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- Creator:
- Sturges, Joseph
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS FILE 503
- Container / Volume:
- File
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript current account, signed, detailing financial transactions between the Massachusetts whaler Joseph Sturges and his Native American employee, Jacob Zakry (or Zachary) over a three-year period ending on March 4, 1719. Items charged to Zachary include payments to a relative and for clothing; 45 shillings a year for "3 whale seasons dyet;" and another charge for "3 years expense at Cape Cod." Items in Zachary's favor include "your share of the oyle of 3/4s of a whale" and "your share of a shark." Account signed by Joseph Sturges
- Description:
- In English., Date given in original as: "March 4th 1718/9.", and Accompanied by partial transcript and bookseller description.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Massachusetts. and Massachusetts
- Subject (Name):
- Sturges, Joseph. and Zachary, Jacob.
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America, Master and servant, Whaling, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Accompt made up with Joseph Sturges and Jacob Zakry indian, 1719 March 4.
