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Maker(s):Parsons, Joseph and Rhoda
Culture:American
Title:Account book; Scrap book; Journal
Date Made:1787-1804
Type:Document
Materials:leather, paper, print, and ink
Place Made:North America; United States; Massachusetts; Northampton
Measurements:overall: 11 1/2 in x 8 1/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 29.21 cm x 20.955 cm x 2.8575 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK D.B.5
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
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Description:
The leather covered account book of Joseph Parsons of Northampton (died Jan. 10, 1807), Dated: 1771/1804. Contains also some births and deaths of the Parsons family. Part of the front has been used as a scrap book, the leaves being pasted with newspaper clippings.
Typical entries: to ten Pound of tobacker 00 03 4
to moing one day 00 03 0
to five boshel of corn 00 12 1

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