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C.S. Toppan Account Book, 1845-1861Finding AidFinding aid prepared by Ruth Owen Jones.Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.2002
Administrative InformationAcquired from Cedric L. Robinson, October 25, 1964 Processed by Ruth Owen Jones, October 1985. Preferred CitationCite as: C.S. Toppan Account Book (MS 84). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst. The collection is open for research. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionThe account book of C.S. Toppan, a wealthy merchant in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, contains 298 hand-written pages detailing his ventures in ship owning and his investments in manufacturing companies and real estate. He began the book with total assets as of January 1845 of his "property in possession...the same being valued as is earmarked for capital in trade." Among his debtors were various men, women, businesses (Merrimack Manufacturing Co., Lowell, Massachusetts), religious groups (Baptist Society), and political groups (Whig Committee). The last pages were written by his will executors, describing his estate at his death. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents |
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