Accounts

Title:

Accounts

Creator:

True, Winthrop.

Accession / Call Number:

1987-010 (A)

Object ID:

1987-010 (A)

Date:

1800-1829

Physical Description:

Account books Wentworth (N.H.) 1 volume

Scope and Content:

Account book of Winthrop True, a blacksmith, who lived in Wentworth, N.H. Most entries occur from 1800-1810, with a few later ones dated through 1829. True settled in Wentworth as early as 1795 and for many worked more less at the business of being a blacksmith. He understood the art of making and hardening edged tools, which many smiths in those days did not, and he made axes, scythes and other cutting instruments for the settlers in addition to shoeing horses.

Subjects:

Blacksmithing.

Locations:

Wentworth (N.H.)

People:

True, Winthrop

Level Description:

Item