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- Variations in title: Also known as John Stevens, Account Book
- Source of title proper: Title is based on the creator of the account book.
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Microfilmed 1988 (originally created 1769-1775) (Creation)
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- Stevens, John
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1 microfilm reel
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John Stevens (1702-1779) was a merchant and landowner in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in the late colonial period. He kept a number of schooners in the bank fishery and manned them with local men, who provisioned themselves and their families at his store. Stevens also owned a number of houses in Gloucester that he rented to fishermen and other customers.
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Fonds consists of a microfilmed copy of the oldest known surviving account book from Cape Ann, Massachusetts. As a general provisioning merchant, Stevens carried a wide variety of wares. The account book is valuable for its portrait of fishermen as consumers. It also contains accounts under the name of Samuel Whittemore, 1786-1807.
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Purchased from the Essex Institute, 1989.
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- English
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Original material held at the Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts.
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There are no restrictions on access to the material.
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Copyright is held by the Essex Institute. The ledger may not be duplicated or quoted without written permission from the Essex Institute.
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Created - April 29, 2013
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- English