Daybook

Leonard Osgood, stamped 1829 (with entries earlier from 1825 and concluding 1864), no place, but prob. New England. 6-1/2”w x 8”h, paper over boards w/leather spine, ca. 180 pp. Such prominent New England family names as Chever (Cheever), Carleton, Atherton, Dodge, Dyer, Fisk, Hudson, Herrick, Means, Wintworth, et al. Detailed accounts showing labor, barter, early trades, altogether fascinating and recorded in a clear hand, with the odd slips laid in, one for “work done on the parish house.” Shown here is Osgood’s table of contents (partial)

Receipt for molasses sugar and conveyance of rig.

A “railroad evaporator.” May 25, 1875, Putnam and Laclede Linn Counties, Missouri. Stephen Mahurin sold to Peter Greggers. Crisp and clear muniment in Mahurin’s hand detailing recipe for making molasses from sugar corn and lye with his railroad evaporator, and giving dimensions for each element of the device, to which Mahurin assigned Greggers manufacturing and use rights in consideration of three dollars. 2 leaves, 3 sides on lined paper 7-3/4” wide x 9-7/8” high flat, and with several folds, some foxing not detracting.

This furnished with (1) account in .pdf form from Sacramento, Calif. “Record-Daily Union” (Sept. 5, 1886) newspaper of how such a set-up worked on a local farm, and (2) .pdf of Greggers 1912 Missouri death certificate listing cause, as well as other such genealogical details as place of birth, parents’ names, etc. .