenezer
Types of material
- Account books