Casual labor -- Maine

Scope and Contents Pages from an account book of an unidentified person recording items purchased and work done. The name Alexander P. Thompson of Sebec, Maine, is frequently mentioned in the text, which includes a loan agreement for $1,000 between Thompson and Benjamin Bunker of Blue Hill, Maine, as well as a list of guarantees to Thompson's widow dated 1831. Items purchased include corn, rye, potatoes, apples, cider, etc. Payment is recorded for work such as hauling goods, working on roads, haying, use of...

Abstract

A volume used by Isaac Austin to record information about his work, mostly as a farm laborer, and the use of his horses and oxen. Entries in the volume are headed Windsor, Hartland, Bridgewater, and Lowell, Maine. The book was also used from 1874 to 1878 by N.I. Austin to record his time working on roads, shoveling, hauling shingles, threshing, etc.

Scope and Contents

A volume used to record daily purchases at a general store as well as casual labor done by an unidentified person, possibly from Gardiner, Maine. Both Gardiner and Unity, Maine are mentioned in the text. Goods purchased include rum, molasses, pork, nails, etc. Many of the entries record the sale of various kinds of lumber. The volume also lists wages received for such things as a day's work at a gristmill, conveying a raft to Bath and bringing fish, driving logs, etc.

Scope and Contents

A volume used by J.A. Healy to record the number of hours worked each day per month for various individuals in their districts. The only location mentioned is Lisbon Falls, Maine. No indication of the type of work done is recorded in the volume.