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Brackett and Shuff LedgerFinding AidFinding aid prepared by Dex Haven.2009
Administrative InformationAcquired from Dan Casavant, 1999. Processed by Dex Haven, August 2009. Preferred CitationCite as: Brackett and Shuff Ledger (MS 487 bd). 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 Historical NoteThe firm of Brackett and Shuff manufactured moldings, doors, and sashes in Lowell, Massachusetts, during the 1840s. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionThis slender ledger includes sparse accounts (fewer than 30p.) of millwork done by Brackett and Shuff, documenting the manufacture of moldings, doors, and sashes. Crudely kept and only partly filled out, it includes some records of setting up machinery, including tempering plane irons and truing shoulder saws. Brackett and Shuff may be the sash and door manufacturer alluded to in Henry A. Miles' Lowell As It Was and As It Is (1845, p.58). Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents |
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