Footnotes

1. Amos Denison Allen Memorandum Book, Windham, Connecticut, 1796-1803, account with John Jenings, August 27, 1798, Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford (hereafter cited as CHS).
2. Daniel and Samuel Proud Account Book, Providence, Rhode Island, 1810-1834, accounts with George Sprag[u]e, February 13, 1818, and Samuel B. Mumford, May 23, 1815, Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence (hereafter cited as RIHS). Thomas Moody Bill to Captain Edmund Kimball, Newburyport, Massachusetts, May 30, 1801, Kimball Family Papers, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts (hereafter cited as PEM). John Proud Bill to Albert C. Greene, Providence, Rhode Island, June 1824, A. C. and R. W. Greene Collection, RIHS.
3. Elizur Barnes Account Book, Middletown, Connecticut, 1821-1825, account with Arthur W. Magill, April 9, 1822, Middletown Historical Society, Middletown, Connecticut. Thomas Sheraton, The Cabinet Dictionary, 2 vols. (1803; reprint, New York: Praeger, 1970), 2: 423.
4. William Barker Account Book, Providence, Rhode Island, 1784-1787, account with Welcome Arnold, May 4, 1785, RIHS. Stephen Whipple Account Book, Boston and northeastern Massachusetts, 1803-1811, account with Joseph Kendall, June 1805, Ipswich Historical Society, Ipswich, Massachusetts. Simon Perkins information from Charles S. Parsons, "New Hampshire Notes," Visual Resources Collection, Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware (hereafter cited as WM). Solomon Fussell Account Book, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1738-1748, account with John Richardson, 11:12:1739/40, Stephen Collins Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (hereafter cited as LC). Thomas Boynton Ledger, Boston, Massachusetts, and Windsor, Vermont, 1810-1817, account with William Leverett, April 22, 1816, Special Collections, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. Silas Ellis Cheney Daybook, Litchfield, Connecticut, 1813-1821, account with Jonathan Buel, October 17, 1820, Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield, Connecticut (hereafter cited as LHS).
5. For more insight on rocking chairs, see Nancy Goyne Evans, "The Genesis of the Boston Rocking Chair," Antiques 122, no. 1 (January 1983): 246-53; and Nancy Goyne Evans, American Windsor Furniture: Specialized Forms (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997), "The Rocking Chair," pp. 52-85.
6. Allen Holcomb Account Book, New Lisbon, New York, 1809-ca. 1828, account with Ira Skidmore, July 1825, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Chapman Lee Ledger, Charlton, Massachusetts, 1799-1850, account with James Irons, December 10, 1828, Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts (hereafter cited as OSV). George Landon Account Book, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1813-1832, account with Robert Murray, April 28, 1819, Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera (hereafter cited as DCM), WM. Samuel Davison Ledger, Plainfield, Massachusetts, 1795-1824, account with Daniel Ford, July 1807, Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, Massachusetts. True Currier Account Book, Deerfield, New Hampshire, 1815-1838, account with Stephen Cram, May 1824 and April 1825, DCM.
7. Titus Preston Ledger, Wallingford, Connecticut, 1795-1817, account with Jared Alling, February 27, 1805, Sterling Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (hereafter cited as YU). James Chestnut Bill to Peter E. Elmendorf, Albany, New York, November 19, 1805, Sanders Papers, New-York Historical Society, New York (hereafter cited as N-YHS).
8. William, Daniel, and Samuel Proud Ledger, Providence, Rhode Island, 1770-1825, account with Amos Atwell, March 4, 1782, RIHS.
9. David Alling Daybook, Newark, New Jersey, 1836-1854, accounts with Colonel Graham, September 19, 1836, and L. E. Barnes, October 31, 1837, New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, New Jersey (hereafter cited as NJHS).
10. Advertisement of Samuel J. Tuck, Columbian Centinel (Boston), May 5, 1802.
11. Preston Ledger, account with Samuel Cook, May 2, 1801. John Sager Daybook, Bordentown, New Jersey, 1805-1817, account with Frederick Brooks, September 21, 1808, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (hereafter cited as HSP). Alling Daybook, account with Mrs. Cummings, August 13, 1836.
12. Silas Ellis Cheney Ledger, Litchfield, Connecticut, 1799-1817, account with Bettey Shepard, 1817, and Daybook, 1802-1807, account with C. Goodwin, May 28, 1805, LHS (scraping). Cheney Daybook, 1813-1821, accounts with Mary Lord, September 16, 1815 (chair delivery), Jonathan Buel, October 17, 1820 (smoothing), and Orin Judd, May 18, 1821 (four coats). James Gere Ledger, Groton, Connecticut, 1822-1852, account with George Harvey, September 30, 1831, Connecticut State Library, Hartford (hereafter cited as CSL).
13. Barnes Account Book, account with John C. Pratt, July 17, 1823. Alling Daybook, accounts with A. S. Prisson, June 18, 1839 (ball-back chairs), and Mrs. J. Beam, April 2, 1840. David Alling Ledger, Newark, New Jersey, 1803-1853, account with Fitch Smith, April 1, 1840, NJHS.
14. Elisha Hawley Account Book, Ridgefield, Connecticut, 1781-1805, account with Col. David Olmstead, May 20, 1800, CHS (green chairs, kitchen chairs). Isaiah Tiffany Account Book, Norwich, Connecticut, 1746-1767, account with Elijah Bliss, August 25, 1756, CHS (four-slat chairs). Fussell Account Book, account with Richard Swan, 3:6:1747 (five-slat chairs). John Durand Account Book, Milford, Connecticut, 1760-1783, account with Mr. Lownsbury, April 18, 1764, Milford Historical Society, Milford, Connecticut (old chairs). William Barker Account Book, Providence, Rhode Island, 1750-1772, account with Ephraim Bowen, February 1774 (rocking chair), and Account Book, 1753-1766, account with Simon Lowring, April 1772 (low chair), RIHS.
15. Richard Johns Bill to Deborah Morris, Philadelphia, September 18, 1765, Gratz Collection, HSP. William Wilson Order to William Neate, Philadelphia to London, August 23, 1760, Letter Book of William Wilson, Mercantile Papers, New York Public Library, New York (hereafter cited as NYPL). John Shaw and Archibald Chisholm Bill to James Brice, Annapolis, Maryland, July 30, 1772, Brice-Jennings Papers, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore. Cheney Daybook (1802-1807), account with Tapping Reeve, May 17, 1807. John F. Page, Litchfield County Furniture (Litchfield, Conn.: Litchfield Historical Society, 1969), p. 51. Dr. Isaac Senter in Joseph K. Ott, "Recent Discoveries among Rhode Island Cabinetmakers and Their Work," Rhode Island History 28, no. 1 (February 1969): 9.
16. Daniel Drinker Bill to Stephen Collins, Philadelphia, June 24, 1766-July 17, 1769, Collins Papers. Anonymous Cabinetmaker's Account Book, probably Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1767-1777, account with Capt. Lawrence Taliaferro, May 25, 1775, DCM. Thomas Burling Bill to Chancellor Robert R. Livingston, New York, May 6, 1786, Robert R. Livingston Papers, N-YHS. Daniel Trotter Bill to Stephen Girard, Philadelphia, April 2, 1787, Girard Papers, Girard College, Philadelphia. E. and J. Sanderson Bill to Elias Hasket Derby, Salem, Massachusetts, June 14, 1793, Derby Family Papers, PEM. Stephen Badlam Bill to Gen. Henry Knox, Dorchester, Massachusetts, November 3, 1784, Henry Knox Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston (hereafter cited as MHS). Alling Daybook, 1836-1854, account with Frederick T. Frelinghuysen Jr., May 25, 1840.
17. Job Danforth Sr., Ledger, Providence, Rhode Island, 1788-1818, accounts with Stephen Jackson, May 23, 1803, and Elisha Dyer, April 13, 1803, RIHS. Richard Alexander Bill to Mrs. John Francis, Philadelphia, November 6, 1817-November 13, 1822, Cadwalader Papers, Gen. Thomas Cadwalader, HSP.
18. Cheney Daybook, 1802-1807, account with Tapping Reeve, May 7, 1807. Barnes Account Book, account with John L. Lewis, June 1822. Philemon Robbins Account Book, Hartford, Connecticut, 1833-1836, account with E. B. Stedman, March 1834, CHS. Cheney Daybook, 1813-1821, account with Betsey Collins, May 12, 1813. Barnes Account Book, account with Eleazer Doud, July 12, 1823. Duncan Phyfe Bill to James L. Brinckerhoof, New York, September 29, 1815, Papers of Robert Troup, NYPL. Job E. Townsend Account Book and Ledger, Newport, Rhode Island, 1778-1794, accounts with Constant Taber, November 29, 1790, and Capt. Caleb Gardner, July 23, 1791, Newport Historical Society, Newport, Rhode Island (hereafter cited as NHS).
19. Alling Daybook, 1836-1854, account with Frederick T. Frelingheusen Jr., May 25, 1840. Anonymous Cabinetmaker's Account Book, probably Fredericksburg, Virginia, account with Capt. Lawrence Taliaferro, May 25, 1775. Benjamin Lander Bill to Joshua Ward, Salem, Massachusetts, October 10, 1787, Ward Family Manuscripts, PEM. Samuel Perry Bill to Isaac Bronson, Fairfield, Connecticut, May 1827, Bronson Papers, Papers of Isaac Bronson, NYPL.
20. Advertisement of Richard Magrath, South Carolina Gazette (Charleston), July 9, 1772. Samuel Benge Bill to Stephen Girard, Philadelphia, n.d., Girard Papers. Silas Ellis Cheney Daybook, Litchfield, Connecticut, 1807-1813, account with Joseph L. Smith, December 13, 1808, LHS. Solomon Cole Account Book, Glastonbury, Connecticut, 1794-1809, account with Isaac Plumer, 1800, CHS.
21. John Clap Bill to David S. Greenough, Roxbury, Massachusetts, April 26, 1813, Greenough Papers, MHS. Benjamin Beckford Jr. Bill to Capt. John Derby, Salem, Massachusetts, September 1809, Derby Family Papers. Henry Connelly Bill to Stephen Girard, Philadelphia, September 15, 1808, Girard Papers. William Savery Bill to James Pemberton, Philadelphia, June 28, 1775, in W. M. Hornor Jr., "William Savery: ‘Chairmaker and Joiner,'" Antiquarian 15 (July 1930): 32. Florence M. Montgomery, Textiles in America, 1650-1870 (New York: W. W. Norton, 1983), pp. 254-55, 300, 302-3. Daniel Trotter Bill to Samuel Coates, Philadelphia, June 16, 1792, Reynell and Coates Collection, Baker Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (hereafter cited as BL).
22. Richard Booker Bill to St. George Tucker, Williamsburg, Virginia, February 14-October 6, 1791, Tucker-Coleman Collection, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia (hereafter cited as W&M).
23. David Evans Daybook, Philadelphia, 1774-1781, account with Benjamin Saixes, October 20, 1780, HSP. H. Dancaster Bill to Samuel Larned, Providence, Rhode Island, September 5, 1829, Greene Collection. Miles Ward Ledger, Salem, Massachusetts, 1725-1738, account with Capt. Ichabod Plasted, September 1733, PEM. Joshua Delaplaine Account Book, New York, 1720s-1770s, account with Jane Gilbert, January 31, 1743, N-YHS.
24. Job E. Townsend Daybook, Newport, Rhode Island, 1803-1828, account with John Taylor, January 29, 1808, NHS. J. E. Townsend Account Book and Ledger, account with Phillip Morse, June 12, 1787. Job E. Townsend Daybook, Newport, Rhode Island, 1778-1803, account with Gardner Thurston, August 21, 1800, NHS. J. E. Townsend Daybook, 1803-1828, account with Benedict Smith, March 1, 1808. Ebenezer Smith Jr. Bill to Elizabeth Lovett, Beverly, Massachusetts, March 5, 1804, Papers of Captains John and Jonathan Lovett, PEM.
25. Richard Johns Bill to Deborah Morris, Philadelphia, July 28, 1765, Gratz Collection. Nathaniel Kinsman Bill to Jacob Parsons, Gloucester, Massachusetts, February 20, 1783, Nathaniel Kinsman Papers, PEM. Boynton Ledger, account with Samuel Barrett, October 16, 1816 (painted music stool). Duncan Phyfe Bill to James L. Brinckerhoof, New York, May 6 and 11, 1816, Troup Papers. Townsend Goddard Bill to Christopher Champlin, Newport, Rhode Island, March 21, 1787, Wetmore Papers, MHS.
26. Alexander Shaw Bill to Zacheus Collins, Philadelphia, October 1814, Daniel Parker Papers, HSP. Barnes Account Book, account with Charles Dyer, September 15, 1821. Alling Daybook, accounts with Shugarth and Macknet, August 12, 1838, and Milo Heath, April 9, 1838.
27. John Gaines II and Thomas Gaines Account Book, Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1712-1762, account with Phillip Fowler, July 29, 1718, DCM.
28. Currier Account Book, account with Peter Jenness, November 1834; Boynton Account Book, account with Mrs. Silsbee, June 25, 1811.
29. Barnes Account Book, account with Jacob Williams, May 30, 1822. Henry Connelly Bill to Stephen Girard, Philadelphia, July 13, 1810, Girard Papers. Fenwick Lyle Account Book, Middletown, New Jersey, 1800-1813, account with John H. Sickles, February 9, 1804, Monmouth County Historical Association, Freehold, New Jersey (hereafter cited as MCHA).
30. Boynton Account Book, account with Stephen Conant, July 26 and January 26, 1816. Alling Ledger, accounts with James Agens, June 8, 1839, and D. B. Brown and Co., November 5, 1836.
31. Samuel Walton Bill to Joshua Humphries, Philadelphia, May 28, 1774, Early Cabinetmakers of Philadelphia, Harrold Gillingham Collection, HSP. Gaines Account Book, account with Nathaniel Dutch, February 7, 1739. Fussell Account Book, account with Jeremiah Elfreth Sr., 6:15:1741.
32. J. E. Townsend Daybook, 1778-1803, account with Capt. John Oldfield, June 5, 1783. Samuel Matthews Bill to Charles Norris, Philadelphia, July 1766, Norris Family Accounts, HSP. Plunket Fleeson Bill to Charles Norris, Philadelphia, September 24, 1764, Norris of Fairhill Manuscripts, Family Accounts, vol. 1, HSP. Daniel Trotter Bill to Samuel Coates, Philadelphia, June 16, 1792, Reynell and Coates Collection.
33. William Bentley Ledger, Butternuts, New York, 1812-1815, account with Robert L. Bounds, June 29, 1814, DCM. Michael Bouvier Bill to Stephen Girard, Philadelphia, July 28, 1829, Girard Papers. John Collins Bills to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, Virginia, January 28, 1802, and June 30, 1804, and George Seddon and Son Account, London, August 15, 1785, Richard Blow Papers, W&M. Evans Daybook, account with Thomas Hurley, October 20, 1786.
34. Sager Daybook, account with Doctor Barnes, April 29, 1806. Lyell Account Book, account with John Post, November 7, 1808. Samuel and Joseph Rawson Bills to Richard W. Greene, Providence, Rhode Island, August 11, 1842, and July 24, 1839, and John G. Hopkins Bill to Albert C. Greene, Providence, September 29, 1834, Greene Collection. Pennell Beale Bill to Gen. Henry Knox, Philadelphia, November 25, 1791, Henry Knox Papers, Maine Historical Society, Portland (hereafter cited as MeHS).
35. Alling Ledger, accounts with D. D. Chandler, April 17, 1837 (yellow settees), Alexander N. Dougherty, April 14, 1836 (green settee), and Jonas Agens, April 1, 1840 (cleaning off). Cheney Daybook, 1813-1821, account with Oliver Wolcott, September 16, 1815. Alling Daybook, accounts with I. G. Goble, April 27, 1837 (touching up), and Caleb P. Crockett, September 14, 1839 (long and short settees).
36. Paul Jenkins Daybook, Kennebunk, Maine, 1836-1841, account with Barnabas Palmer, November 23, 1839, DCM. Jacob Brouwer Bill to Nicholas Low, New York, February 10, 1798, Nicholas Low Collection, LC. The Accounts of Two Pennsylvania German Furniture Makers, edited by Alan G. Keyser, Larry M. Neff, and Frederick K. Weiser, Sources and Documents of the Pennsylvania Germans, vol. 3 (Breiningsville, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1978), Peter Ranck Account Book, Jonestown, Pennsylvania, 1794-1817, account with George Merk, May 18, 1798, p. 85. Barnes Account Book, account with John L. Lewis, March 26, 1823.
37. W. and R. Tucker Bill to Peter Gansevoort, Albany, New York, January 17, 1837, Gansevoort-Lansing Collection, NYPL.
38. Jacob Hinsdale Ledger, Harwinton, Connecticut, 1723-1774, account with anonymous customer, probably 1828, YU. Joseph Brown Account Book, Newbury, Massachusetts, 1725-1783, account with Abel Huse Jr., March 1732/33, PEM. J. E. Townsend Daybook, 1803-1828, account with Christopher Ellery, December 20, 1823. Tiffany Account Book, account with Nathaniel Backus Jr., August 2, 1758. Thomas J. Moyers and Fleming K. Rich Account Book, Wytheville, Virginia, 1834-1840, account with Robert Kent, December 30, 1836, DCM. Landon Account Book, account with Thomas Wilkins, February 20, 1818. Abner Haven Account Book, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1809-1830, account with Aaron Pratt, March 1810, DCM.
39. Barnes Account Book, accounts with Aaron Treet, May 21, 1823, and William Scranton, April 16, 1822. Alling Ledger, accounts with Fitch Smith, April 1, 1840, and William Garthwaite, March 25, 1841. Daniel Dunham, account with Dr. Isaac Senter, Newport, Rhode Island, May 1788, in Ott, "Recent Discoveries," p. 8. W., D., and S. Proud Ledger, account with Stephen Potter, March 9, 1825. William Savery Bill to Gen. John Cadwalader, Philadelphia, August 29, 1772, Cadwalader Papers, Gen. John Cadwalader.
40. William Savery Bill to Joseph Pemberton, Philadelphia, February 2, 1774, and January 10, 1775, Pemberton Papers, HSP. Boynton Ledger, account with Jacob Carter, June 15, 1811. Henry F. Dewey Account Book, Bennington, Vermont, 1837-1864, account with Daniel Conklin, September 1841, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont. Alling Ledger, account with William Fatout, January 16, 1839.
41. Durand Account Book, account with Dr. Carrington, June 8, 1767. Lyell Account Book, account with James Morrison, October 24, 1808. J. E. Townsend Daybook, 1778-1803, account with Robert Taylor, September 15, 1780.
42. Cradle repairs and replacement parts: Thomas Affleck Bill to Levi Hollingsworth, Philadelphia, 1780, Society Collection, Levi Hollingsworth Papers, Bills and Receipts, HSP (new rockers). George Claypoole Bill to Samuel Meredith, Philadelphia, September 24, 1781, Clymer-Meredith-Read Papers, Samuel Meredith Accounts, NYPL (repairs). Daniel Drinker Bill to Stephen Collins, Philadelphia, February 28, 1768, Collins Papers (new rockers). Francis Trumble Bill to Thomas Wharton, Philadelphia, November 10, 1756, Wharton Manuscripts, Thomas Wharton, HSP (new rockers). Thomas Tufft Bill to Mary (Mrs. Charles) Norris, Philadelphia, April 1775, Norris of Fairhill Manuscripts (repairs). Samuel Williams Bill to Michael Gratz, Philadelphia, December 18, 1770, Various Bills and Receipts, Library Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia (hereafter cited as LCP) (new rockers and repairs). William Savery Bill to James Pemberton, Philadelphia, May 13, 1774, and January 21, 1775, Pemberton Papers. Samuel Matthews Bills to Charles Norris, Philadelphia, 1761 and April 1765, Charles Norris Cash Book, Norris Family Accounts.
43. Elisha Harlow Holmes Daybook, Essex, Connecticut, 1825-1830, account with Mrs. Post, July 11, 1829, CSL. Joseph Griswold Ledger, Buckland, Massachusetts, 1804-1836, account with Daniel Ward, April 15, 1817, private collection (microfilm, DCM). Danforth Ledger, account with Thomas Jackson, November 27, 1805.
44. Richard Alexander Bill to Mrs. John Francis, Philadelphia, April 24, 1820, Cadwalader Papers, Gen. John Cadwalader. Barnes Account Book, account with Reuben Chaffee, October 9, 1822.
45. William Savery Bill to Joseph Pemberton, Philadelphia, July 15, 1774, Pemberton Papers. Jacob Brouwer Bill to Nicholas Low, New York, April 16, 1813, Nicholas Low Papers, Rutgers University Library, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Jacob Brouwer Bill to Nicholas Low, New York, May 11, 1803, Low Collection. Rookesby Roberts Bill to St. George Tucker, Williamsburg, Virginia, December 3, 1794, Tucker-Coleman Collection. Barnes Account Book, account with William B. Ward, August 12, 1823.
46. William Savery Bills to Joseph Pemberton, Philadelphia, May 19, 1774, and October 23, 1775, Pemberton Papers. Samuel Matthews Bills to Charles Norris, Philadelphia, February 1764, June 1766, and September 1766, Norris Family Accounts. Durand Account Book, account with Dr. Elisha Whiting, June 23, 1763. J. E. Townsend Daybook, 1803-1828, account with Rachel Gardner, August 18, 1807. J. E. Townsend Daybook, 1778-1803, accounts with Will Boss Black, September 19, 1794, and Joshua Crandel, September 28, 1795. Danforth Ledger, account with Elisha Dyer, May 12, 1804. Cole Account Book, account with Dr. Joseph Hale, July 13, 1799.
47. Evans Daybook, account with Thomas Hurley, December 2, 1788. Anonymous Cabinetmaker's Account Book, Middletown, New Jersey, 1763-1768, account with Daniel Kowenhoven, October 1770, N-YHS. Griswold Ledger, account with Jesse Pratt, May 1822. J. E. Townsend Daybook, 1778-1803, account with Dr. Easton, December 19, 1800. J. E. Townsend Account Book and Ledger, account with Constant Taber, May 26, 1792.
48. George Short Account Book, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1807-1821, account with Abigail Woodbury, August 8, 1818, PEM. Abner Taylor Account Book, Lee, Massachusetts, 1806-1832, account with Ephraim Williams, November 1809, DCM (splicing). J. E. Townsend Daybook, 1778-1803, account with John Taylor, September 8, 1801 (splicing). Pennell Beale Bill to Jonathan Meredith, Philadelphia, February 22, 1806, DCM (splicing). Nehemiah Adams Bill to Capt. Benjamin Webb, Salem, Massachusetts, November 1, 1808, Papers of Samuel and John Barton, PEM. Ebenezer Smith Jr. Bill to Robert Rantoul, Beverly, Massachusetts, July 14, 1809, Papers of Robert Rantoul, Beverly Historical Society, Beverly, Massachusetts. Cook and Greene Bill to Richard W. Greene, Providence, Rhode Island, November 1839, Greene Collection. Jenkins Daybook, account with William Lord, November 15, 1837. Vose and Coates Bill to Francis Dana Jr., Boston, December 16, 1805, Dana Papers, MHS. John Hockaday Bill to St. George Tucker, Williamsburg, Virginia, October 31, 1812, Tucker-Coleman Collection. J. E. Townsend Daybook, 1803-1828, account with Mary Ann Marble, September 8, 1823.
49. Boynton Ledger, account with Thomas Leverett and Son, January 6, 1817. Barnes Account Book, account with Samuel Cooper, February 23, 1822. William Wayne Bill to Stephen Collins, Philadelphia, May 25, 1775, Collins Papers. Danforth Ledger, account with Gershom Jones, June 2, 1797. William Roberts Bill to Gen. Henry Knox, Philadelphia, January 27, 1795, Knox Papers (MeHS).
50. Elisha Crane Bill to Peter Gansevoort, Albany, New York, February 6, 1824, Gansevoort-Lansing Collection. Josiah P. Wilder Daybook and Ledger, New Ipswich, New Hampshire, 1837-1861, account with G. B. Gardner, January 25, 1839, private collection (typescript, DCM). Barnes Account Book, account with John B. Southmayd, August 28, 1821. Abraham S. Egerton Bills to Henrietta Low, New York, February 14, 1824, and Nicholas Low, March 10, 1824, Low Collection.
51. Gere Ledger, account with Jabez Giddings, May 21, 1825 (pintles). Evans Daybook, account with John Pemberton, March 1776 (strips). Barnes Account Book, account with Horace Clark, December 30, 1823 (valance rails). Holcomb Account Book, account with Cornelius Jeney, November 1826 (side pieces). Daniel Trotter Bill to Stephen Girard, Philadelphia, May 27, 1793, Girard Papers (curtain rails, pulleys). Jenkins Daybook, account with Joseph Dane, April 18, 1838. George Merrifield Account Book, Albany, New York, 1831-1847, account with Mrs. Godley, May 30, 1832, DCM. Nehemiah Adams Bill to Capt. Benjamin Webb, Salem, Massachusetts, November 1, 1808, Barton Papers. William Savery Bill to Jospeh Pemberton, Philadelphia, December 15, 1774, Pemberton Papers. Alexander Low Account Book, Freehold, New Jersey, 1784-1826, account with Capt. Dennis Forman, MCHA. Bed Hangings: A Treatise on Fabrics and Styles in the Curtaining of Beds, 1650-1850, compiled by Abbott Lowell Cummings (Boston: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1961), pp. 8-9.
52. William Savery Bill to Joseph Pemberton, Philadelphia, October 23, 1775, Pemberton Papers. Jenkins Daybook, account with William Lord, November 15, 1837. Lyell Account Book, accounts with Thomas Post, June 13, 1804, John Lang, November 11, 1806, and William Popham, June 25, 1808. Daniel Trotter Bill to Stephen Girard, Philadelphia, August 25, 1790, Girard Papers. William Hook Bill to Benjamin Hathorne, Salem, Massachusetts, April 22, 1812, Ward Family Manuscripts. Townsend Goddard Bill to Christopher Champlin, Newport, Rhode Island, June 2, 1787, Wetmore Papers. By a lady, The Workwoman's Guide, 2d ed. (London: Simpkins, Marshall and Co., 1840), p. 191.
53. John Hockaday Bill to St. George Tucker, Williamsburg, Virginia, October 15, 1806, Tucker-Coleman Collection. William Ranken Bill to Samuel Coates, Philadelphia, June 24, 1828, Reynell and Coates Collection. Cleveland and Brothers Bill to Richard W. Greene, Providence, Rhode Island, May 11, 1844, Greene Collection. Samuel Douglas Account Book, area Canton, Connecticut, 1810-1858, account with Moses Douglass, October 3, 1816, CSL. Peter Emerson Daybook, Reading, Massachusetts, 1749-1759, account with Joseph Smith, March 2, 1756, Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts. Robert Crage Ledger, Leicester, Massachusetts, 1757-1781, account with Nathaniel Tolman, May 9, 1759, OSV. Preston Ledger, account with William Johnson, April 2, 1811.
54. Griswold Ledger, account with Jesse Pratt, May 1, 1822. Sager Account Book, account with Doctor Burns, March 3, 1807. Landon Account Book, account with William Barton, June 26, 1820. Evans Daybook, account with Jonathan D. Sergeant, January 15, 1791. Cheney Daybook, 1813-1821, account with Ozias Seymore, May 3, 1815.
55. J. E. Townsend Daybook, 1778-1803, account with Gilbert Chase, February 11, 1802. Wilder Daybook, account with Leonard Morse, June 2, 1838. Benjamin Baker Account Book, Newport, Rhode Island, 1760-1792, account with Jacob Rodriguez Rivera, August 17, 1785, NHS. Cheney Daybook, 1802-1807, account with Oliver Wolcott, January 19, 1803. Evans Daybook, account with Benjamin Saixes, October 12, 1780 (oiling).
56. John Hockaday Bill to St. George Tucker, Williamsburg, Virginia, October 31, 1812, Tucker-Coleman Collection. Benjamin Ellery Bill to estate of Eliakim Prindell, Gloucester, Massachusetts, May 12, 1818, Papers of Daniel Rogers Jr., PEM (smoothing). Miles Benjamin Daybook and Ledger, Cooperstown, New York, 1821-1829, account with H. Luce and Co., October 28, 1826, DCM. Fussell Account Book, accounts with Thomas Sugar, 8:28:1741, and Benjamin Franklin, 6:20:1743. Oliver Avery Account Book, North Stonington, Connecticut, 1789-1813, account with Aaron Newton, July 30, 1809, DCM.
57. Thomas Lawrence Bill to Stephen Collins, Philadelphia, September 16, 1772, Collins Papers; Montgomery, Textiles in America, p. 228. Abraham S. Egerton Bill to Henrietta Low, New York, February 14, 1824, Low Collection. John Paine Account Book, Southold, Long Island, 1761-1815, account with John Franks, February 27, 1797, Institute for Colonial Studies, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Durand Account Book, account with Joseph Marshall, 1765. William and John Richmond Bill to Almy and Brown, Providence, Rhode Island, August 1799, in Joseph K. Ott, "Still More Notes on Rhode Island Cabinetmakers and Allied Craftsmen," Rhode Island History 28, no. 4 (November 1969): 119. Danforth Ledger, account with James Burrell, November 12, 1789. Charles C. Robinson Daybook, Philadelphia, 1809-1825, account with Francis Goncher, September 15, 1814, HSP. Aaron Leaming Ledger, Cape May, New Jersey, 1764-1785, payment in kind received from Jesse Hand, March 1767, DCM.
58. Job Townsend Jr. Daybook, Newport, Rhode Island, 1762-1778, account with William Wanton, December 15, 1762, NHS. Baker Account Book, account with Jacob Rodriguez Rivera, August 8, 1785; Workwoman's Guide, p. 191.
59. Leaming Ledger, payment in kind received from Jesse Hand, March 1767. Jacob Brouwer Bill to Nicholas Low, New York, June 6, 1814, Low Papers. Duncan Phyfe Bill to James L. Brinckerhoof, New York, October 15, 1815, Troup Papers.
60. John Mason Bill to Stephen Collins, Philadelphia, 1763, Collins Papers. John T. Ball Bill to Nicholas Low, New York, May 27, 1809, Low Collection. Caleb C. Cook Bill to Richard W. Greene, Providence, Rhode Island, October 19, 1827, Greene Collection. Charles Hyland Bill to Mrs. St. George Tucker, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1797-1798, Tucker-Coleman Collection.
61. Evans Daybook, account with Samuel Morris, 1775. Elizabeth deHart Bleecker (McDonald) Diary, New York, 1799-1806, entry for November 21, 1800, NYPL.
62. William Ranken Bill to Samuel Coates, Philadelphia, June 24, 1828, Reynell and Coates Collection. Moreau de St. Méry's American Journey [1793-1798], edited and translated by Kenneth Roberts and Anna M. Roberts (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1947), p. 165. Frances M. Trollope, Domestic Manners of the Americans, 2 vols. (London: Whitaker, Treatcher and Co., 1832), 2: 209-10.
63. Samuel Powel Daybook, Philadelphia, 1735-1739, account of work by John Eyre, September 22-23, 1736, DCM. William Savery Bill to Joseph Pemberton, Philadelphia, June 30, 1774-January 16, 1775, Pemberton Papers. Hiram Taylor Account Book, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1828-1855, account with David Rickabaugh, November 12, 1835, DCM. Daniel Trotter Bills to Stephen Girard, Philadelphia, October 23, 1787-February 23, 1788, and August 5-October 27, 1796, Girard Papers.
64. Jacob Brouwer Bills to Nicholas Low, New York, March 29, 1796, June 14-July 27, 1796, and September 24-27, 1796, Low Collection. Jacob Brouwer Bills to Nicholas Low, New York, April 16-28, 1813, June 3, 1814, and October 3-21, 1814, Low Papers.
65. Thomas Tufft Bill to Mrs. Mary Norris, Philadelphia, August 1775, Norris of Fairhill Manuscripts. Holcomb Account Book, account with Cornelius Jeney, August 21, 1826. Evans Daybook, account with Leonard Dorsey, June 14, 1781.
66. Anonymous New Jersey Cabinetmaker's Account Book, account with George Taylor, February 16, 1772. Lyell Account Book, account with John Lang, November 11, 1806 (side rails and post). Oliver Moore Account Book, East Granby, Connecticut, 1808-1821, account with Benijah Owen, March 5, 1817, CHS (posts).
67. Nehemiah Adams Bill to James Proctor, Salem, Massachusetts, July 28, 1808, Papers of John Prince Jr., PEM. Currier Account Book, account with True S. Thrasher, January 1827. Barnes Account Book, account with William B. Hall, December 29, 1822. Merrifield Account Book, account with Mr. Whitney, October 22, 1836. Hartwell Holmes Account Book, Woodstock, Connecticut, 1793-1827, account with Sanford Holmes, March 1810, CHS.
68. Phillip Filer Account Book, area Rome, New York, 1798-1839, account with Steven Weight, September 4, 1803, DCM (repairs). Avery Account Book, account with William Avery, July 10, 1799 (repairs). J. E. Townsend Daybook (1778-1803), account with Elizabeth Townsend, October 6, 1784 (repairs). Merrifield Account Book, account with Mr. Ferguson, March 7, 1838. Ephraim Haines Bill to Stephen Girard, Philadelphia, March 17, 1802, Girard Papers. Langley Boardman Bill to Capt. Reuben S. Randall, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, May 11, 1811, Wendell Papers, BL. Workwoman's Guide, pl. 22.
69. Sager Daybook, account with Mrs. Norris, May 8, 1806. H. Taylor Account Book, account with Jonathan Morris, December 30, 1834.
70. Jacob Brouwer Bill to Nicholas Low, New York, November 30, 1810, Low Collection. Moore Account Book, account with Benijah Owen, March 5, 1817. Tiffany Account Book, account with Jonathan Huntington, June 16, 1757. Walter Nichols Bill to Dr. Isaac Senter, Newport, Rhode Island, February 1790, in Ott, "Recent Discoveries," p. 8. Garret Account Book, account with Benona Segar, March 4, 1812, and January 12, 1814.
71. Perez Austin Account Book, Canterbury, Connecticut, 1811-1832, account with Rufus Adams, October 1, 1826, CHS. Josiah White Account Book, Ashburnham, Massachusetts, 1811-1821, account with Capt. Caleb Wilder, September 1814, DCM. Shaw and Chisholm Bill to James Brice, Annapolis, Maryland, October 6, 1772, Brice-Jennings Papers. J. E. Townsend Daybook (1778-1803), account with John Hadwen, November 12, 1781. E. G. and A. Partridge Bill to Henry Miller, Worcester, Massachusetts, October 13, 1829, accounts of Henry W. Miller, DCM. Job Townsend Jr. Ledger, Newport, Rhode Island, 1750-1778, account with Matthew Pates, February 9, 1753, NHS. James Lineacre Bill to Peter E. Elmendorf, Albany, New York, December 8, 1806, Sanders Papers.
72. Paine Account Book, accounts with Jonathan Conklin, March 11, 1791, and Widow Abigail Moore, June 1785. Preston Ledger, 1795-1817, accounts with Doctor Brandin, January 30, 1804, and Daniel Ives, November 1809. Titus Preston Ledger, Wallingford, Connecticut, 1811-1842, account with Capt. Phineas Pond, January 1817, YU.
73. Jonathan Herrick Bill to Robert Rantoul, Beverly, Massachusetts, June 20, 1815, Rantoul Papers. H. Holmes Account Book, account with Jonathan Corbin, July 4, 1795. Durand Account Book, account with Nathan Netelton, June 1768. Stephen C. Webster Account Book, Salisbury, New Hampshire, 1804-1843, account with Jonathan Garland, March 1827 (leaf to table), Parsons, "New Hampshire Notes." Cole Account Book, account with Zephaniah H. Smith, February 9, 1802 (fall to table). Currier Account Book, account with John Hilton and Simeon Duey, February 14, 1816 (hanging a table).
74. Moses Parkhurst Account Book, Paxton, Massachusetts, 1814-1839, account with Deacon David Davis, April 2, 1834, OSV. Preston Ledger, 1811-1842, account with Asa Doolittle, March 10, 1822. Paine Account Book, account with Sylvester Lester, January 1786. Edward Slead Account Book, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, 1797-1827, account with Zoeth Shearman, October 27, 1798, DCM. Reuben Loomis Account Book, Windsor-Suffield, Connecticut, 1793-1836, account with Rev. Joseph Mix, October 1821, CHS.
75. Lee Ledger, account with David Crage, May 1816. James Chase Account Book, Gilmanton, New Hampshire, 1797-1807, account with Stephen Perley of Meredith, July 22, 1806, Parsons, "New Hampshire Notes." Currier Account Book, account with John Sandborn, May 1837.
76. J. Townsend Jr. Daybook, 1762-1778, account with Joseph Bass, May 14, 1771 (top and drawer). J. Townsend Jr. Ledger, 1750-1778, account with Thomas Robinson, March 29, 1756 (top and drawer lock). Powel Daybook, account of work by John Eyre, 2:20:1736 (top and mending frame). J. Townsend Jr. Ledger, 1750-1778, account with Peter Cozzens, June 14, 1765 (top and new rails). Robinson Daybook, account with John Powell, September 28, 1815 (top and painting top). Barnes Account Book, account with John L. Lewis, January 11, 1823 (top and painting table). J. E. Townsend Account Book and Ledger, account with John Springer, August 10, 1793.
77. Nathaniel Kinsman Bill to Josiah Brown, Gloucester, Massachusetts, July 1768, Kinsman Papers. Samuel Wayne Bill to Samuel Coates, Philadelphia, June 12, 1788, Reynell and Coates Collection. J. E. Townsend Daybook, 1778-1803, account with Phoebe Cahoone, August 4, 1785. Benjamin Randolph Bill to Isaac Zane, Philadelphia, May 17, 1770, Zane Papers, Coates-Reynell Collection, HSP (mahogany tabletop). J. Townsend Jr. Ledger (1750-1778), account with Thomas Robinson, March 29, 1756 (mahogany tabletop). Samuel Walton Bill to Joshua Humphries, Philadelphia, August 20, 1773, Gillingham Collection. Jacob Brouwer Bill to Nicholas Low, New York, June 2, 1807, Low Collection.
78. Jenkins Daybook, account with George Littlefield, December 21, 1837. Cheney Daybook, 1802-1807, account with Thomas Collier, January 22, 1805. Crage Ledger, accounts with Hezekiah Merium Jr., November 1757 and February 1758, and Widow Smith of Charlton, December 1758. J. E. Townsend Account Book and Ledger, account with Nathan Beebe, February 9, 1785. Walter Nichols Bill to Dr. Isaac Senter, Newport, Rhode Island, April 1790, in Ott, "Recent Discoveries," p. 8.
79. Samuel McCall Sr. Account Book, Philadelphia, 1743-1749, account of work by Daniel Swan, September 9, 1745, HSP. Charles Hyland Bill to St. George Tucker, Williamsburg, Virginia, November 1796, Tucker-Coleman Collection. Howard Smith Account Book, New Haven, Connecticut, 1844-1849, account with Sidney M. Stone, April 31, 1844, CHS. Walsh and Egerton Bill to Nicholas Low, New York, March 12, 1820, Low Papers.
80. Joseph Symonds Account Book, Salem, Massachusetts, 1738-1766, account with Thorndike Procter, 1763, PEM. J. Townsend Jr. Daybook, 1762-1778, account with Joseph Bass, May 4, 1771. Ezekiel Smith Account Book, Taunton, Massachusetts, 1773-1831, account with Ebenezer Peck, January 2, 1792, DCM. Avery Account Book, account with Jedidiah Randall, March 28, 1810. Gere Ledger, account with Jesse Wells, July 3, 1826.
81. Job E. Townsend Ledger, Newport, Rhode Island, 1794-1802, account with John Taylor, January 26, 1798, NHS. J. E. Townsend Daybook, 1778-1803, account with John Taylor January 26, 1798.
82. Taylor Account Book, account with Robert M. Ashley, August 27, 1810. Jeduthern Avery Account Book, Bolton-Coventry, Connecticut, 1811-1855, account with Nathaniel Kingsbury, May 1823, CHS. Holcomb Account Book, account with Jacob Tull, October 25, 1824. Moore Account Book, account with Benijah Owen, March 5, 1817. Cheney Daybook, 1813-1821, account with Phineas Miner, Esq., June 18, 1817.
83. Delaplaine Account Book, account with Jane Gilbert, 5:8:1738. Pennell Beale Bill to Gen. Henry Knox, Philadelphia, September 24, 1791, Knox Papers. William Greene in account with Christopher Champlin for bill of Stephen and Thomas Goddard, Newport, Rhode Island, February 2, 1787, Wetmore Papers.
84. Silas Ellis Cheney Ledger, Litchfield, Connecticut, 1816-1822, account with James Winship, March 30, 1819, LHS, and Cheney Daybook, 1807-1813, account with Ashbel Marsh, July 5, 1803. J. E. Townsend Daybook, 1778-1803, accounts with Esther Miller, July 4, 1780, and Matthew Layton, July 13, 1780. Currier Account Book, account with Joseph Harford, April 1829. Robbins Account Book, account with A. Saunders and Son, February 27, 1835. Elisha Harlow Holmes Ledger, Essex, Connecticut, 1825-1830, account with Samuel Ingham, April 25, 1828, CHS.
85. Lyell Account Book, account with Isaac Minard, June 24, 1806. Moyers and Rich Account Book, account with William Pearson, August 6, 1838. Jacob Brouwer Bills to Nicholas Low, New York, October 30, 1799, and October 25, 1800, Low Collection.
86. Brown Account Book, account with Benjamin Morse, December 20, 1726. Lemuel Tobey Daybook, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1797-1806, account with Cornelius Jenne, 1798, OSV. Timothy Loomis Account Book, Windsor, Connecticut, 1768-1804, accounts with John Roberts, 1770, and Dr. Alexander Wolcott, 1785, CHS (leaves and color). E. Smith Account Book, accounts with Otis Peck, April 1800 (leaf and color), and Ebenezer Rich, January 2, 1792 (drawer and color). Avery Account Book, account with Jedidiah Randall, March 28, 1810 (drawers and color).
87. Nathaniel Allen Account Book, Philadelphia, 1732-1757, accounts of work by Francis Trumble, 10:28:1742 and 1741-1745, HSP.
88. Charles Hyland Bill to Mrs. St. George Tucker, Williamsburg, Virginia, November 1796, Tucker-Coleman Collection. E. H. Holmes Daybook, account with Elias Redfield, November 11, 1826. Lyell Account Book, account with Benjamin Stevens, February 22, 1808. Barnes Account Book, account with Gilbert Burrows, March 16, 1824.
89. Samuel Williams Bill to Michael Gratz, Philadelphia, December 20, 1771, Various Bills and Receipts, LCP. J. E. Townsend Daybook, 1778-1803, account with Samuel C. Carr, June 22, 1799 ($1.00 repair work). Lemuel Tobey Daybook, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, 1785-1786, account with Mr. Dillingham, March 11, 1785, OSV, and Tobey Daybook, 1797-1806, New Bedford, account with William Reynolds, April 1, 1798. Emerson Daybook, account with Thomas Emerson, May 5, 1757.
90. Delaplaine Account Book, account with Michael Thody, 1:1742/3. Danforth
Ledger, account with Andrew Dexter, September 10, 1797. Preston Ledger, 1795-1817, accounts with Jerry Tuttle, June 9, 1801, and Abner Johnson, August 17, 1813. J. E. Townsend Daybook, 1803-1828, account with Mary Ann Marble, January 25, 1823. Barnes Account Book, account with Elihu Cox (Coe?), November 26, 1823.
91. Samuel Cheever Bill to Col. John Hawthorne, Salem, Massachusetts, April 15, 1809, Ha[w]thorne Family Manuscripts, PEM. Shaw and Chisholm Bill to James Brice, Annapolis, Maryland, February 17, 1775, Brice-Jennings Papers. Thomas Affleck Bill to Levi Hollingsworth, Philadelphia, March 2, 1789, Gillingham Collection. Samuel Matthews Bill to Charles Norris, Philadelphia, October 1764, Norris Family Accounts. John Hockaday Bill to St. George Tucker, Williamsburg, Virginia, May 30, 1807, Tucker-Coleman Collection.
92. Evans Daybook, account with John Biddle, June 1, 1776.
93. Benjamin Daybook and Ledger, account with Root and Foote, July 22, 1822. John Elliott Sr. Bill to Edward Shippen, Philadelphia, February 23, 1754, as reproduced in Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin 20, no. 91 (January 1925): 71. Jonathan Cowdrey Bill to Chancellor Robert L. Livingston, New York, December 16, 1783, Livingston Papers. Sager Account Book, account with James Toner, August 22, 1806.
94. Jacob Sass Bill to Peter Trezevant, Charleston, South Carolina, June 29, 1805, as quoted in Bradford Rauschenberg and John Bivins Jr., The Furniture of Charleston, 1680-1820, 3 vols. (Winston-Salem, N.C.: Old Salem / Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, 2003), 3: 1208. Lyell Account Book, account with Daniel Mumford, July 1807. E. H. Holmes Daybook, account with Mrs. Russell Post, December 4, 1829. William Turner Bill to Nicholas Low, New York, September 30, 1817, Low Collection.
95. Boynton Ledger, account with William Leverett, June 11, 1814. J. E. Townsend Ledger, 1794-1802, account with Samuel Vaughn, April 27, 1801. Dr. J. R. B. Rodgers Receipt Book, New York, 1790-1803, receipt of Joshua Tabele, August 20, 1801, N-YHS. Nathaniel Bryant Bill to Gen. Moses Porter, Boston, March 1, 1821, Gen. Moses Porter Papers, PEM.
96. Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards, Dictionary of English Furniture, 3 vols. (1924-27; reprint, 2nd rev. ed., Woodbridge, Eng.: Barra Books, 1983), 3: 190-92, 266-68, 271-72. Thomas Chippendale, The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 3 eds. (London, 1754, 1755, and 1762), pl. 53. Thomas Sheraton, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing-Book (1793; reprint, New York: Dover Publications, 1972), pl. 54; George Hepplewhite, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide (1794; reprint, 3rd ed., New York: Dover Publications, 1969), p. 12, pl. 62. Sheraton, Cabinet Dictionary, 2: 284.
97. Pennell Beale Bill to Gen. Henry Knox, Philadelphia, September 24, 1791, Knox Papers, MeHS.
98. William Reger Bill to Charles Wistar, Germantown, Pennsylvania, October 24, 1816, Charles Wistar Papers, DCM. Jacob Brouwer Bill to Nicholas Low, New York, December 21, 1802, Low Collection. Rookesby Roberts Bill to St. George Tucker, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1795, Tucker-Coleman Collection. J. E. Townsend Daybook, 1803-1828, accounts with Benedict Smith, October 26, 1804, and Henry Freeborn, October 29, 1804.
99. J. E. Townsend Daybook, 1778-1803, accounts with Hugh Vickary, November 2, 1799 (plain cherry), Thomas SheYeld, September 20, 1799 (inlaid cherry), and William Cory, July 21, 1798 (inlaid mahogany). J. E. Townsend Ledger, 1794-1802, account with Samuel Vaughn, May 4, 1801 (plain maple). Loomis Account Book, account with David Hastings Jr., February 1824.
100. Robert Cowan Bill to Capt. John Derby, Salem, Massachusetts, January 9, 1803, Derby Family Papers. Sager Daybook, account with Thomas Rine, September 26, 1805.
101. Delaplaine Account Book, account with Jane Gilbert, 3:25:1737. William Savery Bill to Joseph Pemberton, Philadelphia, January 21, 1775, Pemberton Papers.
102. Robert C. Scadin Ledger, Cooperstown, New York, 1829-1831, account with E. B. Morehouse, August 3, 1830, New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, New York (hereafter cited as NYSHA). Barnes Account Book, accounts with Samuel W. Dana, August 2, 1821, and Randolph Pease, August 15, 1822. Fussell Account Book, account with Edward Masters, 12:19:1741/2.
103. J. E. Townsend Daybook, 1803-1828, account with William E. Williams, April 9, 1823. Holcomb Account Book, account with Wildman How, April 11, 1827. J. E. Townsend Daybook, 1778-1803, account with David Stephens, July 21, 1800.
104. Pennell Beale Bill to Gen. Henry Knox, Philadelphia, September 24, 1791 (mending), and Isaac Ashton Bill to Gen. Henry Knox, Philadelphia, November 1, 1792, Knox Papers, MeHS. J. E. Townsend Daybook (1778-1803), account with William Stanhope, August 27, 1788. Richard Alexander Bill to Mrs. John Francis, Philadelphia, June 15, 1817, Cadwalader Papers, Gen. Thomas Cadwalader.
105. Evans Daybook, account with John Biddle, ca. September 1774. Estate of Nathaniel Gould Bill to Elias Hasket Derby, Salem, Massachusetts, January 1777, Derby Papers. Jonathan Kettell Account Book, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1781-1794, account with Joshua Greenleaf, May 1791, PEM. Thomas Burling Bill to Chancellor Robert R. Livingston, New York, May 6, 1786, Livingston Papers. Thomas Affleck Bill to Levi Hollingsworth, Philadelphia, March 12, 1789, Gillingham Collection. Daniel Trotter Bill to Stephen Girard, Philadelphia, September 9, 1790, Girard Papers. Pennell Beale Bill to Gen. Henry Knox, Philadelphia, November 25, 1791, Knox Papers, MeHS. A. Low Account Book, account with Joseph Scudder, October 9, 1794 (Freehold, New Jersey). Richard Booker Bill to St. George Tucker, Williamsburg, Virginia, March 17, 1792, Tucker-Coleman Collection.
106. A. Low Account Book, account with Joseph Scudder, October 9, 1794. Evans Daybook, account with John Patton, October 21, 1780. Lyell Account Book, account with Thomas Buchanan, February 15, 1810. Benjamin Ellery Jr. Bill to estate of Eliakim Prindel, Salem, Massachusetts, July 1816, Rogers Papers. Jacob Brouwer Bills to Nicholas Low, New York, February 28 and June 2, 1807, Low Collection. Robert C. Scadin Daybook, Cooperstown, New York, 1829-1831, account with Mr. B. Sparrow, May 21, 1829, NYSHA. Scadin Ledger, inventory of property assigned to William H. Averill, December 30, 1830. Short Account Book, account of work by Daniel Somerby, July 1808.
107. Benjamin Randolph Bill to Col. George Croghan, Philadelphia, February 6, 1767, Cadwalader Collection, George Croghan Section. J. Townsend Jr. Daybook, 1762-1778, account with Joshua Isaiah, August 10, 1768. J. E. Townsend Daybook, 1778-1803, account with Mr. Hamilton, April 5, 1782. J. E. Townsend Account Book and Ledger, account with John L. Bass, March 5, 1785. Bleecker Diary, entries for January 11 and 15, 1802.
108. Robbins Account Book, account with Mr. Bates of Farmington, March 13, 1834. Allen Memorandum Book, account with Jabez Hazen, May 1797. Griswold Ledger, account with Samuel Bement of Ashford, April 1816. David Haven Account Book, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1785-1800, account with Samuel Park, Esq., November 1, 1787, DCM. Danforth Ledger, account with Jenkes Olney, November 16, 1803. Cheney Daybook, 1807-1813, account with Samuel Wick, June 11, 1813.
109. Cole Account Book, account with George Talcott, December 30, 1801. Lee Ledger, account with David Crage, May 1816. Christian M. Nestell Bill to Richard W. Greene, Providence, Rhode Island, April 3, 1827, Greene Collection.
110. Mathurin Tardy Bill to Robert R, Livingston, New York, March 10, 1795, Livingston Papers. William Sherman Bills to Stephen Girard, Philadelphia, November 20, 1824, and May 20, 1827, Girard Papers.
111. Paine Account Book, account with Abraham David, 1761. Barker Account Book, 1750-1772, account with Knight Dexter, October 26, 1763. J. E. Townsend Account Book and Ledger, account with Elizabeth Lamfiere (Lamphear?), November 17, 1788.
112. James Chase Account Book, Gilmanton, New Hampshire, 1807-1812, account with Josiah Ranlet, December 9, 1811, Parsons, "New Hampshire Notes" ($1.34 stand). Luke Houghton Ledger, Barre, Massachusetts, 1816-1827, account with Peter Hornor, January 1, 1824, Barre Historical Society, Barre, Massachusetts ($5.00 stand). Currier Account Book, account with Daniel Davis, February 1836. Moore Account Book, account with Phineas Newton Jr., February 26, 1813.
113. Houghton Ledger, account with Benjamin Wilson, September 1823. Isaac Vose Bill to Caleb Davis, Boston, May 10, 1791, Caleb Davis Papers, MHS. Cheney Daybook, 1813-1821, account with Jacob Thompson, June 10, 1815. Landon Account Book, account with Archibald McSparren, October 13, 1819. Holcomb Account Book, account with Phila Hitchcock, April 26, 1821. William Mather Account Book, Whately, Massachusetts, 1808-1825, account with Chester Belding, March 28, 1809, Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, Massachusetts.
114. Phillip Deland Account Book, West Brookfield, Massachusetts, 1812-1846, account with James Howland, December 9, 1819, OSV. Currier Account Book, account with Josiah Batchelder, February 1822. Samuel Douglas Account Book, near Canton, Connecticut, 1810-1858, account with Isaac Barnes, October 24, 1816, CSL. James Gere Ledger, Groton, Connecticut, 1809-1839, account with Peleg Rose, April 4, ca. 1814, CSL. Daniel Trotter Bill to Benjamin Thaw, Philadelphia, May 24, 1788, DCM. Townsend Goddard Bill to Christopher Champlin, Newport, Rhode Island, June 7, 1785, Wetmore Papers. Cheney Daybook, 1802-1807, account with Tapping Reeve, March 16, 1807.
115. H. Holmes Account Book, account with Plyna Woodward, March 29, 1806. Slead Account Book, account with Jonathan Tucker, November 28, 1798.
116. David L. Barquist, American Tables and Looking Glasses in the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), p. 274. Sheraton, Drawing-Book, Appendix, pl. 26. Lyell Account Book, account with Robert Golet, January 18, 1804. Langley Boardman Bills to Capt. Reuben S. Randall, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, August 7, 1811, and January 26, 1811, Wendell Papers.
117. Jenkins Daybook, account with Barnabas Palmer, May 13, 1839. Richard Alexander Bill to Mrs. John Francis, Philadelphia, November 6, 1817, Cadwalader Papers, Gen. Thomas Cadwalader. Barnes Account Book, account with Henry Chauncey, September 16, 1824. Michael Bouvier Bill to Stephen Girard, Philadelphia, October 7, 1827, Girard Papers. Gere Ledger, 1822-1852, account with George Button, August 1828.
118. Chippendale, Director, 3d ed. (1762), pls. 54, 55. Hepplewhite, Guide, pls. 83, 84; Sheraton, Drawing-Book, pl. 42.
119. Thomas Affleck Bill to Gen. John Cadwalader, Philadelphia, May 10, 1784, Cadwalader Collection, Gen. John Cadwalader. The 1772 Philadelphia Furniture Price Book: A Facsimile, compiled by Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley (1772; Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2005), p. 17.
120. Sheraton, Drawing-Book, p. 42. Hepplewhite, Guide, p. 15. Sheraton, Cabinet Dictionary, 1: 36.
121. Lyell Account Book, account with Ezra Sargeant, October 1809. Benjamin Daybook and Ledger, account with Horatio Averill, July 16, 1823. Alexander H. Gilbert Account Book, Chester, Connecticut, 1831-1852, account with Abraham W. Mitchell, July 1839, CHS. Nicholas Silberg Bill to William Wragg, Charleston, South Carolina, August 9-16, 1799, in Rauschenberg and Bivins, Furniture of Charleston, 3: 1217. Cheney Daybook, 1807-1813, account with Tapping Reeve, September 28, 1809.
122. Daniel Dewey Bill to Daniel Wadsworth, Hartford, Connecticut, August 26, 1829, Daniel Wadsworth Papers, CHS. Robbins Account Book, account with William James Humisly, May 15, 1834. William G, Beesley Daybook, Salem, New Jersey, 1828-1836, account with Thomas Daniels, October 28, 1831, Salem County Historical Society, Salem, New Jersey. Holcomb Account Book, account with Wildman How, April 11, 1827.