Account Book of Aaron Kimball

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Holding Library Call No.
MSS 568
Manuscript Cookbooks Survey Database ID#
1657
Place of Origin
United States ➔ Massachusetts ➔ Ipswich
Date of Composition
1782-1866
Description
This account book was kept by Aaron Kimball, a cobbler of Ipswich, Massachusetts. In addition to records of making boots and shoes for the local population during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it includes observations on work life, newspaper articles, poetry, and culinary and medical recipes.