Weavers

Account book of weaver David Briant, or possibly Bryant, of Worcester, MA, listing names of individuals, their debts and credits for weaving, spinning, purchases of pork, butter, tobacco, calf skins, etc. Credit is given for days of work, sheep skins, calf skins, bushels of flax seed, and use of oxen.

Collection was assembled by Ernest D. Chapman of Clark's Falls, CT and of South Berwick, ME containing correspondence to Ernest D. Chapman from Harmon Goodwin (a fellow weaver) of South Berwick, ME along with weaving drafts and samples created by and/or collected by Mr. Chapman; and sixty photographs of coverlets and their patterns documented by Mr. Chapman.

Collection of payroll and pay records from an unidentified mill.

Account book of S. T. Thomas, a wool manufacturer in Cumberland County.