| Format: |
Mixed Material |
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| Call number(s): |
Ms. N-2506 (Tall) |
| Creator: |
Moody, Leander, 1797-1857. |
| Title: |
Leander Moody account books, 1826-1876. |
| Description: |
4 tall cased vols. |
| Scope: |
Three daybooks and one ledger kept primarily by Leander Moody, tanner and tavern keeper of Northampton, Mass. Moody worked with different partners, including his brother-in-law David Edwards and Edwards’ sons-in-law Horace Wright and Benjamin B. Hoxie, and the business operated under various names. The three daybooks document the transactions of Edwards & Moody’s and Leander Moody & Co., 1826-1835; Moody & Wright, 1830-1839; and Moody & Hoxie and Moody, Hoxie & Co., 1835-1848, 1876. Included are accounts for the purchase, dressing, and tanning of leather, calfskin, and sheepskin; hemlock and oak bark; freight and labor; and other items. The ledger, 1827-1850, contains cash accounts related to the tannery, as well as Moody’s accounts with various individuals for the sale of potatoes, butter, meat, and other foods; wood; labor; and other items. |
| Subject(s): |
Edwards, David, 1784-1829. |
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Hoxie, Benjamin B., 1809-1874. |
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Wright, Horace, 1804-1893. |
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Edwards & Moody’s (Northampton, Mass.). |
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Leander Moody & Co. (Northampton, Mass). |
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Moody & Hoxie (Northampton, Mass.). |
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Moody & Wright (Northampton, Mass.). |
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Moody, Hoxie & Co. (Northampton, Mass.). |
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Account books --1826-1876. |
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Leather industry and trade --Massachusetts --Northampton. |
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Merchants --Massachusetts --Northampton. |
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Tanneries --Massachusetts --Northampton. |
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Tanners --Massachusetts --Northampton |
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Northampton (Mass.) --Commerce. |
| Data: |
209881 |
