Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
S1509 |
Title |
Joseph Doe Account Book |
Scope & Content |
Account book belonging to Joseph Doe, dating from 1818 to 1847. Account book begins with a large section of records of accounts Joseph Doe kept with the Proprietors of Dover Turnpike beginning in 1818. The Proprietors of Dover Turnpike Road was incorporated Dec 21, 1803 and connected Dover, Somersworth and Berwick, Maine, a total distance of 4 ½ miles. Entries for this section include expenses for oxen, rum, labor by individuals, gravel, willow stakes, etc. Includes lists of individuals paid for doing maintenance on the road, including Joseph Doe, who appears to have been contracted for work. List of individuals included appears in the People Search Field. The second part of the book is "Account of Sale of Property of Samuel Varney at Auction March 27, 1837. By Joseph Doe Auctioneer. George W. Roberts Clerk." Estate included household furniture such as chairs, tables, desks, umbrellas, hearth equipment, bedsteads, bureaus, looking glass, candlesticks, lamps, barrels and other kitchenware, as well as farm implements such as a plough, shovels, hay fork, grinding stone, yoke, scythes, tools, pumps, axes, wagons, etc. Records include list of estate articles as well as who purchased them and for how much. The third part of the book is accounts between Joseph Doe and various other individuals including: "Samuel Varney in account with Joseph Doe," 1841 (page 33-34) "S. R. Griffin to Joseph Doe," 1839 (37-39) for pasturing animals and purchasing building supplies. "Oliver Yeaton to Joseph Doe," 1841-1844 "Capt. I. Goodwin to Joseph Doe," 1839-1842 for oak and pine timber, hay, etc. "Col. Love Keay to Joseph Doe," 1841-1846 "William H. Griffin to Joseph Doe," 1842-1843 "W. E. and E. K. Griffin to Joseph Doe," 1840-1846 for wagons, pine, etc. "William E. Griffin," 1840-1848 for barley, potatoes, "boy + oxen," parsnips, etc. "Elizabeth K. Griffin," 1841-1846 for pasturing a cow, hay, etc. "Franklin Whitehouse, " 1842-1847 for "boy + oxen," plow, pine, wagon, etc. "James Gookin," Seth R. Griffin W. & E. Griffins Ivory Beedle |
Collection |
Single Items / Small Collections |
Object Name |
Ledger |
Date |
1818-1847 |
People |
Abbott, Aaron Abbott, William Bartlett, Charles Beedle, Ivory Boardman, Benjamin Bradford, Robert Brewster, Joseph Brown, Daniel, 1781-1846 Brown, Moses Butler, Andrew Butler, Robert Chick, Theodore Christie, Daniel M. Clements, Charles Clements, Edward Crockett, Andrew Currier, Jacob Morell, 1771-1837 Currier, John Doe, Joseph Dore, James Downs, Moses Downs, Samuel Foote, William L. Garvin, John Griffin, Ethelbert Grover, Thomas Guppy, John Guppy, Samuel Hale, John P. Ham, Joseph Ham, Nathaniel Ham, Nathaniel Hanscom, Samuel Harris, Nathaniel Hobbs, Isaac Hobbs, Jacob Hobbs, James Hobbs, Jno. Hussey, Joseph Hussey, Peter Hussey, Samuel Jones, Enoch Knight, James Lord, E. P. Marden, George McGooch, Robert Meader, James Meserve, John Moroney, Joseph Morrison, George Nealy, Benjamin M. Paul, Benjamin Paul, Ivory Peirce, George Pendergrass, T. Pennington, S. H. Perkins, Eri Perkins, Jeremy Philpot, Hiram Picker, Noah Pike, John G. Plumer, Benjamin Plumer, Ephraim Plumer, Jeremiah Plumer, William Prince, Moses Ricker, Amos Ring, Joseph Roberts, George W. Roberts, John Roberts, Nathan Roberts, Stephen Rogers, John Rollins, James Rollins, Joshua Sawyer, Levi Stackpole, Ebenezer Stackpole, Moses Stackpole, Tobias Stickney, Alexander Hamilton, 1805-1850 Stiles, Samuel Tibbetts, John Varney, George D., 1790-1868 Varney, Moses Varney, Samuel, d. 1840 Varney, Sarah Weeks, John Wentworth, Bartholomew Wentworth, George Wentworth, Gustavus Wentworth, Hall Wentworth, Jacob Wentworth, John Wentworth, Moses R. Wentworth, Samuel Wentworth, William White, Amos Whitehouse, Ebenezer Whitehouse, Jonathan Wiggin, Stephen Wright, Thomas Yeaton, Ebenezer Yeaton, L. H. Yeaton, Leavit Yeaton, Oliver Yeaton, Theodore |
Search Terms |
Currier & Jewett |
Subjects |
Dover (N.H.) Somersworth (N.H.) Road construction Estates Ox teams Construction workers Construction House furnishings Households Farming |