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W. W. Hunt Account BookFinding AidFinding aid prepared by Dex Haven.2009
Administrative InformationAcquired from Dan Casavant, 1999. Processed by Dex Haven, August 2009. Preferred CitationCite as: W. W. Hunt Account Book (MS 621 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 proprietor of a general store and postmaster in Wendell Depot, Mass., W. W. Hunt carried on a thriving business for a small Franklin County town during the 1880s and 1890s. Selling a range of dry goods, foodstuffs, and other goods, Hunt catered to residents in Wendell and neighboring communities up and down the Miller River. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionAn extensive ledger, marked No. 5, the W.W. Hunt account book contains records of sales of a surprising range of dry goods and foodstuffs, snaths and scythes, stamps and envelopes, and other goods useful to a rural community. Although most of Hunt's customers were individuals seemingly purchasing for personal consumption, he also sold goods to the Farley and Goddard Wood Paper Companies, the Ladies Aid Society, and the town of Wendell, with some accounts marked "Town Farm." Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents |
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