Description:
Early Account Books, Connecticut, 1670s-1790s. Two small 17th century account books from Milford, Connecticut, with transactions mostly dated in the late 1670s and early 1680s for days of manual labor, the sale of produce, the making of clothing, services related to horses and other livestock, and other odd transactions, the two books hand-stitched, dog-eared, but intact; [together with] approximately fifty additional leaves of accounts, including some stitched signatures and loose receipts related to Jonathan and Andrew Hine of Washington, Connecticut, from about 1750 through 1790.
Estimate $400-600
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Keywords
Andrew Hine, Jonathan Hine, Books, MilfordJohn Dorfman
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