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- catalog abstract "The collection consists of a single account ledger book detailing David Mitchell's business transactions from 1839 to 1868. The ledger records Mitchell's accounts in considerable detail, including the job undertaken or hardware provided, costs charged, and payment received. Mitchell also kept a thorough account of the payments made to his employees, including his apprentices. Like many Nantucket Islanders, David Mitchell had a speculative interest in the booming whaling trade. He purchased owner's shares in several whaling voyages, including those of the ship Ocean in 1843 and the ship Mohawk in 1858.".
- catalog contributor b12319693.
- catalog coverage "Nantucket (Mass.)".
- catalog coverage "Nantucket Island (Mass.)".
- catalog date "1838".
- catalog description "Collection finding aid available in repository.".
- catalog description "David Mitchell Collection, Baker Library, Harvard Business School.".
- catalog description "Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, blacksmith and farrier. David Mitchell made and repaired tools, and produced many different types of household hardware, including chains, screws, nails, bolts, and hinges, etc. He also did a steady business making and installing horseshoes. Mitchell's business was closely tied to the whaling trade and his customers included the island's most influential whaling families. He supplied marine hardware to numerous Nantucket whaling vessels, and often undertook repairs of others.".
- catalog description "The collection consists of a single account ledger book detailing David Mitchell's business transactions from 1839 to 1868. The ledger records Mitchell's accounts in considerable detail, including the job undertaken or hardware provided, costs charged, and payment received. Mitchell also kept a thorough account of the payments made to his employees, including his apprentices. Like many Nantucket Islanders, David Mitchell had a speculative interest in the booming whaling trade. He purchased owner's shares in several whaling voyages, including those of the ship Ocean in 1843 and the ship Mohawk in 1858.".
- catalog extent "1 (1".
- catalog issued "1838".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Nantucket Island.".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts.".
- catalog spatial "Nantucket (Mass.)".
- catalog spatial "Nantucket Island (Mass.)".
- catalog subject "Aurora (Ship : 1827-1861)".
- catalog subject "Blacksmithing Massachusetts.".
- catalog subject "Clark & Hight.".
- catalog subject "Coffin family.".
- catalog subject "Coffin, Tristam.".
- catalog subject "Coffin, William R.".
- catalog subject "Folger, Edward R.".
- catalog subject "Forging.".
- catalog subject "Horseshoeing.".
- catalog subject "Ironwork.".
- catalog subject "Isaac & Philip Macy (Firm)".
- catalog subject "Macy family.".
- catalog subject "Macy, George.".
- catalog subject "Macy, Reuben.".
- catalog subject "Macy, Thomas, 1787-1864.".
- catalog subject "Mitchell, David.".
- catalog subject "Mohawk (Ship)".
- catalog subject "Myrick, Charles M.".
- catalog subject "Ocean (Ship : 1840-1869)".
- catalog subject "Swain family.".
- catalog subject "Swain, Obed, 1814-1901.".
- catalog subject "Swain, Samuel B., 1800-1872.".
- catalog subject "Whaling Massachusetts Nantucket Island.".
- catalog subject "Whaling ships.".
- catalog subject "Whaling trade Massachusetts.".
- catalog title "Ledger, 1839-1868 (inclusive) 1840-1859 (bulk).".
- catalog type "Account books. aat".
- catalog type "Ledgers. aat".
- catalog type "collection".