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The world of credit in colonial Massachusetts : James Richards and his daybook, 1692-1711 / edited by James E. Wadsworth.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Richards, James, 1658-1711.
- Richards, James.
- Account books.
- Credit.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 356 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst ; Boston : University of Massachusetts Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- Occasionally scholars discover lost primary sources that change our understanding of a place or period.James Richards's day book is such a find.This 325-year-old ledger had been passed down through generations of a New England family and was stored in a pillowcase in a dusty attic when it was handed to the historian James E.Wadsworth.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transcription
- Abbreviations and Spellings
- James Richards, His Daybook, and the Economic History of New England
- The James Richards Daybook, 1692-1711
- Appendix A: James Richards's Debtors, Creditors, and Associates
- Appendix B: Glossary of Terms
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61376-520-7
- OCLC:
- 1005776475
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