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  1. S0894 - Thomas Moulton Account Book

    Account book of Thomas Moulton, a Portsmouth blacksmith. Individuals listed in entries include those below. Some of the individuals have references concerning their occupations, for example Joshua Johnson is listed as a shoemaker, John Hill, blacksmith. Jacob Nutter, mason, Samuel Nelson, chairmaker Lyman Spalding, doctor, John French, butcher, George Hart, blacksmith, Edward Dimcey, mason, Joshua Johnson, yeoman, and Thadeus Perkins, truckman. E...

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  2. S1223b - Mark Laighton account book, 1819-1823

    Day book kept by Mark Laighton from 1819 to 1823. Laighton was a mast and block maker and invented the roller block. He owned Laighton's Wharf and Mast Yard and had a house on Bachelor's Lane (later Green Street). Entries are similar to S1223a (the earlier book kept by Laighton) and include outfitting ships, dry goods and food items, blocks and repairs made to vessels. They also include work on the Portsmouth Aqueduct system and repair to pum...

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