Petersham Cotton Manufacturing Company Daybook, 1815-1816

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Petersham Cotton Manufacturing Company Daybook, Special Collections Resource Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.5 Linear Feet
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

Petersham Cotton Manufacturing Company Daybook, Special Collections Resource Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Detailed daybook, 1 volume (168 pp.) of the Petersham Cotton Manufacturing Company, Petersham, Massachusetts, 1815-1816. Entries document work performed, output, sales, repairs, names of employees and compensation received. The following description was provided by the seller: "Also recorded are credits and other entries that tie the company and its workers to other businesses in this small mill town...Miscellaneous entries include credits and debits for foodstuffs, grains, cider, teas, tallow, oil, use of a horse and wagon, "extra work', boarding, factory and highway taxes and books."

Acquisition information:
Purchased 2009-04-06.
Physical facet:
1 volume (168 pp.)
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard