Scope and Contents: Collection of account books, daybooks, waste books, and other documents created by or pertaining to John Burleigh, his business, or his family; some daybooks include terms of credit; additional miscellaneous notes inscribed throughout the books.
[v. 1. Account book, 1740 Apr. 14-1754]
[v. 2. Labor book, 1765 Mar.]
[v. 3. Daybook no. 1, 1765 June 13-1765 July 11]
[v. 4. Daybook no. 2, 1765 July 11-1765 Aug. 10]
[v. 5. Daybook no. 3, 1765 Aug. 12-1765 Sept. 14]
[v. 6. Daybook no. 4, 1765 Sept. 16-1765 Oct. 24]
[v. 7. Daybook no. 5, 1765 Oct. 24-1765 Dec. 13]
[v. 8. Daybook no. 6, 1765 Dec. 13-1766 Apr. 22]
[v. 9. Daybook no. 7, 1766 Apr. 22-1766 Nov. 11]
[v. 10. Daybook no. 8, 1766 Dec. 9-1767 Mar. 20]
[v. 11. Daybook no. 9, 1766 Nov. 11-1766 Dec. 20, 1767 Mar. 20-1767 Aug. 28]
[v. 12. Daybook no. 10, 1767 Aug. 28-1768 July 14]
[v. 13. Daybook, 1768 July 18-1770 July 6]
[v. 14. Waste book, 1769 June 2-1771 Oct. 28]
[v. 15. Daybook no. 12, 1770 July 9-1771 Mar. 2]
[v. 16. Daybook no. 14, 1772 June 11-1774 Jan. 4]
[v. 17. Waste book, 1771 Dec. 21-1775 Apr. 8]
[v. 18. Waste book, 1786 Sept. 10-1804 Nov. 21]
[v. 19. Record of lumber transactions, 1789 Jan.-1791 Dec.]
[v. 20. Record of lumber transactions, 1794 Oct. 7-1798 Aug. 22]
[v. 21. Record of lumber transactions, 1798 Aug. 27-1803 Sept. 8]
[v. 22. Record of lumber transactions, 1803 Aug. 16-1810 July 11]
[v. 23. Account book of Mehitable Burleigh, 1772 July 10-1836 Mar. 16]
[v. 24. Account book of Mehitable Burleigh to George T. Frost, 1819 May 26-1823 June 14]
[Box 1. Deeds, indentures, receipts, and other documents, 1715-1849 (351 items)].
Other Title: New Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle
John Burleigh owned a store on the banks of the Lamprey River in Newmarket, N.H. He was prominent in town politics and served as representative to the N.H. legislature in 1765, 1767, and 1770. Mehitable Burleigh (ne?e Sheafe) became John?s third wife in 1760. The couple had a daughter in 1763, also named Mehitable, who appears to have later assumed some responsibility for the family business. Cf. Genealogy of the Burley or Burleigh family of America (Portland: Thurston & Co., 1880).
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Title supplied by cataloger.
Some daybooks are labeled waste books; not all daybooks are numbered.
Some deeds are printed forms completed in ms.; some documents have wax seals.
Vol. 10 is bound in printed waste from an issue of the "New Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle" dated Friday, 30 May 1766.
Former shelf-mark: 974.2 B92a (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
Library Has (Volumes): v.1 - v.24, Box 1
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