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Samuel Marston account (day) book(1766–1774)

  • MS 1980.3.2
  • Microfilm: M-1585
  • 1 vol. ([24] pp.)

Manuscript record, probably of English origin, of services carried out, individuals for whom services were performed, and payments received. Services rendered include hoeing, mowing, sowing flax, cultivating corn, planting, plowing, shearing sheep, making mortar and building stone walls, cutting and hauling wood, hauling bricks and iron ore, framing, working on wells and dams, tending coal pits, and working on roads. A hymn by Dr. Watts appears on one of the pages. Place names mentioned are Brintwood, Chester, and Exeter.

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