Scope and Contents
One volume, personal account book of weaving, 1810-1842. Arranged by date and listing individuals, the type and amount of work they did as well as listing types of farm produce, prices, etc. Includes entries for carding wool, dressing flax, cutting clothes as well as weaving.
Dates
- 1810-1842
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Biographical / Historical
Thompson lived in New Haven, Vermont and may have been one of the "clothiers" mentioned in New Haven in Zadock Thompson's "History of Vermont," 1842.
Extent
0 cubic feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Personal account book arranged by date and listing individuals, the type and amount of work they did, as well as listing types of farm produce, prices, etc. Includes entries for carding wool, dressing flax, weaving, and cutting clothes.
Custodial History
American Textile History Museum Collection.
Source
- American Textile History Museum (Organization)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository