Solomon Woodward Jr. letters and accounts

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{"value"=>"1833-1858", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1833/1858"}

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{"value"=>"Solomon Woodward Jr. letters and accounts"}

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abstract

{"value"=>"Solomon Woodward Jr. (1804-1886) of Taunton, Massachusetts was a dry-goods merchant, farmer, and politician, representing Taunton in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1860 and 1861. He was the son of Solomon Woodward (died 1877) and Mary Wilbore, and the grandson of Ambrose and Rachel Woodward. He married Betsey H. Perkins in 1828. The collection of Solomon Woodward Jr. letters and accounts comprises three letters written to or by him regarding business and local Methodist church affairs, 1845, 1850 and undated; loose financial documents such as invoices, waybills and receipts, 1833-1858; and six pocket account memorandum books, 1833-1847. Accounting records document purchases of textiles and millinery goods from wholesale suppliers in Boston; his grocery account with John W. Seabury; subscriptions to newspapers and abolitionist, Methodist and household publications; tuition payments for his children; and other transactions."}

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{"value"=>"English"}

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{"value"=>"Woodward, Solomon, Jr., 1804-1886", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"cre"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Purchased at Wormser sale as part of the Thomas J. Taylor Collection, 1934.</p>"}

date_start

1833

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1833

date_end

1858

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1833

date_inclusive_end

1858

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.01 linear feet (1 folder)

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{"value"=>"Solomon Woodward Jr. letters and accounts, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

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