Daybook.
- Title:
- Daybook.
- Creator:
- Cogswell, Abiel.
- Accession / Call Number:
- 1988-009 (A)
- Object ID:
- 1988-009 (A)
- Date:
- 1821-1860
- Physical Description:
- Account books Canterbury (N.H.) 1 volume
- Scope and Content:
- Abiel Cogswell lived in Canterbury, New Hampshire where he worked as a farmer and teamster hauling lumber and produce. Typical of rural men in the 18th and 19th centuries, Cogswell was a "man of all trades" as represented in his daybook. He performed such services as digging a grave, chopping wood, plowing, slaughtering, and made several trips to the Shakers to buy apples.
- Subjects:
- Country life New Hampshire.
- Locations:
- Canterbury (N.H.) History Sources.
- People:
- Cogswell, Abiel
- Level Description:
- Item
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