1846-1849
GUSN-194265
Personal account of an Irishman living in Boston. Includes letters home to Ireland expressing "the conditions of a working man in America." Memoranda mentions work on farms, Boston wharfs, and at a water-works. Accounts note hours and wages for unspecified type of labor. Monthly accounts for living expenses.
account books
Other identifier Account book 112
1 memoranda/account book (62 pages plus 4 loose receipts)
MS002
Account books collection
MS002.112
account books
James Robinson
Boston, MA
laborer
memoranda
account book
Item
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