Collection Overview
Brackett and Shuff.
Brackett and Shuff Ledger
1844-1846
MS 487 bd
1 volume
(0.1 linear ft.)
Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The firm of Brackett and Shuff manufactured moldings, doors, and sashes in Lowell, Massachusetts, during the 1840s.
This slender ledger includes sparse accounts (fewer than 30p.) of millwork done by Brackett and Shuff, documenting the manufacture of moldings, doors, and sashes. Crudely kept and only partly filled out, it includes some records of setting up machinery, including tempering plane irons and truing shoulder saws.
English
Historical Note
The firm of Brackett and Shuff manufactured moldings, doors, and sashes in Lowell, Massachusetts, during the 1840s.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
This slender ledger includes sparse accounts (fewer than 30p.) of millwork done by Brackett and Shuff, documenting the manufacture of moldings, doors, and sashes. Crudely kept and only partly filled out, it includes some records of setting up machinery, including tempering plane irons and truing shoulder saws. Brackett and Shuff may be the sash and door manufacturer alluded to in Henry A. Miles'
Lowell As It Was and As It Is (1845, p.58).
The collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
Cite as: Brackett and Shuff Ledger (MS 487 bd). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Acquired from Dan Casavant, 1999.
Processed by Dex Haven, August 2009.
Search Terms
Brackett, John B.
Shuff, Allison S.
Brackett and Shuff.
Millwork (Woodwork)--Massachusetts.
Lowell (Mass.)--Economic conditions--19th century.
Ledgers.