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Daniel Crosby Account Book
A description of his account book at Syracuse University
Finding aid created by: LMD
Date: 24 Feb 2010
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Finding aid created by: LMD
Date: 24 Feb 2010
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Crosby, Daniel. |
| Title: | Daniel Crosby Account Book |
| Dates: | 1833-1842 |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Account book kept by Massachusetts shoemaker, Daniel Crosby. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Daniel Crosby was a nineteenth-century shoemaker who lived in the region of Greenfield and Charlemont, Massachusetts. He may be the same man as the Daniel Crosby recorded in the Vital Records of Greenfield, Massachusetts, who married Fanny Gates on 23 Nov 1830. The 1860 census also has a record for a Daniel Crosby (b. 1801) who lived in Greenfield with his wife Fanny (b. 1800) and his three children Mary (b. 1835), Daniel W. (b. 1837), and James (b. 1839).
The Daniel Crosby Account Book is a record of financial transactions kept by a nineteenth-century Massachusetts shoemaker. The account book contains names of customers, lists of items or services purchased, prices, and dates of payment. Most of the entries are related to either making or repairing shoes, but there are also sporadic entries for odd-jobs Crosby occasionally performed.
One of the back pages of the book also contains a rough draft of a poem Crosby appears to have been composing.
Single item.
Access Restrictions:
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Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Special Collections Research Center holds financial records from other shoemakers in the Abel Andrews Account Book and the Dun and Bradstreet, Inc. Collection of Small Business Ledgers
Persons
Crosby, Daniel.
Subjects
Shoemakers -- Massachusetts.
Places
Charlemont (Mass.) -- History.
Greenfield (Mass.) -- History.
Genres and Forms
Account books.
Occupations
Shoemakers.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Daniel Crosby Account Book,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Purchased, 1969.
Account Books
| Account Books | |||||||||||
| SC 397 | 1833-1842 | ||||||||||