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- catalog abstract "Chiefly records of Thomas Wigglesworth, successor to Sawyer and Wigglesworth, dealing in importing, exporting, handling of bills of exchange and insurance, and general commission business. Volumes include blotters, 1806-1810 and 1815-1822; letter books, 1806-1816 and 1819-1823; distribution record, 1823-1835; and invoice record, 1824-1847. Earlier records, 1758-1765, relate to the firm of Townsend and Wigglesworth of which Edward Wigglesworth was a partner. Include two daybooks and one ledger.".
- catalog contributor b754106.
- catalog coverage "Boston (Mass.) Commerce.".
- catalog date "1758".
- catalog description "Chiefly records of Thomas Wigglesworth, successor to Sawyer and Wigglesworth, dealing in importing, exporting, handling of bills of exchange and insurance, and general commission business. Volumes include blotters, 1806-1810 and 1815-1822; letter books, 1806-1816 and 1819-1823; distribution record, 1823-1835; and invoice record, 1824-1847. Earlier records, 1758-1765, relate to the firm of Townsend and Wigglesworth of which Edward Wigglesworth was a partner. Include two daybooks and one ledger.".
- catalog description "Edward Wigglesworth (1732-1794) graduated from Harvard in 1749. In 1758 he entered into business in Boston with William Blair Townsend. Townsend and Wigglesworth was a firm specializing in the sale of imports and the commission business. Wigglesworth withdrew in 1762, turning over collection of the accounts to Deacon Thomas Hill and his son Henry Hill. Wigglesworth later became the second Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard. His son Thomas (d. 1855) graduated from Harvard in 1793 and was also in the commission business in Boston.".
- catalog description "Gift of the estate of George Wigglesworth, 1952, 1953.".
- catalog description "See also: Manuscripts in Baker Library (4th ed., 1978), Entries 874, 905.".
- catalog description "Unpublished finding aid in repository.".
- catalog description "Wigglesworth Family Collection. Baker Library, Harvard Business School.".
- catalog extent "2 linear ft.".
- catalog issued "1758".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog provenance "Gift of the estate of George Wigglesworth, 1952, 1953.".
- catalog spatial "Boston (Mass.) Commerce.".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts.".
- catalog subject "Export marketing Massachusetts.".
- catalog subject "Hill, Thomas.".
- catalog subject "Marketing.".
- catalog subject "Sawyer and Wigglesworth.".
- catalog subject "Townsend and Wigglesworth.".
- catalog subject "Wigglesworth, Edward, 1732-1794.".
- catalog subject "Wigglesworth, Thomas, -1855.".
- catalog title "Business records, 1758-1847 (inclusive).".
- catalog type "Account books. ftamc".
- catalog type "Ledgers. ftamc".
- catalog type "Letters. ftamc".