Bristol (Me.) cobbler daybook, 1836-1844

Summary

Creator:

Anonymous

Abstract:

A currently unidentified cobbler from Bristol, Maine, kept this daybook between 1836 and 1844, recording the names of customers, their purchases, and amounts charged. Customers purchased shoes, boots, and leather, paid for the labor of making or repairing footwear, and repair work on items like harnesses and halters.

Extent:

1 volume

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Jayne Ptolemy, April 2024

Background

Scope and Content:

A currently unidentified cobbler from Bristol, Maine, kept this daybook between 1836 and 1844, recording the names of customers, their purchases, and amounts charged. Customers purchased shoes, boots, and leather, paid for the labor of making or repairing footwear, and repair work on items like harnesses and halters. Several newspaper clippings of poems are pasted or laid into the volume, and the inside front cover bears several inscriptions by Annie Ervine.

Biographical / Historical:

No biographical information is available for this collection.

Acquisition Information:

2024. M-8141 .

Arrangement:

The collection is a single bound volume.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:

Shoe industry--Maine--History--19th century.
Shoemakers--Maine--History--19th century.

Formats:

Account books.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Daybooks.
Poems.

Places:

Bristol (Me.)