Zebulon Cooper ledger

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 18775", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"18775", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1796-1861", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1796/1861"}

{"value"=>"1805-1817", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1805/1817"}

date_inclusive_start

1796

date_inclusive_end

1861

keydate

1796

unittitle

{"value"=>"Zebulon Cooper ledger"}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Manuscripts and Archives Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The Zebulon Cooper ledger (1805-1817) documents Cooper's tannery and general store business in Southampton, Long Island. The volume also contains several loose account fragments spanning 1796 to 1861. The ledger details Cooper's commercial interactions with members of his local community, including women, Shinnecock Indians, and African Americans. The volume also reveals the economic workings of the early republic, where material goods were often exchanged for other commodities and labor."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Zebulon Cooper ledger, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Cooper, Zebulon", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Zebulon Cooper was a craftsman and general store owner who was active in Southampton, Long Island, between 1805 and 1819. Cooper made and repaired shoes, tanned hides, and sold goods such as cloth and food.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Zebulon Cooper ledger (1805-1819) documents Cooper's business dealings as a tanner, shoemaker, and general store owner in Southampton, Long Island. In addition the accounts for Cooper's goods and services, the ledger also contains details on his cash on hand, bank records, investments, and prices for hides (horse, calf, marten, sheep, dog, and hog skins).</p> <p>The volume is organized in three sections, each with their own page numbering systems: accounts spanning 1805-1808 (98 pages), accounts spanning 1810-1817 (164 pages), and an alphabetical name index for the 1810-1817 accounts (24 pages). Many entries refer to \"the other book,\" referencing Cooper's previous ledgers or corresponding day books. Also present are loose notes and accounts fragments scattered throughout the volume and spanning 1796 to 1861.</p> <p>Entries document Cooper's dealings with diverse local populations from Southampton and Westhampton, Long Island, including accounts with African American laborers and merchants, such as the sea captain Paul Cuffee; with Native Americans David Waucus and James Bunn, among others; and with many women. Other Cooper family members represented in the ledger are Abraham, Apollas, Broom, Caleb, Edgar, John, Nathan, Obadiah, and William Cooper. Cooper frequently traded shoes and other goods for commodities (coal, nails, wood, and food) and for domestic and agricultural services. Types of manual labor included butchering, carting dung, chopping wood, planting seeds, harvesting crops, and house work.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from Dan Casavant Rare Books, 2012</p>"}

processinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Philip Heslip.</p>"}

{"value"=>"<p>Loose fragments, comprising miscellaneous accounts and notes that were stored in the volume, have been placed in folders in order to protect the spine of the ledger. The folder labels note the fragments' original locations within the volume.</p>"}

extent_statement

.21 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1796

date_end

1861

date_bulk_start

1805

date_bulk_end

1817

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