Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
S1487 |
Title |
Hannah Hart Account Book, ca. 1800-1842 |
Scope & Content |
135pp. account book belonging to Hannah Hart., ca. 1800-1842. Hannah Hart died in 1845 at the age of ninety-nine. Jacob Sheafe, Hannah's father, bought a house on the corner of Penhallow and Daniel Streets in Portsmouth in 1791 and left it to his daughter. Hannah first married Hugh Henderson and, after his death, married William Hart, a mathematical instrument maker and a manufacturer of surveying equipment in Portsmouth. The couple lived in the house, which then became known as the Hart House. In one corner, they kept a small shop. Three of William Hart's account books and a collection of property deeds are held at the New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord, N.H. Entries include the purchase of goods, including from Abraham Isaac, "the first Jew in Portsmouth," sales of textiles and business accounts, many with local women, the painting and guilding of her shop sign by John Gray, farm and real estate accounts. |
Collection |
Single Items / Small Collections |
Object Name |
Journal |
Date |
1800-1842 |
Extent of Description |
1 account book 135pp. |
People |
Hart, Hannah (Sheafe) Henderson, 1750-1845 Brierley, Benjamin, 1773-1825 Waldron, Daniel, 1775-1821 Isaac, Abraham, c1754-1803 Sheafe, William, 1758-1839 Treadwell, William Pickering, John Coffin, Peter Tappan, Samuel Wendell, George Brackett, Joshua, 1780-1860 |
Subjects |
Portsmouth (N.H.) Merchants Stores & shops Women |